diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index 02f51db..39e6334 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ exports.image_file_request_delay = 500;
 // overloaded.
 exports.markdown_file_write_delay = 25;
 
-// Specify the timezone used for post dates. See available zone values and examples here:
-// https://moment.github.io/luxon/#/zones?id=specifying-a-zone.
-exports.custom_date_timezone = 'utc';
-
 // Enable this to include time with post dates. For example, "2020-12-25" would become
 // "2020-12-25T11:20:35.000Z".
 exports.include_time_with_date = false;
@@ -31,6 +27,14 @@ exports.include_time_with_date = false;
 // set, this takes precedence over include_time_with_date.
 exports.custom_date_formatting = '';
 
+// Specify the timezone used for post dates. See available zone values and examples here:
+// https://moment.github.io/luxon/#/zones?id=specifying-a-zone.
+exports.custom_date_timezone = 'utc';
+
 // Categories to be excluded from post frontmatter. This does not filter out posts themselves,
 // just the categories listed in their frontmatter.
 exports.filter_categories = ['uncategorized'];
+
+// Strict SSL is enabled as the safe default when downloading images, but will not work with
+// self-signed servers. You can disable it if you're getting a "self-signed certificate" error.
+exports.strict_ssl = true;
diff --git a/src/wizard.js b/src/wizard.js
index 88a722d..5285b8d 100644
--- a/src/wizard.js
+++ b/src/wizard.js
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@ const options = [
 		type: 'boolean',
 		description: 'Include custom post types and pages',
 		default: false
-	},
-	{
-		name: 'disable-strict-ssl',
-		type: 'boolean',
-		description: 'Strict SSL prevents image retrieval from self-signed servers',
-		default: false
 	}
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/writer.js b/src/writer.js
index fa02ce1..7b0efce 100644
--- a/src/writer.js
+++ b/src/writer.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ async function processPayloadsPromise(payloads, loadFunc) {
 	const promises = payloads.map(payload => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		setTimeout(async () => {
 			try {
-				const data = await loadFunc(payload.item, payload.strictSSL);
+				const data = await loadFunc(payload.item);
 				await writeFile(payload.destinationPath, data);
 				console.log(chalk.green('[OK]') + ' ' + payload.name);
 				resolve();
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async function writeFile(destinationPath, data) {
 	await fs.promises.writeFile(destinationPath, data);
 }
 
-async function writeMarkdownFilesPromise(posts, config ) {
+async function writeMarkdownFilesPromise(posts, config) {
 	// package up posts into payloads
 	let skipCount = 0;
 	let delay = 0;
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ async function writeMarkdownFilesPromise(posts, config ) {
 			const payload = {
 				item: post,
 				name: (config.includeOtherTypes ? post.meta.type + ' - ' : '') + post.meta.slug,
-				strictSSL: !config.disableStrictSsl,
 				destinationPath,
 				delay
 			};
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ async function writeMarkdownFilesPromise(posts, config ) {
 	}
 }
 
-async function loadMarkdownFilePromise(post, strictSSL) {
+async function loadMarkdownFilePromise(post) {
 	let output = '---\n';
 
 	Object.entries(post.frontmatter).forEach(([key, value]) => {
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ async function writeImageFilesPromise(posts, config) {
 				const payload = {
 					item: imageUrl,
 					name: filename,
-					strictSSL: !config.disableStrictSsl,
 					destinationPath,
 					delay
 				};
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ async function writeImageFilesPromise(posts, config) {
 	}
 }
 
-async function loadImageFilePromise(imageUrl, strictSSL) {
+async function loadImageFilePromise(imageUrl) {
 	// only encode the URL if it doesn't already have encoded characters
 	const url = (/%[\da-f]{2}/i).test(imageUrl) ? imageUrl : encodeURI(imageUrl);
 
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ async function loadImageFilePromise(imageUrl, strictSSL) {
 			headers: {
 				'User-Agent': 'wordpress-export-to-markdown'
 			},
-			strictSSL: strictSSL
+			strictSSL: settings.strict_ssl
 		});
 	} catch (ex) {
 		if (ex.name === 'StatusCodeError') {