diff --git a/creyPY/fastapi/db/common.py b/creyPY/fastapi/db/common.py
index 67c43dd..6c767fb 100644
--- a/creyPY/fastapi/db/common.py
+++ b/creyPY/fastapi/db/common.py
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ password = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", "root")
 port = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PORT", "5432")
 name = os.getenv("POSTGRES_DB", "fastapi")
 
+ssl_mode = os.getenv("SSL_MODE", "require")
+
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = f"postgresql+psycopg://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}/"
diff --git a/creyPY/fastapi/db/session.py b/creyPY/fastapi/db/session.py
index 5ae5c6d..9a8979d 100644
--- a/creyPY/fastapi/db/session.py
+++ b/creyPY/fastapi/db/session.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 
-from .common import SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, name
+from .common import SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, name, ssl_mode
 
 engine = create_engine(
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL + name, pool_pre_ping=True, connect_args={"sslmode": "require"}
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL + name, pool_pre_ping=True, connect_args={"sslmode": ssl_mode}
 )
 SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)