diff --git a/backend/src/main.py b/backend/src/main.py
index 4d2b7669d..c20367b87 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.py
+++ b/backend/src/main.py
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ def upload_image(content: bytes, image_key: str):
 S3_URL_ENDPOINT = init_variable("S3_URL_ENDPOINT", "https://s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net/")
 S3_BUCKET_NAME = "basegun-s3"
 S3_PREFIX = os.path.join("uploaded-images/", os.environ["WORKSPACE"])
-s3 = boto3.resource("s3", endpoint_url=S3_URL_ENDPOINT)
+s3 = boto3.resource(
+    "s3", endpoint_url=S3_URL_ENDPOINT, verify=os.environ.get("TMP_VERIFY_SSL", True)
+)
 """ TODO : check if connection successful
 try:
     s3.meta.client.head_bucket(Bucket=S3_BUCKET_NAME)