diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 84e119c..7251495 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -169,7 +169,14 @@ static Janet c_send_request(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
     // response headers
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, curl_callback);
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, (void *)&headers);
-
+	  
+    // set SSL behavior options
+    //
+    // Tell libcurl to use the operating system's native CA store for certificate verification. 
+    // Works only on Windows when built to use OpenSSL. 
+    // This option is experimental and behavior is subject to change. (Added in 7.71.0) 
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA);
+  
     // send request
     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
@@ -186,7 +193,7 @@ static Janet c_send_request(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
       janet_table_put(response_table, janet_ckeywordv("body"), janet_wrap_string(janet_string((const uint8_t *)body.memory, body.size)));
       janet_table_put(response_table, janet_ckeywordv("headers"), janet_wrap_string(janet_string((const uint8_t *)headers.memory, headers.size)));
     }
-
+    
     /* cleanup */
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
     curl_slist_free_all(curl_slist);
diff --git a/project.janet b/project.janet
index 9adfa5f..c21d4d7 100644
--- a/project.janet
+++ b/project.janet
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
   :x64 { 
     :download-url "https://curl.se/windows/dl-7.75.0_4/curl-7.75.0_4-win64-mingw.zip"
     :lib-path     "./curl/curl-7.75.0-win64-mingw/lib/"
-    :bin-files    "./curl/curl-7.75.0-win64-mingw/bin/libcurl-x64*"
+    :bin-path     "./curl/curl-7.75.0-win64-mingw/bin/"
     :include-path "./curl/curl-7.75.0-win64-mingw/include/" }
   :x86 {
     :download-url "https://curl.se/windows/dl-7.75.0_4/curl-7.75.0_4-win32-mingw.zip"
     :lib-path     "./curl/curl-7.75.0-win32-mingw/lib/"
-    :bin-files    "./curl/curl-7.75.0-win32-mingw/bin/libcurl*"
+    :bin-path     "./curl/curl-7.75.0-win32-mingw/bin/"
     :include-path "./curl/curl-7.75.0-win32-mingw/include/" }
   })
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "Expand-Archive -Force -Path curl.zip -DestinationPath curl"] :p))
 
 (defn windows-install-curl-dlls []
-  (def dll-files (string/replace-all "/" "\\" (curl-paths :bin-files)))
+  (def dll-files (string/replace-all "/" "\\" (curl-paths :bin-path "libcurl-x64*")))
   (print "copy " dll-files " to " JANET_BINPATH)
   (os/execute 
     ["cmd.exe" "/c" "copy" dll-files JANET_BINPATH] :p))