diff --git a/headphones/postprocessor.py b/headphones/postprocessor.py
index cd95d5be..238703da 100755
--- a/headphones/postprocessor.py
+++ b/headphones/postprocessor.py
@@ -329,9 +329,10 @@ def doPostProcessing(albumid, albumpath, release, tracks, downloaded_track_list,
            headphones.CONFIG.MOVE_FILES:
 
             try:
-                with open(downloaded_track, "a+b"):
-                    pass
-            except IOError:
+                with open(downloaded_track, "a+b") as fp:
+                    fp.seek(0)
+            except IOError as e:
+                logger.debug("Write check exact error: %s", e)
                 logger.error("Track file is not writeable. This is required " \
                     "for some post processing steps: %s. Not continuing.",
                     downloaded_track.decode(headphones.SYS_ENCODING, "replace"))
diff --git a/headphones/request.py b/headphones/request.py
index a051436b..26da11b4 100644
--- a/headphones/request.py
+++ b/headphones/request.py
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ def request_response(url, method="get", auto_raise=True,
             response.raise_for_status()
 
         return response
+    except requests.exceptions.SSLError:
+        logger.error("Unable to connect to remote host because of a SSL " \
+            "error. It's likely the remote certificate is untrusted by your " \
+            "system. This check can be disabled (advanced users only).")
     except requests.ConnectionError:
         logger.error(
             "Unable to connect to remote host. Check if the remote "