diff --git a/Headphones.py b/Headphones.py
index c4fa80d4..0d31534e 100755
--- a/Headphones.py
+++ b/Headphones.py
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'lib/'))
 
 from headphones import webstart, logger
 
-if sys.version_info >= (2, 7, 9):
-    import ssl
-    # pylint: disable=W0212
-    ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
-
 import locale
 import time
 import signal
diff --git a/headphones/request.py b/headphones/request.py
index a3493f79..98bfaff9 100644
--- a/headphones/request.py
+++ b/headphones/request.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from headphones import logger
 from xml.dom import minidom
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
+import sys
 import requests
 import feedparser
 import headphones
@@ -54,6 +55,14 @@ def request_response(url, method="get", auto_raise=True,
     # pose a security issue!
     kwargs["verify"] = bool(headphones.CONFIG.VERIFY_SSL_CERT)
 
+    #This fix is put in place for systems with broken SSL (like QNAP)
+    if not headphones.CONFIG.VERIFY_SSL_CERT and sys.version_info >= (2, 7, 9):
+        try:
+            import ssl
+            ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
+        except:
+            pass
+
     # Map method to the request.XXX method. This is a simple hack, but it
     # allows requests to apply more magic per method. See lib/requests/api.py.
     request_method = getattr(requests, method.lower())