diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/ClientHttpRequestFactoryService.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/ClientHttpRequestFactoryService.java
index 5424e986..0314bfd5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/ClientHttpRequestFactoryService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/ClientHttpRequestFactoryService.java
@@ -122,9 +122,14 @@ public class ClientHttpRequestFactoryService {
                 log.debug("Initialize ClientHttpRequestFactory with proxy: {}", proxy);
             }
 
+            final SSLContext sslContext = org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContexts
+                    .custom()
+                    .loadTrustMaterial(null, new TrustAllStrategy())
+                    .build();
+
             final HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory factory =
                     new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
-            factory.setHttpClient(this.createProxiedClient(proxy, null));
+            factory.setHttpClient(this.createProxiedClient(proxy, sslContext));
             factory.setBufferRequestBody(false);
             factory.setConnectionRequestTimeout(this.connectionRequestTimeout);
             factory.setConnectTimeout(this.connectTimeout);
@@ -133,8 +138,14 @@ public class ClientHttpRequestFactoryService {
 
         } else {
 
-            final HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory devClientHttpRequestFactory =
-                    new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
+            final SSLContext sslContext = org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContexts
+                    .custom()
+                    .loadTrustMaterial(null, new TrustAllStrategy())
+                    .build();
+            final HttpClient client = HttpClients.custom()
+                    .setSSLContext(sslContext)
+                    .build();
+            final HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory devClientHttpRequestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(client);
 
             devClientHttpRequestFactory.setBufferRequestBody(false);
             devClientHttpRequestFactory.setConnectionRequestTimeout(this.connectionRequestTimeout);
@@ -163,7 +174,7 @@ public class ClientHttpRequestFactoryService {
         final String truststoreFilePath = this.environment
                 .getProperty("server.ssl.trust-store", "");
 
-        SSLContext sslContext;
+        final SSLContext sslContext;
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(truststoreFilePath)) {
 
             if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -263,6 +274,8 @@ public class ClientHttpRequestFactoryService {
 
         if (sslContext != null) {
             clientBuilder.setSSLContext(sslContext);
+        } else {
+
         }
 
         return clientBuilder.build();
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/moodle/MoodleRestTemplateFactoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/moodle/MoodleRestTemplateFactoryImpl.java
index a4acf191..0b36cac5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/moodle/MoodleRestTemplateFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ethz/seb/sebserver/webservice/servicelayer/lms/impl/moodle/MoodleRestTemplateFactoryImpl.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 package ch.ethz.seb.sebserver.webservice.servicelayer.lms.impl.moodle;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.http.ssl.TrustStrategy;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;