diff --git a/src/komodo_bitcoind.h b/src/komodo_bitcoind.h
index aa757f47e..300a33a63 100644
--- a/src/komodo_bitcoind.h
+++ b/src/komodo_bitcoind.h
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ try_again:
     curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL,		1L);   			// supposed to fix "Alarm clock" and long jump crash
     curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle,CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS,	1L);			// no progress callback
     //curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 3);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 1);
 
     if ( strncmp(url,"https",5) == 0 )
     {