diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/LegacySkinServer.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/LegacySkinServer.java
index 2edba9e9..216c3ff9 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/LegacySkinServer.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/LegacySkinServer.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class LegacySkinServer implements SkinServer {
     }
 
     private MinecraftProfileTexture loadProfileTexture(GameProfile profile, String url) throws IOException {
-        try (MoreHttpResponses resp = MoreHttpResponses.execute(HTTP_CLIENT, new HttpHead(url))) {
+        try (MoreHttpResponses resp = MoreHttpResponses.execute(new HttpHead(url))) {
             resp.requireOk();
             logger.debug("Found skin for {} at {}", profile.getName(), url);
 
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/SkinServer.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/SkinServer.java
index 2f13dcb5..d5d247ec 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/SkinServer.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/SkinServer.java
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ import net.minecraft.util.Session;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 
 public interface SkinServer extends Exposable {
-    CloseableHttpClient HTTP_CLIENT = HttpClients.createSystem();
-
     /**
      * Returns the set of features that this skin server supports.
      */
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/ValhallaSkinServer.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/ValhallaSkinServer.java
index 17e00bd7..a5e41fec 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/ValhallaSkinServer.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/ValhallaSkinServer.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class ValhallaSkinServer implements SkinServer {
 
     @Override
     public TexturePayload loadProfileData(GameProfile profile) throws IOException, AuthenticationException {
-        try (MoreHttpResponses response = MoreHttpResponses.execute(HTTP_CLIENT, new HttpGet(getTexturesURI(profile)))) {
+        try (MoreHttpResponses response = MoreHttpResponses.execute(new HttpGet(getTexturesURI(profile)))) {
             return response.requireOk().json(TexturePayload.class, "Invalid texture payload");
         }
     }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class ValhallaSkinServer implements SkinServer {
     }
 
     private void upload(HttpUriRequest request) throws IOException {
-        try (MoreHttpResponses response = MoreHttpResponses.execute(HTTP_CLIENT, request)) {
+        try (MoreHttpResponses response = MoreHttpResponses.execute(request)) {
             response.requireOk();
         }
     }
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class ValhallaSkinServer implements SkinServer {
     }
 
     private AuthHandshake authHandshake(String name) throws IOException {
-        try (MoreHttpResponses resp = MoreHttpResponses.execute(HTTP_CLIENT, RequestBuilder.post()
+        try (MoreHttpResponses resp = MoreHttpResponses.execute(RequestBuilder.post()
                 .setUri(getHandshakeURI())
                 .addParameter("name", name)
                 .build())) {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class ValhallaSkinServer implements SkinServer {
     }
 
     private AuthResponse authResponse(String name, long verifyToken) throws IOException {
-        try (MoreHttpResponses resp = MoreHttpResponses.execute(HTTP_CLIENT, RequestBuilder.post()
+        try (MoreHttpResponses resp = MoreHttpResponses.execute(RequestBuilder.post()
                 .setUri(getResponseURI())
                 .addParameter("name", name)
                 .addParameter("verifyToken", String.valueOf(verifyToken))
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/YggdrasilSkinServer.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/YggdrasilSkinServer.java
index eb446ac5..1d534eb8 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/YggdrasilSkinServer.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/server/YggdrasilSkinServer.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class YggdrasilSkinServer implements SkinServer {
     }
 
     private void send(RequestBuilder request) throws IOException {
-        try (MoreHttpResponses response = MoreHttpResponses.execute(HTTP_CLIENT, request.build())) {
+        try (MoreHttpResponses response = MoreHttpResponses.execute(request.build())) {
             if (!response.ok()) {
                 throw new IOException(response.json(ErrorResponse.class, "Server error wasn't in json: {}").toString());
             }
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/MoreHttpResponses.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/MoreHttpResponses.java
index 61e08d87..aa2daf0e 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/MoreHttpResponses.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/MoreHttpResponses.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -26,12 +27,13 @@ import java.util.*;
  */
 @FunctionalInterface
 public interface MoreHttpResponses extends AutoCloseable {
+    CloseableHttpClient HTTP_CLIENT = HttpClients.createSystem();
     Gson GSON = new GsonBuilder()
             .registerTypeAdapter(UUID.class, new UUIDTypeAdapter())
             .create();
 
-    static MoreHttpResponses execute(CloseableHttpClient client, HttpUriRequest request) throws IOException {
-        CloseableHttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
+    static MoreHttpResponses execute(HttpUriRequest request) throws IOException {
+        CloseableHttpResponse response = HTTP_CLIENT.execute(request);
         return () -> response;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/NetClient.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/NetClient.java
index 71a6ec38..84e3f29f 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/NetClient.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/NetClient.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.util;
 
-import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.server.SkinServer;
-
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.RequestBuilder;
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ public class NetClient {
             }
         }
 
-        return MoreHttpResponses.execute(SkinServer.HTTP_CLIENT, request);
+        return MoreHttpResponses.execute(request);
     }
 
     public CompletableFuture<MoreHttpResponses> async(Executor exec) {
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/SslHelper.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/SslHelper.java
index b4b1f6dc..f5fa7fd1 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/SslHelper.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/util/SslHelper.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
 
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.RequestBuilder;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ public class SslHelper {
             try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
                 body = reader.readLine();
             }
+
+            try (MoreHttpResponses response = MoreHttpResponses.execute(RequestBuilder.get().setUri("https://helloworld.letsencrypt.org").build())) {
+                response.requireOk();
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             mod.error("An error occurred whilst adding the Let's Encrypt root certificate. I'm afraid you wont be able to access resources with a Let's Encrypt certificate D:", e);
         }