diff --git a/recipes/kath_net.recipe b/recipes/kath_net.recipe
index f1c501e449..fc4887c9c5 100644
--- a/recipes/kath_net.recipe
+++ b/recipes/kath_net.recipe
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1295262156(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     encoding = 'iso-8859-1'
 
-    feeds = [(u'kath.net', u'http://www.kath.net/2005/xml/index.xml')]
+    feeds = [(u'kath.net', u'https://www.kath.net/2005/xml/index.xml')]
 
     def print_version(self, url):
         return url + "/print/yes"
 
+    def get_browser(self, *a, **kwargs):
+        kwargs['verify_ssl_certificates'] = False
+        return BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self, *a, **kwargs)
+
     extra_css = 'td.textb {font-size: medium;}'