diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0f5f32c..1adb963 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     - run: |
         sudo apt update -qq
         sudo apt install -y git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32ncurses5-dev libx11-dev lib32z-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc schedtool gettext nodejs npm
+        sudo npm config set strict-ssl false
         sudo npm install -g surge
     
         export TUPLE="danio"