diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 0200aff..bfa9c82 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F %T "
 export HISTCONTROL='ignorespace:ignoredups'
 export HISTIGNORE='l:ls:history'
 
+# dumb python.. respect my certs
+export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+export SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 
 # Don't render ![0-9] as previous command
 set +o histexpand