diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 21d951493..a70b63665 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ class Coder:
         attribute_commit_message=False,
         aider_commit_hashes=None,
         map_mul_no_files=8,
+        verify_ssl=True,
     ):
         if not fnames:
             fnames = []
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ class Coder:
 
         self.show_diffs = show_diffs
 
-        self.commands = Commands(self.io, self, voice_language)
+        self.commands = Commands(self.io, self, voice_language, verify_ssl=verify_ssl)
 
         if use_git:
             try:
diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
index 1dd429eb0..a4cb8f5f1 100644
--- a/aider/commands.py
+++ b/aider/commands.py
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ class Commands:
     voice = None
     scraper = None
 
-    def __init__(self, io, coder, voice_language=None):
+    def __init__(self, io, coder, voice_language=None, verify_ssl=True):
         self.io = io
         self.coder = coder
 
+        self.verify_ssl = verify_ssl
         if voice_language == "auto":
             voice_language = None
 
@@ -69,7 +70,9 @@ class Commands:
             if not res:
                 self.io.tool_error("Unable to initialize playwright.")
 
-            self.scraper = Scraper(print_error=self.io.tool_error, playwright_available=res)
+            self.scraper = Scraper(
+                print_error=self.io.tool_error, playwright_available=res, verify_ssl=self.verify_ssl
+            )
 
         content = self.scraper.scrape(url) or ""
         # if content:
@@ -325,7 +328,8 @@ class Commands:
                 prev_commit.tree[fname]
             except KeyError:
                 self.io.tool_error(
-                    f"The file {fname} was not in the repository in the previous commit. Cannot undo safely."
+                    f"The file {fname} was not in the repository in the previous commit. Cannot"
+                    " undo safely."
                 )
                 return
 
diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 11622a8d2..f5e26a863 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
             attribute_author=args.attribute_author,
             attribute_committer=args.attribute_committer,
             attribute_commit_message=args.attribute_commit_message,
+            verify_ssl=args.verify_ssl,
         )
 
     except ValueError as err: