diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e289c602d9c76725ee5e752206acb9f9a5903de3..637a8ffcdb35b44289499ca85239b5ba85626df6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <!--THIS FILE HAS BEEN GENERATED BY A SCRIPT. PLEASE DON'T CHANGE IT MANUALLY.-->
+Project migrated to https://gitlab.com/caosdb
 
 # Welcome
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 146b93ba6a4590c7c54a4367c02e38e952c7a685..792ef41a663eaa289253c450389828e5c138cd15 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@ setup(name='PyCaosDB',
       extras_require={'keyring': ['keyring>=13.0.0']},
       setup_requires=["pytest-runner>=2.0,<3dev"],
       tests_require=["pytest", "pytest-cov", "coverage>=4.4.2"],
+      package_data={
+            'caosdb': ['cert/indiscale.ca.crt'],
+      }
       )
diff --git a/src/caosdb/cert/indiscale.ca.crt b/src/caosdb/cert/indiscale.ca.crt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..08a79d60c5d34626eb96f1a92e33d0ac22494f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/caosdb/cert/indiscale.ca.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
index 20a1510e6df93ff1600d19c2e96eba30118052b8..08723bfe45e968fe09ad9280aab00e296ded6c60 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ from builtins import str  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
 from errno import EPIPE as BrokenPipe
 from socket import error as SocketError
 
+from pkg_resources import resource_filename
+
 from caosdb.configuration import get_config
 from caosdb.exceptions import (AuthorizationException, CaosDBException,
                                ClientErrorException, ConfigurationException,
@@ -235,7 +237,8 @@ def _make_conf(*conf):
 _DEFAULT_CONF = {
     "password_method": "plain",
     "implementation": _DefaultCaosDBServerConnection,
-    "timeout": 210
+    "timeout": 210,
+    "cacert": resource_filename("caosdb", 'cert/indiscale.ca.crt')
 }