diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70230c3268..8bb1f54ea9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
     "react-router": "^5.2.0",
     "request": "^2.88.2",
     "request-promise-native": "^1.0.8",
+    "selfsigned": "^1.10.8",
     "semver": "^7.3.2",
     "serializr": "^2.0.3",
     "shell-env": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/src/main/cluster.ts b/src/main/cluster.ts
index 12acb793ab..caca7be4e0 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { getFeatures, installFeature, uninstallFeature, upgradeFeature } from ".
 import request, { RequestPromiseOptions } from "request-promise-native"
 import { apiResources } from "../common/rbac";
 import logger from "./logger"
+import { getProxyCertificate } from "./lens-proxy-cert";
 
 export enum ClusterStatus {
   AccessGranted = 2,
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel {
     try {
       this.contextHandler = new ContextHandler(this);
       this.kubeconfigManager = new KubeconfigManager(this, this.contextHandler, port);
-      this.kubeProxyUrl = `http://localhost:${port}${apiKubePrefix}`;
+      this.kubeProxyUrl = `https://localhost:${port}${apiKubePrefix}`;
       this.initialized = true;
       logger.info(`[CLUSTER]: "${this.contextName}" init success`, {
         id: this.id,
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel {
     return request(apiUrl, {
       json: true,
       timeout: 5000,
+      strictSSL: false, // TODO: use proxy CA
       ...options,
       headers: {
         Host: `${this.id}.${new URL(this.kubeProxyUrl).host}`, // required in ClusterManager.getClusterForRequest()
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index e4fd246467..f416607095 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { userStore } from "../common/user-store";
 import { workspaceStore } from "../common/workspace-store";
 import { tracker } from "../common/tracker";
 import logger from "./logger"
+import { getProxyCertificate } from "./lens-proxy-cert";
 
 const workingDir = path.join(app.getPath("appData"), appName);
 app.setName(appName);
@@ -73,6 +74,15 @@ async function main() {
     app.quit();
   }
 
+  const proxyCert = getProxyCertificate()
+  app.on("certificate-error", (event: Electron.Event, webContents: Electron.WebContents, url: string, error: string, certificate: Electron.Certificate, callback: (isTrusted: boolean) => void) => {
+    if (certificate.data.trim().replace(/(?:\r\n)/g, "\n") === proxyCert.cert.trim().replace(/(?:\r\n)/g, "\n")) {
+      callback(true)
+    } else {
+      callback(false)
+    }
+  })
+
   // create window manager and open app
   windowManager = new WindowManager(proxyPort);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy.ts b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy.ts
index 33521fdcf5..4e7c76d70f 100644
--- a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export class KubeAuthProxy {
       return;
     }
     const proxyBin = await this.kubectl.getPath()
+    logger.info(proxyBin)
     const args = [
       "proxy",
       "-p", `${this.port}`,
diff --git a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager.ts b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager.ts
index 59a47c3fbc..6a39d8b15a 100644
--- a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs-extra"
 import { dumpConfigYaml, loadConfig } from "../common/kube-helpers"
 import logger from "./logger"
+import { getProxyCertificate } from "./lens-proxy-cert";
 
 export class KubeconfigManager {
   protected configDir = app.getPath("temp")
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export class KubeconfigManager {
   }
 
   protected resolveProxyUrl() {
-    return `http://127.0.0.1:${this.port}/${this.cluster.id}`
+    return `https://127.0.0.1:${this.port}/${this.cluster.id}`
   }
 
   /**
@@ -47,11 +48,11 @@ export class KubeconfigManager {
         {
           name: contextName,
           server: this.resolveProxyUrl(),
-          skipTLSVerify: undefined,
+          skipTLSVerify: true
         }
       ],
       users: [
-        { name: "proxy" },
+        { name: "proxy", username: "lens", password: "lens" },
       ],
       contexts: [
         {
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy-cert.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy-cert.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aea4dcf47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy-cert.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import *  as path from "path"
+import * as fs from "fs"
+import * as selfsigned from "selfsigned"
+import logger from "./logger"
+
+export type SelfSignedCert = {
+  private: string;
+  public: string;
+  cert: string;
+}
+
+let selfSignedCertificate: SelfSignedCert = null
+
+export function getProxyCertificate(): SelfSignedCert {
+  if (selfSignedCertificate == null) {
+    const attrs = [{ name: "commonName", value: "localhost"}]
+    selfSignedCertificate = selfsigned.generate(attrs, {
+      keySize: 2048,
+      algorithm: "sha256",
+      days: 365,
+      extensions: [{ name: 'basicConstraints', cA: true }]
+    }) as SelfSignedCert
+    console.log(selfSignedCertificate)
+  }
+
+  return selfSignedCertificate
+}
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
index dfb7de7867..77172e31e6 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Router } from "./router"
 import { ClusterManager } from "./cluster-manager"
 import { ContextHandler } from "./context-handler";
 import logger from "./logger"
+import { getProxyCertificate } from "./lens-proxy-cert";
 
 export class LensProxy {
   protected origin: string
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export class LensProxy {
   }
 
   private constructor(protected port: number, protected clusterManager: ClusterManager) {
-    this.origin = `http://localhost:${port}`
+    this.origin = `https://localhost:${port}`
     this.router = new Router();
   }
 
@@ -41,9 +42,12 @@ export class LensProxy {
 
   protected buildCustomProxy(): http.Server {
     const proxy = this.createProxy();
+    const proxyCert = getProxyCertificate()
     const spdyProxy = spdy.createServer({
+      key: proxyCert.private,
+      cert: proxyCert.cert,
       spdy: {
-        plain: true,
+        plain: false,
         protocols: ["http/1.1", "spdy/3.1"]
       }
     }, (req: http.IncomingMessage, res: http.ServerResponse) => {
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index 348d5bbd3f..dbc0dd8e0d 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class WindowManager {
   async showMain() {
     try {
       await this.showSplash();
-      await this.mainView.loadURL(`http://localhost:${this.proxyPort}`)
+      await this.mainView.loadURL(`https://localhost:${this.proxyPort}`)
       this.mainView.show();
       this.splashWindow.close();
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/types/mocks.d.ts b/types/mocks.d.ts
index 7ddd25267b..6467c85f4e 100644
--- a/types/mocks.d.ts
+++ b/types/mocks.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ declare module "mac-ca"
 declare module "win-ca"
 declare module "@hapi/call"
 declare module "@hapi/subtext"
+declare module "selfsigned"
 
 // Global path to static assets
 declare const __static: string;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 300efc58ce..0cb2101860 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8297,6 +8297,11 @@ node-abi@^2.11.0:
   dependencies:
     semver "^5.4.1"
 
+node-forge@^0.10.0:
+  version "0.10.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-forge/-/node-forge-0.10.0.tgz#32dea2afb3e9926f02ee5ce8794902691a676bf3"
+  integrity sha512-PPmu8eEeG9saEUvI97fm4OYxXVB6bFvyNTyiUOBichBpFG8A1Ljw3bY62+5oOjDEMHRnd0Y7HQ+x7uzxOzC6JA==
+
 node-forge@^0.7.5:
   version "0.7.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-forge/-/node-forge-0.7.6.tgz#fdf3b418aee1f94f0ef642cd63486c77ca9724ac"
@@ -10321,6 +10326,13 @@ select-hose@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/select-hose/-/select-hose-2.0.0.tgz#625d8658f865af43ec962bfc376a37359a4994ca"
   integrity sha1-Yl2GWPhlr0Psliv8N2o3NZpJlMo=
 
+selfsigned@^1.10.8:
+  version "1.10.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/selfsigned/-/selfsigned-1.10.8.tgz#0d17208b7d12c33f8eac85c41835f27fc3d81a30"
+  integrity sha512-2P4PtieJeEwVgTU9QEcwIRDQ/mXJLX8/+I3ur+Pg16nS8oNbrGxEso9NyYWy8NAmXiNl4dlAp5MwoNeCWzON4w==
+  dependencies:
+    node-forge "^0.10.0"
+
 semver-compare@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver-compare/-/semver-compare-1.0.0.tgz#0dee216a1c941ab37e9efb1788f6afc5ff5537fc"