diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c3f8f92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class PagesController < ApplicationController
+  def letsencrypt
+    # use your code here, not mine
+    render text: "B4-cHp8zD8RDI8ihZYvqzb2mV6RPSmrQ-clntqc-5Is.dlIPqFhMDCLyQEccczY3roHZ1UWu6UqVeyb9mkRxheU"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b8fee2796..5401ed568 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ Growstuff::Application.routes.draw do
   get '/admin/newsletter' => 'admin#newsletter', :as => :admin_newsletter
   get '/admin/:action' => 'admin#:action'
 
+  get '/.well-known/acme-challenge/:id' => 'pages#letsencrypt'
+
 # CMS stuff  -- must remain LAST
   comfy_route :cms, path: '/', sitemap: false