diff --git a/packages/insomnia-app/app/common/send-request.ts b/packages/insomnia-app/app/common/send-request.ts
index cd4434863e..c1c5d38b65 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-app/app/common/send-request.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-app/app/common/send-request.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 import { BaseModel, stats, types as modelTypes } from '../models';
+import * as models from '../models';
 import { getBodyBuffer } from '../models/response';
+import { Settings } from '../models/settings';
 import { send } from '../network/network';
 import * as plugins from '../plugins';
-import { database as db } from './database';
+import { database } from './database';
 
-export async function getSendRequestCallbackMemDb(environmentId, memDB) {
+// The network layer uses settings from the settings model
+// We want to give consumers the ability to override certain settings
+type SettingsOverride = Pick<Settings, 'validateSSL'>;
+
+export async function getSendRequestCallbackMemDb(environmentId: string, memDB: any, settingsOverrides?: SettingsOverride) {
   // Initialize the DB in-memory and fill it with data if we're given one
-  await db.init(
+  await database.init(
     modelTypes(),
     {
       inMemoryOnly: true,
@@ -16,29 +22,34 @@ export async function getSendRequestCallbackMemDb(environmentId, memDB) {
   );
   const docs: BaseModel[] = [];
 
+  const settings = await models.settings.getOrCreate();
+  docs.push({ ...settings, ...settingsOverrides });
+
   for (const type of Object.keys(memDB)) {
     for (const doc of memDB[type]) {
       docs.push(doc);
     }
   }
 
-  await db.batchModifyDocs({
+  await database.batchModifyDocs({
     upsert: docs,
     remove: [],
   });
+
   // Return callback helper to send requests
-  return async function sendRequest(requestId) {
+  return async function sendRequest(requestId: string) {
     return sendAndTransform(requestId, environmentId);
   };
 }
-export function getSendRequestCallback(environmentId) {
-  return async function sendRequest(requestId) {
+
+export function getSendRequestCallback(environmentId?: string) {
+  return async function sendRequest(requestId: string) {
     stats.incrementExecutedRequests();
     return sendAndTransform(requestId, environmentId);
   };
 }
 
-async function sendAndTransform(requestId, environmentId) {
+async function sendAndTransform(requestId: string, environmentId?: string) {
   try {
     plugins.ignorePlugin('insomnia-plugin-kong-bundle');
     const res = await send(requestId, environmentId);
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/wrapper-unit-test.tsx b/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/wrapper-unit-test.tsx
index b49d83a4d7..07dc2feedd 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/wrapper-unit-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/wrapper-unit-test.tsx
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class WrapperUnitTest extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         tests,
       },
     ]);
-    const sendRequest = getSendRequestCallback(activeEnvironment ? activeEnvironment._id : null);
+    const sendRequest = getSendRequestCallback(activeEnvironment?._id);
     let results;
 
     try {
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-inso/README.md b/packages/insomnia-inso/README.md
index a2ecedcb29..2f11351618 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-inso/README.md
+++ b/packages/insomnia-inso/README.md
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ The test runner is built on top of Mocha, thus many of the options behave as the
 | `--testNamePattern <regex>` | `-t` | run tests that match the regex|
 | `--bail` | `-b` | abort ("bail") after the first test failure|
 | `--keepFile` | | do not delete the generated test file (useful for debugging)|
+| `--disableCertValidation` | | disable certificate validation|
 
 ### Examples
 
@@ -169,6 +170,13 @@ inso run test "Sample Specification" --env "OpenAPI env"
 inso run test spc_46c5a4 --env env_env_ca046a
 ```
 
+Don't validate SSL certificates
+
+``` sh
+inso run test "Sample Specification" --env "OpenAPI env" --disableSSL
+inso run test spc_46c5a4 --env env_env_ca046a --disableSSL
+```
+
 Scope by the a test suite name or id
 
 ``` sh
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/__snapshots__/inso-snapshot.test.ts.snap b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/__snapshots__/inso-snapshot.test.ts.snap
index e8c7c29528..92b288387c 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/__snapshots__/inso-snapshot.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/__snapshots__/inso-snapshot.test.ts.snap
@@ -168,5 +168,6 @@ Options:
                                  progress, spec] (default: spec)
   -b, --bail                     abort (\\"bail\\") after first test failure
   --keepFile                     do not delete the generated test file
+  --disableCertValidation        disable certificate validation
   -h, --help                     display help for command"
 `;
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/cli.ts b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/cli.ts
index 697c7ca420..8e488f98a5 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/cli.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const makeTestCommand = (commandCreator: CreateCommand) => {
     )
     .option('-b, --bail', 'abort ("bail") after first test failure')
     .option('--keepFile', 'do not delete the generated test file')
+    .option('--disableCertValidation', 'disable certificate validation')
     .action((identifier, cmd) => {
       let options = getOptions<RunTestsOptions>(cmd, {
         reporter: defaultReporter,
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/commands/run-tests.ts b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/commands/run-tests.ts
index fd20ff96ec..c89983dd18 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-inso/src/commands/run-tests.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-inso/src/commands/run-tests.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export type RunTestsOptions = GlobalOptions & {
   bail?: boolean;
   keepFile?: boolean;
   testNamePattern?: string;
+  disableCertValidation?: boolean;
 };
 
 function validateOptions({ reporter }: Partial<RunTestsOptions>): boolean {
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ export async function runInsomniaTests(
     return false;
   }
 
-  const { reporter, bail, keepFile, appDataDir, workingDir, env, ci, testNamePattern } = options;
+  const { reporter, bail, keepFile, appDataDir, workingDir, env, ci, testNamePattern, disableCertValidation } = options;
   const db = await loadDb({
     workingDir,
     appDataDir,
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ export async function runInsomniaTests(
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires -- Load lazily when needed, otherwise this require slows down the entire CLI.
   const { getSendRequestCallbackMemDb } = require('insomnia-send-request');
 
-  const sendRequest = await getSendRequestCallbackMemDb(environment._id, db);
+  const sendRequest = await getSendRequestCallbackMemDb(environment._id, db, { validateSSL: !disableCertValidation });
   return await noConsoleLog(() =>
     runTestsCli(testFileContents, {
       reporter,