diff --git a/libs/tls/src/danger.rs b/libs/tls/src/danger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7c606788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/tls/src/danger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use rustls::client::{ServerCertVerified, WebPkiVerifier};
+use rustls::{CertificateError, Error, RootCertStore};
+
+pub struct StifledCertificateVerification {
+    pub roots: RootCertStore,
+}
+
+impl rustls::client::ServerCertVerifier for StifledCertificateVerification {
+    /// Will verify the certificate with the default rustls WebPkiVerifier,
+    /// BUT specifically overrides a `CertificateError::UnknownIssuer` and
+    /// return ServerCertVerified::assertion()
+    fn verify_server_cert(
+        &self,
+        end_entity: &rustls::Certificate,
+        intermediates: &[rustls::Certificate],
+        server_name: &rustls::ServerName,
+        scts: &mut dyn Iterator<Item = &[u8]>,
+        ocsp: &[u8],
+        now: std::time::SystemTime,
+    ) -> Result<rustls::client::ServerCertVerified, rustls::Error> {
+        let rustls_default_verifier = WebPkiVerifier::new(self.roots.clone(), None);
+        match rustls_default_verifier.verify_server_cert(
+            end_entity,
+            intermediates,
+            server_name,
+            scts,
+            ocsp,
+            now,
+        ) {
+            Ok(ok) => Ok(ok),
+            Err(Error::InvalidCertificate(CertificateError::UnknownIssuer)) => {
+                Ok(ServerCertVerified::assertion())
+            }
+            Err(e) => Err(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/tls/src/lib.rs b/libs/tls/src/lib.rs
index 3bd08d188..51c22b970 100644
--- a/libs/tls/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/tls/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pub mod danger;
+
 use modals::Modals;
 use rkyv::{
     de::deserializers::AllocDeserializer,
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ impl Iterator for Trusted {
         }
     }
 }
+
+
 // presents a modal to the user to select trusted tls certificates
 // and saves the selected certificates to the pddb
 // returns false if no certificates are trusted - and true otherwise
diff --git a/services/shellchat/src/cmds/net_cmd.rs b/services/shellchat/src/cmds/net_cmd.rs
index 14b2af4a2..b5f4346d7 100644
--- a/services/shellchat/src/cmds/net_cmd.rs
+++ b/services/shellchat/src/cmds/net_cmd.rs
@@ -471,22 +471,14 @@ impl<'a> ShellCmdApi<'a> for NetCmd {
                             "probe" => {
                                 log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
                                 log::info!("starting TLS probe");
+                                // Attempt to open the tls connection with an empty root_store
                                 let mut root_store = rustls::RootCertStore::empty();
-                                root_store.add_server_trust_anchors(
-                                        webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS
-                                            .0
-                                            .iter()
-                                            .map(|ta| {
-                                                rustls::OwnedTrustAnchor::from_subject_spki_name_constraints(
-                                                    ta.subject,
-                                                    ta.spki,
-                                                    ta.name_constraints,
-                                                )
-                                            })
-                                    );
+                                // Stifle the default rustls certificate verification's complaint about an
+                                // unknown/untrusted CA root certificate so that we get to see the certificate chain
+                                let stifled_verifier = Arc::new(danger::StifledCertificateVerification{ roots: root_store });
                                 let config = rustls::ClientConfig::builder()
                                     .with_safe_defaults()
-                                    .with_root_certificates(root_store)
+                                    .with_custom_certificate_verifier(stifled_verifier)
                                     .with_no_client_auth();
                                 let target = match tokens.next() {
                                     Some(target) => target,