Index: ahttp.py
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--- ahttp.py
+++ ahttp.py
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
 
 #-- Retrieve data via HTTP
 #
 #  Well, it says "get", but it actually does POST and AJAXish GET requests too.
 #
-def get(url, params={}, referer="", post=0, ajax=0, binary=0, feedback=None, content=True):
+def get(url, params={}, referer="", post=0, ajax=0, binary=0, feedback=None, content=True, verify=False):
     log.HTTP("GET", url, params )
 
     # statusbar info
     progress_feedback(url)
     
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@
     
     # read
     if post:
         r = session.post(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=7.5)
     else:    
-        r = session.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, verify=False, timeout=9.75)
+        r = session.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, verify=verify, timeout=9.75)
 
     log.HTTP(">>>", r.request.headers );
     log.HTTP("<<<", r.headers );
             
     # finish, clean statusbar

Index: favicon.py
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--- favicon.py
+++ favicon.py
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@
     return os.path.exists(file(url))
     
     
 # copy image from url into icons/ directory
 def localcopy(url, download=False):
-    if url.startswith("http"):
+    if url and url.startswith("http"):
         fn = re.sub("[:/]", "_", url)
         fn = conf.dir + "/icons/" + fn
         if os.path.exists(fn):
             return fn
         elif download:
-            imgdata = ahttp.get(url, binary=1)
+            imgdata = ahttp.get(url, binary=1, verify=False)
             with open(fn, "wb") as f:
                 f.write(imgdata)
                 f.close()
         if os.path.exists(fn):    
             return fn