diff --git a/moshi/moshi/server.py b/moshi/moshi/server.py
index 212ba9c..2dbf106 100644
--- a/moshi/moshi/server.py
+++ b/moshi/moshi/server.py
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ def main():
                         help="HF repo to look into, defaults Moshiko. "
                              "Use this to select a different pre-trained model.")
     parser.add_argument("--device", type=str, default="cuda", help="Device on which to run, defaults to 'cuda'.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ssl",
+        type=str,
+        help=(
+            "use https instead of http, this flag should point to a directory "
+            "that contains valid key.pem and cert.pem files"
+        )
+    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     seed_all(42424242)
@@ -244,12 +252,23 @@ async def handle_root(_):
         app.router.add_static(
             "/", path=static_path, follow_symlinks=True, name="static"
         )
-    log("info", f"Access the Web UI directly at http://{args.host}:{args.port}")
+    protocol = "http"
+    ssl_context = None
+    if args.ssl is not None:
+        import ssl
+
+        ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
+        cert_file = os.path.join(args.ssl, "cert.pem")
+        key_file = os.path.join(args.ssl, "key.pem")
+        ssl_context.load_cert_chain(certfile=cert_file, keyfile=key_file)
+        protocol = "https"
+
+    log("info", f"Access the Web UI directly at {protocol}://{args.host}:{args.port}")
     if setup_tunnel is not None:
         tunnel = setup_tunnel('localhost', args.port, tunnel_token, None)
         log("info", f"Tunnel started, if executing on a remote GPU, you can use {tunnel}.")
         log("info", "Note that this tunnel goes through the US and you might experience high latency in Europe.")
-    web.run_app(app, port=args.port)
+    web.run_app(app, port=args.port, ssl_context=ssl_context)
 
 
 with torch.no_grad():