diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 08af292..1b43f22 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Examples:
 #   NATS_SERVERS="tls://nats01.example:4222"
 #   NATS_SERVERS="nats://127.0.0.1:4222"
-NATS_SERVERS="tls://cloud.ikeja.co.za:4222"
+NATS_SERVERS="nats://cloud.ikeja.co.za:4222"
 
 # --- Optional ---
 # Queue group (leave empty to receive every registration message)
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c0f55ef..782b6f6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       tini curl dos2unix \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates tini curl dos2unix \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Python deps (no venv needed on this base image)
 RUN python -m pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip nats-py