diff --git a/src/Phoenix.Api.Client/appsettings.json b/src/Phoenix.Api.Client/appsettings.json
index befd7b7..9b1d8eb 100644
--- a/src/Phoenix.Api.Client/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Phoenix.Api.Client/appsettings.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       "Database": "Phoenix",
       "Username": "Phoenix",
       "Password": "Phoenix",
+      "EnableSsl": true,
       "CommandTimeout": 600
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Phoenix.Api.Web/appsettings.json b/src/Phoenix.Api.Web/appsettings.json
index 6f0f99b..362febe 100644
--- a/src/Phoenix.Api.Web/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Phoenix.Api.Web/appsettings.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       "Database": "Phoenix",
       "Username": "Phoenix",
       "Password": "Phoenix",
+      "EnableSsl": true,
       "CommandTimeout": 600
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Phoenix.Services/Configuration/Modules/RepositoryModule.cs b/src/Phoenix.Services/Configuration/Modules/RepositoryModule.cs
index c3f2486..d564a49 100644
--- a/src/Phoenix.Services/Configuration/Modules/RepositoryModule.cs
+++ b/src/Phoenix.Services/Configuration/Modules/RepositoryModule.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ protected override void Load(ContainerBuilder builder)
                   Password = settings.Password,
                   CommandTimeout = settings.CommandTimeout,
                   Pooling = true,
-                  SslMode = SslMode.Allow,
+                  SslMode = settings.EnableSsl
+                     ? SslMode.Prefer
+                     : SslMode.Allow,
                };
 
                DbContextOptions<UnitOfWork> contextOptions = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<UnitOfWork>()
diff --git a/src/Phoenix.Services/Settings/SqlSettings.cs b/src/Phoenix.Services/Settings/SqlSettings.cs
index 8c6a280..c2ca167 100644
--- a/src/Phoenix.Services/Settings/SqlSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Phoenix.Services/Settings/SqlSettings.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ internal sealed class SqlSettings
       public string Database { get; init; }
       public string Username { get; init; }
       public string Password { get; init; }
+      public bool EnableSsl { get; init; }
       public ushort CommandTimeout { get; init; }
 
       public SqlSettings()