diff --git a/lib/azure_jwt_auth/authenticable.rb b/lib/azure_jwt_auth/authenticable.rb
index a6bc04d..3a2d29e 100644
--- a/lib/azure_jwt_auth/authenticable.rb
+++ b/lib/azure_jwt_auth/authenticable.rb
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ def authenticate!
       unauthorize! unless JwtManager.providers
 
       JwtManager.providers.each do |_uid, provider|
-        token = JwtManager.new(request, provider.uid)
-
-        if token.valid?
-          @current_user = entity_from_token_payload(token.payload)
-          break
+	begin
+          token = JwtManager.new(request, provider.uid)
+          if token.valid?
+            @current_user = entity_from_token_payload(token.payload)
+            break
+          end
+	rescue => error
+	  Rails.logger.info(error) if defined? Rails
         end
-      rescue => error
-        Rails.logger.info(error) if defined? Rails
       end
-
       unauthorize! unless @current_user
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/azure_jwt_auth/provider.rb b/lib/azure_jwt_auth/provider.rb
index ec093a5..0ad847f 100644
--- a/lib/azure_jwt_auth/provider.rb
+++ b/lib/azure_jwt_auth/provider.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,15 @@ def initialize(uid, config_uri, validations={})
       @config_uri = config_uri
       @validations = validations
 
+      http = Net::HTTP.new(URI(config_uri).host, URI(config_uri).port)
+
       begin
-        @config = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(URI(config_uri)))
+	uri = URI.parse(config_uri)
+	http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+	http.use_ssl = true
+	request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
+	response = http.request(request)
+	@config = JSON.parse(response.body)
       rescue JSON::ParserError
         raise InvalidProviderConfig, "config_uri response is not valid for provider: #{uid}"
       end
@@ -22,7 +29,11 @@ def initialize(uid, config_uri, validations={})
 
     def load_keys
       uri = URI(@config['jwks_uri'])
-      keys = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(uri))['keys']
+      http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+      http.use_ssl = true
+      request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
+      response = http.request(request)
+      keys = JSON.parse(response.body)['keys']
 
       @keys = {}
       keys.each do |key|