diff --git a/src/freedombone-addcert b/src/freedombone-addcert
index 3d211723..3bb1e5b1 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-addcert
+++ b/src/freedombone-addcert
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME='freedombone'
 export TEXTDOMAIN=${PROJECT_NAME}-addcert
 export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"
 
-CONFIG_FILE=$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg
+CONFIGURATION_FILE=$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg
 COMPLETION_FILE=$HOME/${PROJECT_NAME}-completed.txt
 
 HOSTNAME=
@@ -50,6 +50,30 @@ INSTALL_DIR=/root/build
 LETSENCRYPT_SERVER='https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory'
 LETSENCRYPT_REPO="https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt"
 MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=
+FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER=
+FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=
+
+if [ -f $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
+    if grep -q "LETSENCRYPT_REPO" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+        LETSENCRYPT_REPO=$(grep "LETSENCRYPT_REPO" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+    fi
+    if grep -q "LETSENCRYPT_SERVER" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+        LETSENCRYPT_SERVER=$(grep "LETSENCRYPT_SERVER" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+    fi
+
+    # use a trove?
+    if ! grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+        FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+        FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT=2222
+        if ! grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+        fi
+        if ! grep -q "FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+            FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT=$(grep "FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT" $CONFIGURATION_FILE | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+        fi
+        LETSENCRYPT_REPO="ssh://trove@${FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER}:${FRIENDS_TROVE_SSH_PORT}/home/trove/letsencrypt"
+    fi
+fi
 
 function show_help {
     echo ''
@@ -157,14 +181,32 @@ fi
 
 CERTFILE=$HOSTNAME
 
+function git_clone {
+    repo_url="$1"
+    destination_dir="$2"
+    if [[ "$repo_url" == "ssh:"* ]]; then
+        if [ "${FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER}" ]; then
+            if [ ${#FRIENDS_TROVE_SERVER} -gt 2 ]; then
+                if [ "$FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" ]; then
+                    if [ ${#FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD} -gt 2 ]; then
+                        sshpass -p "$FRIENDS_TROVE_PASSWORD" git clone "$repo_url" "$destination_dir"
+                        return
+                    fi
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+    git clone "$repo_url" "$destination_dir"
+}
+
 function add_cert_letsencrypt {
     CERTFILE=$LETSENCRYPT_HOSTNAME
 
     # obtain the email address for the admin user
     if [ ! $MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS ]; then
-        if [ -f $CONFIG_FILE ]; then
-            if grep -q "MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=" $CONFIG_FILE; then
-                MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=$(cat $CONFIG_FILE | grep "MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
+        if [ -f $CONFIGURATION_FILE ]; then
+            if grep -q "MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=" $CONFIGURATION_FILE; then
+                MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=$(cat $CONFIGURATION_FILE | grep "MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
             fi
         fi
     fi
@@ -184,7 +226,7 @@ function add_cert_letsencrypt {
 
     # obtain the repo
     if [ ! -d ${INSTALL_DIR}/letsencrypt ]; then
-        git clone $LETSENCRYPT_REPO ${INSTALL_DIR}/letsencrypt
+        git_clone $LETSENCRYPT_REPO ${INSTALL_DIR}/letsencrypt
         if [ ! -d ${INSTALL_DIR}/letsencrypt ]; then
             exit 76283
         fi