diff --git a/e2e/test_cli.sh b/e2e/test_cli.sh
index 755af15..817c51d 100755
--- a/e2e/test_cli.sh
+++ b/e2e/test_cli.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ pip install dist/omlmd-*.whl
 
 echo "Running E2E test for CLI ..."
 
-omlmd push localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 README.md --metadata tests/data/md.json
+omlmd push localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 README.md --metadata tests/data/md.json --plain-http
 
-omlmd pull localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 -o tmp/a
+omlmd pull localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 -o tmp/a --plain-http
 file_count=$(find "tmp/a" -type f | wc -l)
 if [ "$file_count" -eq 3 ]; then
     echo "Expected 3 files in $DIR, ok."
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-omlmd pull localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 -o tmp/b --media-types "application/x-mlmodel"
+omlmd pull localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 -o tmp/b --media-types "application/x-mlmodel" --plain-http
 file_count=$(find "tmp/b" -type f | wc -l)
 if [ "$file_count" -eq 1 ]; then
     echo "Expected 1 files in $DIR, ok."
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-omlmd get config localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1
-omlmd crawl localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 | jq .
-omlmd crawl \
+omlmd get config localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 --plain-http
+omlmd crawl localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 --plain-http | jq .
+omlmd crawl --plain-http \
     localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 \
     localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 \
     localhost:5001/mmortari/mlartifact:v1 \
diff --git a/omlmd/cli.py b/omlmd/cli.py
index 17a8cfb..b546c8b 100644
--- a/omlmd/cli.py
+++ b/omlmd/cli.py
@@ -1,46 +1,59 @@
 # Using this to scope CLI targets
 import click
 from omlmd.helpers import Helper
+from omlmd.provider import OMLMDRegistry
 from omlmd.model_metadata import deserialize_mdfile
 
+
+plain_http = click.option('--plain-http', help="allow insecure connections to registry without SSL check", is_flag=True, default=False, show_default=True)
+
+
+def get_OMLMDRegistry(plain_http: bool) -> OMLMDRegistry:
+    return OMLMDRegistry(insecure=plain_http)
+
+
 @click.group()
 def cli():
     pass
 
 @click.command()
+@plain_http
 @click.argument('target', required=True)
 @click.option('-o', '--output', default='.', show_default=True)
 @click.option('--media-types', '-m', multiple=True, default=[])
-def pull(target, output, media_types):
+def pull(plain_http, target, output, media_types):
     """Pulls an OCI Artifact containing ML model and metadata, filtering if necessary."""
-    Helper().pull(target, output, media_types)
+    Helper(get_OMLMDRegistry(plain_http)).pull(target, output, media_types)
 
 @click.group()
 def get():
     pass
 
 @click.command()
+@plain_http
 @click.argument('target', required=True)
-def config(target):
+def config(plain_http, target):
     """Outputs configuration of the given OCI Artifact for ML model and metadata."""
-    click.echo(Helper().get_config(target))
+    click.echo(Helper(get_OMLMDRegistry(plain_http)).get_config(target))
 
 @click.command()
+@plain_http
 @click.argument('targets', required=True, nargs=-1)
-def crawl(targets):
+def crawl(plain_http, targets):
     """Crawls configuration for the given list of OCI Artifact for ML model and metadata."""
-    click.echo(Helper().crawl(targets))
+    click.echo(Helper(get_OMLMDRegistry(plain_http)).crawl(targets))
     
 @click.command()
+@plain_http
 @click.argument('target', required=True)
 @click.argument('path', required=True, type=click.Path())
 @click.option('-m', '--metadata', required=True, type=click.Path())
-def push(target, path, metadata):
+def push(plain_http, target, path, metadata):
     """Pushes an OCI Artifact containing ML model and metadata, supplying metadata from file as necessary"""
     import logging
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
     md = deserialize_mdfile(metadata)
-    click.echo(Helper().push(target, path, **md))
+    click.echo(Helper(get_OMLMDRegistry(plain_http)).push(target, path, **md))
 
 cli.add_command(pull)
 cli.add_command(get)