diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 207fcaa..d09befb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ DIST_TARGETS = $(addprefix dist/$(OUTPUT)-,$(DIST_ARCH))
 .PHONY: default
 default: slack-status
 
+.PHONY: run
+run: slack-status
+	./slack-status
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: dist
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b5f36ba..5cb619c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 Set your Slack status via the command line
 
+## Requirements
+
+Rather than host a web server that you would need to trust, this command runs one on your local machine to retrieve the OAuth code. This page is hosted with an auto generated, self-signed certificate.
+
+This requires you to have `openssl` installed on your machine and, when the page loads for the first time, it will require you to trust the certificate or ignore the warning.
+
+Here's how to do that on [Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/error-codes-secure-websites?as=u&utm_source=inproduct#w_self-signed-certificate). On Chrome, you may have to enable `chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost`.
+
 ## Example usage
 
 Set auth token (it will store it in `~/.config/slack-status-cli` or your `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` dir
diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
index dd83d9b..d8d2e22 100644
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/slack-go/slack"
 )
@@ -51,7 +53,12 @@ func (app slackApp) listenForCode() (string, error) {
 	var code string
 
 	// Also, should generate TLS certificate to use since https is a required scheme
-	server := http.Server{Addr: app.listenHost}
+	server := http.Server{
+		Addr:         app.listenHost,
+		ReadTimeout:  5 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+		IdleTimeout:  120 * time.Second,
+	}
 
 	http.HandleFunc(app.listenPath, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		codes := r.URL.Query()["code"]
@@ -71,25 +78,64 @@ func (app slackApp) listenForCode() (string, error) {
 		}()
 	})
 
-	if err := server.ListenAndServe(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
+	certPath := getConfigFilePath("cert.pem")
+	keyPath := getConfigFilePath("key.pem")
+
+	if !fileExists(certPath) || !fileExists(keyPath) {
+		if err := generateSelfSignedCertificates(certPath, keyPath); err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := server.ListenAndServeTLS(certPath, keyPath); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
 	return code, nil
 }
 
+func fileExists(path string) bool {
+	if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+func generateSelfSignedCertificates(certPath, keyPath string) error {
+	command := exec.Command(
+		"openssl",
+		"req",
+		"-x509",
+		"-subj",
+		"/C=US/O=Slack Status CLI/CN=localhost:8888",
+		"-nodes",
+		"-days",
+		"365",
+		"-newkey",
+		"rsa:2048",
+		"-keyout",
+		keyPath,
+		"-out",
+		certPath,
+	)
+
+	return command.Run()
+}
+
 func authenticate() (string, error) {
 	app := slackApp{
 		userScopes:   []string{"dnd:write", "users.profile:write"},
 		scopes:       []string{"dnd:write", "users.profile:write"},
 		clientID:     getEnvOrDefault("CLIENT_ID", defaultClientID),
 		clientSecret: getEnvOrDefault("CLIENT_SECRET", defaultClientSecret),
-		redirectURI:  "http://localhost:8888/auth",
+		redirectURI:  "https://localhost:8888/auth",
 		listenHost:   "localhost:8888",
 		listenPath:   "/auth",
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("To authenticate, go to the following URL:")
+	fmt.Println("NOTE: After you authenticate with Slack, it will redirect you to a server running on your local computer. Your browser will present a security error because it cann't verify the server. You will need to manually add an exception or tell your browser to proceed anyway.")
 	fmt.Println(app.getAuthURL())
 
 	code, err := app.listenForCode()