diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c36febe..79f6cf28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ public/lib
 app/tests/coverage/
 .bower-*/
 .idea/
+config/sslcert/*.pem
diff --git a/config/env/all.js b/config/env/all.js
index 33ca9948..fe23c146 100644
--- a/config/env/all.js
+++ b/config/env/all.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		keywords: 'mongodb, express, angularjs, node.js, mongoose, passport'
 	},
 	port: process.env.PORT || 3000,
+	secure: process.env.SECURE || false,
 	templateEngine: 'swig',
 	sessionSecret: 'MEAN',
 	sessionCollection: 'sessions',
@@ -39,4 +40,4 @@ module.exports = {
 			'public/modules/*/tests/*.js'
 		]
 	}
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/config/env/development.js b/config/env/development.js
index 4fe43e1d..2cadbd2a 100644
--- a/config/env/development.js
+++ b/config/env/development.js
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ module.exports = {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/config/env/production.js b/config/env/production.js
index 92882f96..cc3e02cc 100644
--- a/config/env/production.js
+++ b/config/env/production.js
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ module.exports = {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/config/env/secure.js b/config/env/secure.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b52f3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/env/secure.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+  secure: true,
+  port: 443,
+  db: process.env.MONGOHQ_URL || process.env.MONGOLAB_URI || 'mongodb://localhost/mean',
+  assets: {
+    lib: {
+      css: [
+        'public/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css',
+        'public/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css',
+      ],
+      js: [
+        'public/lib/angular/angular.min.js',
+        'public/lib/angular-resource/angular-resource.min.js',
+        'public/lib/angular-animate/angular-animate.min.js',
+        'public/lib/angular-ui-router/release/angular-ui-router.min.js',
+        'public/lib/angular-ui-utils/ui-utils.min.js',
+        'public/lib/angular-bootstrap/ui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js'
+      ]
+    },
+    css: 'public/dist/application.min.css',
+    js: 'public/dist/application.min.js'
+  },
+  facebook: {
+    clientID: process.env.FACEBOOK_ID || 'APP_ID',
+    clientSecret: process.env.FACEBOOK_SECRET || 'APP_SECRET',
+    callbackURL: 'https://localhost:443/auth/facebook/callback'
+  },
+  twitter: {
+    clientID: process.env.TWITTER_KEY || 'CONSUMER_KEY',
+    clientSecret: process.env.TWITTER_SECRET || 'CONSUMER_SECRET',
+    callbackURL: 'https://localhost:443/auth/twitter/callback'
+  },
+  google: {
+    clientID: process.env.GOOGLE_ID || 'APP_ID',
+    clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_SECRET || 'APP_SECRET',
+    callbackURL: 'https://localhost:443/auth/google/callback'
+  },
+  linkedin: {
+    clientID: process.env.LINKEDIN_ID || 'APP_ID',
+    clientSecret: process.env.LINKEDIN_SECRET || 'APP_SECRET',
+    callbackURL: 'https://localhost:443/auth/linkedin/callback'
+  },
+  github: {
+    clientID: process.env.GITHUB_ID || 'APP_ID',
+    clientSecret: process.env.GITHUB_SECRET || 'APP_SECRET',
+    callbackURL: 'https://localhost:443/auth/github/callback'
+  },
+  mailer: {
+    from: process.env.MAILER_FROM || 'MAILER_FROM',
+    options: {
+      service: process.env.MAILER_SERVICE_PROVIDER || 'MAILER_SERVICE_PROVIDER',
+      auth: {
+        user: process.env.MAILER_EMAIL_ID || 'MAILER_EMAIL_ID',
+        pass: process.env.MAILER_PASSWORD || 'MAILER_PASSWORD'
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/config/express.js b/config/express.js
index 5e2e8bb1..383c8898 100755
--- a/config/express.js
+++ b/config/express.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 /**
  * Module dependencies.
  */
-var express = require('express'),
+var fs = require('fs'),
+	http = require('http'),
+  express = require('express'),
 	morgan = require('morgan'),
 	bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
 	session = require('express-session'),
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ module.exports = function(db) {
 	app.locals.facebookAppId = config.facebook.clientID;
 	app.locals.jsFiles = config.getJavaScriptAssets();
 	app.locals.cssFiles = config.getCSSAssets();
+	app.locals.secure = config.secure;
 
 	// Passing the request url to environment locals
 	app.use(function(req, res, next) {
@@ -137,5 +140,17 @@ module.exports = function(db) {
 		});
 	});
 
-	return app;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+	if (app.locals.secure) {
+		console.log('Securely using https protocol');
+		var https = require('https'),
+		privateKey  = fs.readFileSync('./config/sslcert/key.pem', 'utf8'),
+		certificate = fs.readFileSync('./config/sslcert/cert.pem', 'utf8'),
+		credentials = {key: privateKey, cert: certificate},
+		httpsServer = https.createServer(credentials, app);
+		return httpsServer;
+	} else {
+		console.log('Insecurely using http protocol');
+		var httpServer = http.createServer(app);
+		return httpServer;
+	}
+};
diff --git a/config/sslcert/gen-certs b/config/sslcert/gen-certs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..70519705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sslcert/gen-certs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "Generating self-signed certificates..."
+openssl genrsa -out key.pem -aes256 1024
+openssl req -new -key key.pem -out csr.pem
+openssl x509 -req -days 9999 -in csr.pem -signkey key.pem -out cert.pem
+rm csr.pem
+chmod 600 key.pem cert.pem