diff --git a/letsencrypt/README.md b/letsencrypt/README.md
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+First install the NGINX block in this directory. 
+
+To use letsencrypt follow these steps:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt
+cd letsencrypt
+sudo service nginx stop
+sudo ./letsencrypt-auto certonly --standalone --email youremail@somewhere.com -d yourserver.com
+sudo service nginx start
+```
+
+Then startup `awwkoala` with
+
+```bash
+sudo ./awwkoala -p :8001 -key /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourserver.com/privkey.pem -crt /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourserver.com/cert.pem yourserver.com
+```
diff --git a/letsencrypt/awwkoala.ssl.nginx b/letsencrypt/awwkoala.ssl.nginx
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+server {
+    listen      80;
+    server_name ADDRESS;
+    rewrite     ^   https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent;
+}
+
+server {
+  # SERVER BLOCK FOR ADDRESS
+  listen   443 ssl;
+  ssl_protocols       TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
+  ssl_certificate         /etc/letsencrypt/live/ADDRESS/cert.pem; 
+  ssl_certificate_key     /etc/letsencrypt/live/ADDRESS/privkey.pem; 
+
+	access_log /etc/nginx/logs/access-ADDRESS.log;
+	error_log /etc/nginx/logs/error-ADDRESS.log info;
+	root CUR_DIR;
+	server_name ADDRESS;
+
+	# Media: images, icons, video, audio, HTC
+	location ~* \.(?:jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|cur|gz|svg|svgz|mp4|ogg|ogv|webm|htc)$ {
+		expires 1M;
+		access_log off;
+		add_header Cache-Control "public";
+	}
+
+	# CSS and Javascript
+	location ~* \.(?:css|js)$ {
+		expires 1y;
+		access_log off;
+		add_header Cache-Control "public";
+	}
+
+	location ^~ /static  {
+		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+	}
+
+	location ~ ^/ {
+		proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+		proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+		proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
+
+		proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:PORT;
+		proxy_redirect off;
+
+		proxy_http_version 1.1;
+		proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+		proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+	}
+}