diff --git a/api.js b/api.js
index b323216..ff7b215 100644
--- a/api.js
+++ b/api.js
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ const gameMap = {};
 
 
 
-const sslOptions = {
-    key: fs.readFileSync(path.join(os.homedir(), 'certs', 'privkey.pem')),
-    cert: fs.readFileSync(path.join(os.homedir(), 'certs', 'cert.pem')),
-    ca: fs.readFileSync(path.join(os.homedir(), 'certs', 'fullchain.pem'))
-};
+
 
 
 data.split('\n').forEach(line => {
@@ -55,6 +51,31 @@ app.get('/contact', (req, res) => {
 });
 
 
-https.createServer(sslOptions, app).listen(PORT, () => {
-    console.log(`Server running at https://localhost:${PORT}`);
-});
+const certDir = path.join(os.homedir(), 'certs');
+const keyPath = path.join(certDir, 'privkey.pem');
+const certPath = path.join(certDir, 'cert.pem');
+const caPath = path.join(certDir, 'fullchain.pem');
+
+const areCertsPresent = () => {
+    return fs.existsSync(keyPath) && fs.existsSync(certPath) && fs.existsSync(caPath);
+};
+
+if (areCertsPresent()) {
+    console.log('SSL certificates found. Starting HTTPS server...');
+
+    const sslOptions = {
+        key: fs.readFileSync(keyPath),
+        cert: fs.readFileSync(certPath),
+        ca: fs.readFileSync(caPath)
+    };
+
+    https.createServer(sslOptions, app).listen(PORT, () => {
+        console.log(`HTTPS Server running at https://localhost:${PORT}`);
+    });
+} else {
+    console.log('SSL certificates not found. Starting HTTP server...');
+
+    app.listen(PORT, () => {
+        console.log(`HTTP Server running at http://localhost:${PORT}`);
+    });
+}