diff --git a/lib/config/index.js b/lib/config/index.js
index 81f407ab9..f5334749d 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.js
+++ b/lib/config/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 const config = require('snyk-config')(__dirname + '/..');
 
 const { camelify } = require('./utils');
@@ -14,5 +16,5 @@ dotenv.config({
 dotenvExpand(process.env);
 
 const res = Object.assign({}, camelify(config), camelify(process.env));
-
+res.caCert = (() => {return res.caCert ? fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), res.caCert)) : undefined;})(),
 module.exports = res;
diff --git a/lib/relay.js b/lib/relay.js
index 6a30e047f..0f8464876 100644
--- a/lib/relay.js
+++ b/lib/relay.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
 const request = require('request');
 const undefsafe = require('undefsafe');
 const parse = require('url').parse;
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ function responseHandler(filterRules, config) {
         method,
         body,
         agentOptions: {
-          ca: (() => {return config.caCert ? fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), config.caCert)) : undefined;})(),
+          ca: config.caCert, // Optional CA cert
         },
       }, (error, response, body) => {
         debug('%s %s (%s)', method, result, (response || { statusCode: 500 }).statusCode);