diff --git a/cmd/common.go b/cmd/common.go
index e0308091..a3e9140b 100644
--- a/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cmd/common.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func addNitroFlags(command *cobra.Command) {
 	command.PersistentFlags().String("nitro-tls-key-filepath", "", "nitro tlsKeyFilepath")
 
 	command.PersistentFlags().String("nitro-endpoint", "", "nitro endpoint")
+	command.PersistentFlags().Bool("nitro-is-secure", false, "nitro isSecure")
 
 	// nitro flag bindings
 	viper.BindPFlag("nitro.runNodeInProcess", command.PersistentFlags().Lookup("nitro-run-node-in-process"))
@@ -78,4 +79,5 @@ func addNitroFlags(command *cobra.Command) {
 	viper.BindPFlag("nitro.inProcesssNode.tlsKeyFilepath", command.PersistentFlags().Lookup("nitro-tls-key-filepath"))
 
 	viper.BindPFlag("nitro.remoteNode.nitroEndpoint", command.PersistentFlags().Lookup("nitro-endpoint"))
+	viper.BindPFlag("nitro.remoteNode.isSecure", command.PersistentFlags().Lookup("nitro-is-secure"))
 }
diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index cb43ca4c..a9f1d577 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ func serve() {
 	} else {
 		log.Info("Connecting to a remote Nitro node")
 
-		// TODO: Read from config file
-		isSecure := false
+		isSecure := nitroConfig.RemoteNode.IsSecure
 		nitroRpcClient, err := nitroRpc.NewHttpRpcClient(nitroConfig.RemoteNode.NitroEndpoint, isSecure)
 		if err != nil {
 			logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/environments/example.toml b/environments/example.toml
index 07870405..2c7e4b39 100644
--- a/environments/example.toml
+++ b/environments/example.toml
@@ -54,3 +54,5 @@
 
     [nitro.remoteNode]
         nitroEndpoint = "127.0.0.1:4005/api/v1" # NITRO_ENDPOINT
+        isSecure = false
+
diff --git a/pkg/serve/config.go b/pkg/serve/config.go
index 0a9ec409..0405e9f9 100644
--- a/pkg/serve/config.go
+++ b/pkg/serve/config.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ const (
 	NITRO_USE_DURABLE_STORE    = "NITRO_USE_DURABLE_STORE"
 	NITRO_DURABLE_STORE_FOLDER = "NITRO_DURABLE_STORE_FOLDER"
 	NITRO_ENDPOINT             = "NITRO_ENDPOINT"
+	NITRO_IS_SECURE            = "NITRO_IS_SECURE"
 	NITRO_MSG_PORT             = "NITRO_MSG_PORT"
 	NITRO_WS_MSG_PORT          = "NITRO_WS_MSG_PORT"
 	NITRO_RPC_PORT             = "NITRO_RPC_PORT"
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ type InProcessNitroNodeConfig struct {
 
 type RemoteNitroNodeConfig struct {
 	NitroEndpoint string
+	IsSecure      bool
 }
 
 type NitroConfig struct {
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@ func (c *Config) loadNitroConfig() {
 	viper.BindEnv("nitro.inProcesssNode.tlsKeyFilepath", NITRO_TLS_KEY_FILEPATH)
 
 	viper.BindEnv("nitro.remoteNode.nitroEndpoint", NITRO_ENDPOINT)
+	viper.BindEnv("nitro.remoteNode.isSecure", NITRO_IS_SECURE)
 
 	c.Nitro.RunNodeInProcess = viper.GetBool("nitro.runNodeInProcess")
 	c.Nitro.RpcQueryRatesFile = viper.GetString("nitro.rpcQueryRatesFile")
@@ -372,6 +375,7 @@ func (c *Config) loadNitroConfig() {
 	c.Nitro.InProcessNode.TlsKeyFilepath = viper.GetString("nitro.inProcesssNode.tlsKeyFilepath")
 
 	c.Nitro.RemoteNode.NitroEndpoint = viper.GetString("nitro.remoteNode.nitroEndpoint")
+	c.Nitro.RemoteNode.IsSecure = viper.GetBool("nitro.remoteNode.isSecure")
 }
 
 func (c *Config) loadGroupCacheConfig() {