diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index afda013b..0d001e06 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -113,12 +113,15 @@ func serve() {
 
 		// TODO: Read from config file
 		rpcPort := 4005
-		tlsCertFilepath := "./nitroTLS/statechannels.org.pem"
-		tlsKeyFilepath := "./nitroTLS/statechannels.org_key.pem"
+		tlsCertFilepath := ""
+		tlsKeyFilepath := ""
 
-		cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(tlsCertFilepath, tlsKeyFilepath)
-		if err != nil {
-			logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
+		var cert tls.Certificate
+		if tlsCertFilepath != "" && tlsKeyFilepath != "" {
+			cert, err = tls.LoadX509KeyPair(tlsCertFilepath, tlsKeyFilepath)
+			if err != nil {
+				logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
+			}
 		}
 
 		nitroRpcServer, err := initNitroRpcServer(nitroNode, pm, &cert, rpcPort)