diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index c80261ca..3ae6db35 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ def get_valid_set_options():
                'titlepage_use_table':(None,None,boollist),
 
                'use_ssl_unverified_context':(None,None,boollist),
+               'use_ssl_default_seclevelone':(None,None,boollist),
                'use_cloudscraper':(None,None,boollist),
                'use_basic_cache':(None,None,boollist),
                'use_nsapa_proxy':(None,None,boollist),
@@ -490,6 +491,7 @@ def get_valid_keywords():
                  'tweak_fg_sleep',
                  'universe_as_series',
                  'use_ssl_unverified_context',
+                 'use_ssl_default_seclevelone',
                  'http_proxy',
                  'https_proxy',
                  'use_cloudscraper',
diff --git a/fanficfare/fetcher.py b/fanficfare/fetcher.py
index 3b9cc877..7f6e72f8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/fetcher.py
+++ b/fanficfare/fetcher.py
@@ -425,7 +425,17 @@ class RequestsFetcher(Fetcher):
         return requests.Session()
 
     def do_mounts(self,session):
-        session.mount('https://', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=self.retries))
+        if self.getConfig('use_ssl_default_seclevelone',False):
+            import ssl
+            class TLSAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
+                def init_poolmanager(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                    ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
+                    ctx.set_ciphers('DEFAULT@SECLEVEL=1')
+                    kwargs['ssl_context'] = ctx
+                    return super(TLSAdapter, self).init_poolmanager(*args, **kwargs)
+            session.mount('https://', TLSAdapter(max_retries=self.retries))
+        else:
+            session.mount('https://', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=self.retries))
         session.mount('http://', HTTPAdapter(max_retries=self.retries))
         session.mount('file://', FileAdapter())
         # logger.debug("Session Proxies Before:%s"%session.proxies)