diff --git a/catalyst/exchange/bittrex/bittrex_api.py b/catalyst/exchange/bittrex/bittrex_api.py
index bc31607d..ca5f9c4a 100644
--- a/catalyst/exchange/bittrex/bittrex_api.py
+++ b/catalyst/exchange/bittrex/bittrex_api.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import json
 import time
 import hmac
 import hashlib
-
+import ssl
 
 # Workaround for backwards compatibility
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3745771/urllib-request-in-python-2-7
 from six.moves import urllib
+
 urlopen = urllib.request.urlopen
 
 
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ class Bittrex_api(object):
             headers = {}
 
         req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers)
-        response = json.loads(urlopen(req).read())
+        response = json.loads(urlopen(
+            req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context()).read())
 
         if response["result"]:
             return response["result"]
diff --git a/catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py b/catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py
index 8bf6bb83..894ba08b 100644
--- a/catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py
+++ b/catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import json
 import time
 import hmac
 import hashlib
+import ssl
 
 from six.moves import urllib
 
@@ -104,9 +105,10 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
         req = urllib.request.Request(
             url,
             data=post_data,
-            headers=headers
+            headers=headers,
         )
-        return json.loads(urlopen(req).read())
+        return json.loads(
+            urlopen(req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context()).read())
 
     def returnticker(self):
         return self.query('returnTicker', {})