diff --git a/polygon/websocket/websocket_client.py b/polygon/websocket/websocket_client.py
index 3c046485..fae2d0c5 100644
--- a/polygon/websocket/websocket_client.py
+++ b/polygon/websocket/websocket_client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import signal
+import ssl
 import threading
 from typing import Optional, Callable
 
@@ -39,11 +40,11 @@ def __init__(self, cluster: str, auth_key: str, process_message: Optional[Callab
         # TODO: this probably isn't great design.
         #  If the user defines their own signal handler then this will gets overwritten.
         #  We still need to make sure that killing, terminating, interrupting the program closes the connection
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self._cleanup_signal_handler())
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self._cleanup_signal_handler())
+        # signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self._cleanup_signal_handler())
+        # signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self._cleanup_signal_handler())
 
     def run(self):
-        self.ws.run_forever()
+        self.ws.run_forever(skip_utf8_validation=True, sslopt={"cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE})
 
     def run_async(self):
         self._run_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.run)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45095315..fd16d732 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-version = os.getenv("VERSION")
-if not version:
-    print("no version supplied")
-    sys.exit(1)
-
 def get_readme_md_contents():
     """read the contents of your README file"""
     with open("README.md", encoding='utf-8') as f:
@@ -18,7 +13,7 @@ def get_readme_md_contents():
 
 setup(
     name="polygon-api-client",
-    version=version,
+    version=0.9,
     description="Polygon API client",
     long_description=get_readme_md_contents(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",