diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index 550251b..6b19afd 100644
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -19,16 +19,17 @@ $db_name = 'defaultdb';
 
 try {
     // Open a secure database link using the fast, modern PHP Data Objects (PDO) framework
-    $pdo = new PDO(
-        "mysql:host="$db_host;port=$db_port;dbname=$db_name;charset=utf8mb4", 
-        $db_user, 
-        $db_pass, 
-        [
-            PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE            => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
-            PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
-            PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES   => false,
-        ]
-    );
+   $pdo = new PDO(
+    "mysql:host=$db_host;port=$db_port;dbname=$db_name;charset=utf8mb4",
+    $db_user,
+    $db_pass,
+    [
+        PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE            => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
+        PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
+        PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES   => false,
+        PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA       => true, // Required for Aiven Cloud Database
+    ]
+);
 } catch (PDOException $e) {
     // If the database connection drops, immediately return a clean JSON error response 
     // so the patched Instagram 6.20.2 client app doesn't crash or hang.