diff --git a/docker/config/application.tmpl b/docker/config/application.tmpl
index 5859f78a8e9bb52fb8dae1c4083ca3a6b2485334..2cd8bc0c43a6bd3ea9ca457b260bcaaea350b1d8 100644
--- a/docker/config/application.tmpl
+++ b/docker/config/application.tmpl
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ keycloak:
   credentials:
     secret: {{ .Env.KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_SECRET }}
   principal-attribute: "preferred_username"
+  ssl-required: {{ .Env.KEYCLOAK_SSL_REQUIRED }}
 
 ### EXTERNAL FILES ###
 # Files are imported when building the docker image
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 84053f9128a3a2c724ae1aa3ecab8ad0ff9b2e39..e77b803581f635159456a423b177b91a4ba2bcf0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ keycloak:
   credentials:
     secret: "dae83a6b-c769-4186-8383-f0984c6edf05"
   principal-attribute: "preferred_username"
+  ssl-required: none
 
 
 ### EXTERNAL FILES ###