diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc86e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--define:ssl
diff --git a/package_scanner.nim b/package_scanner.nim
index 3953d8e..7fb7eea 100644
--- a/package_scanner.nim
+++ b/package_scanner.nim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #  * Missing/unknown license
 #  * Insecure git:// url on GitHub
 #
-# Usage: nim r -d:ssl package_scanner.nim
+# Usage: nim r [-d:dontFetchRepos] package_scanner.nim 
 #
 # Copyright 2015 Federico Ceratto <federico.ceratto@gmail.com>
 # Released under GPLv3 License, see /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3
@@ -165,8 +165,10 @@ proc check(): int =
       elif pkg["license"].str.toLowerAscii notin licenses:
         echo "E: ", name, " has an unexpected license: ", pkg["license"]
         inc result
-      elif pkg.hasKey("web") and not canFetchNimbleRepository(name, pkg["web"]):
-        echo "W: Failed to fetch source code repo for ", name
+      elif pkg.hasKey("web"):
+        when not defined(dontFetchRepos):
+          if not canFetchNimbleRepository(name, pkg["web"]):
+            echo "W: Failed to fetch source code repo for ", name
       elif pkg.hasKey("tags"):
         var emptyTags = 0
         for tag in pkg["tags"]: