diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a8aef6..5e66a3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ text-completion/
 image-generation/
 voice-generation/
 xtts/
-bin/
\ No newline at end of file
+bin/
+!bin/create_ssl.bat
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/create_ssl.bat b/bin/create_ssl.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47cdd5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/create_ssl.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+@echo off
+setlocal
+
+:: Check if a specific argument is passed to detect if called by another batch file
+set "pauseRequired=false"
+set "silentMode=false"
+if "%~1"=="" (
+    set "pauseRequired=true"
+) else (
+    set "silentMode=true"
+)
+
+:: Redirect output to NUL if in silent mode
+if "%silentMode%"=="true" (
+    set "outputRedirection=>nul 2>&1"
+) else (
+    set "outputRedirection="
+)
+
+:: Set the SSL certificate directory and files
+set "SILLYTAVERN_DIR=%~dp0..\SillyTavern"
+set "CERT_DIR=%SILLYTAVERN_DIR%\certs"
+set "CERT_FILE=%CERT_DIR%\cert.pem"
+set "KEY_FILE=%CERT_DIR%\privkey.pem"
+set "CERT_INFO_FILE=%CERT_DIR%\SillyTavernSSLInfo.txt"
+set "ERROR_LOG=%CERT_DIR%\error_log.txt"
+
+:: Check if the SillyTavern directory exists
+if not exist "%SILLYTAVERN_DIR%" (
+    echo Please install SillyTavern first.
+    if "%pauseRequired%"=="true" pause
+    endlocal
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+:: Create the SSL certificate directory if it doesn't exist
+if not exist "%CERT_DIR%" (
+    mkdir "%CERT_DIR%"
+    echo Created directory %CERT_DIR% %outputRedirection%
+) else (
+    echo Directory %CERT_DIR% already exists. %outputRedirection%
+)
+
+:: Check if the certificate already exists and delete it if it does
+if exist "%CERT_FILE%" (
+    del "%CERT_FILE%"
+    echo Existing certificate deleted. %outputRedirection%
+)
+
+if exist "%KEY_FILE%" (
+    del "%KEY_FILE%"
+    echo Existing key deleted. %outputRedirection%
+)
+
+:: Find the Git installation directory
+for /f "delims=" %%i in ('where git') do (
+    set "gitPath=%%i"
+    goto :foundGit
+)
+
+:foundGit
+:: Extract the directory from the git.exe path
+for %%i in ("%gitPath%") do set "gitDir=%%~dpi"
+
+:: Remove the bin\ or cmd\ part to get the main Git installation directory
+set "gitDir=%gitDir:bin\=%"
+set "gitDir=%gitDir:cmd\=%"
+
+echo Git is installed at: %gitDir% %outputRedirection%
+
+:: Find openssl.exe within the Git installation directory
+for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir "%gitDir%" /s /b ^| findstr \\openssl.exe') do (
+    set "opensslPath=%%i"
+    goto :foundOpenSSL
+)
+
+:foundOpenSSL
+echo OpenSSL is located at: %opensslPath% %outputRedirection%
+
+:: Generate the self-signed certificate in PEM format
+echo Generating self-signed certificate... %outputRedirection%
+"%opensslPath%" req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout "%KEY_FILE%" -out "%CERT_FILE%" -days 825 -nodes -subj "/CN=127.0.0.1" %outputRedirection%
+
+if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto error
+echo Certificate generation complete. %outputRedirection%
+
+:: Calculate the expiration date (today + 825 days) and format as mm/dd/yyyy
+for /f %%i in ('powershell -command "[datetime]::Now.AddDays(825).ToString('MM/dd/yyyy')"') do (
+    set "expDate=%%i"
+)
+
+:: Store the certificate and key path, and expiration date in the text file
+:: Correcting the paths to remove the "bin\.."
+set "correctCertPath=%SILLYTAVERN_DIR:\..\SillyTavern=\\SillyTavern%\certs\cert.pem"
+set "correctKeyPath=%SILLYTAVERN_DIR:\..\SillyTavern=\\SillyTavern%\certs\privkey.pem"
+
+echo %correctCertPath% > "%CERT_INFO_FILE%"
+echo %correctKeyPath% >> "%CERT_INFO_FILE%"
+echo SSL Expiration Date (mm/dd/yyyy): %expDate% >> "%CERT_INFO_FILE%"
+echo Certificate and key paths and expiration date stored in %CERT_INFO_FILE%. %outputRedirection%
+
+echo Done. %outputRedirection%
+if "%pauseRequired%"=="true" pause
+endlocal
+exit /b 0
+
+:error
+echo An error occurred. Please check the console output for details. %outputRedirection%
+:: Log the error to the log file
+echo [%date% %time%] An error occurred during certificate generation. >> "%ERROR_LOG%"
+if "%pauseRequired%"=="true" pause
+endlocal
+exit /b 1
+goto :eof