diff --git a/server/bin/web-server.ts b/server/bin/web-server.ts
index 90d6eed0..3c61dbd4 100755
--- a/server/bin/web-server.ts
+++ b/server/bin/web-server.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const normalizePort = (val: string | number): string | number => {
 const startWebServer = () => {
   const port = normalizePort(config.floodServerPort);
   const host = config.floodServerHost;
-  const useSSL = config.ssl;
+  const useSSL = config.ssl ?? false;
 
   app.set('port', port);
   app.set('host', host);
diff --git a/shared/schema/Config.ts b/shared/schema/Config.ts
index 677c123e..2ed86f4c 100644
--- a/shared/schema/Config.ts
+++ b/shared/schema/Config.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export const configSchema = object({
   // CLI argument: --proxy
   // Used for development only. Not used in production.
   // See the "Local Development" section of README.md for detail.
-  floodServerProxy: string().url(),
+  floodServerProxy: string().url().optional(),
 
   // CLI argument: --maxhistorystates
   // Flood keeps a history of torrent download and upload speeds.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export const configSchema = object({
 
   // CLI argument: --ssl
   // Configuration for SSL, if using SSL with the Flood service directly. [default: false]
-  ssl: boolean(),
+  ssl: boolean().optional(),
 
   // CLI argument: --sslkey
   // Path to the SSL private key. [default: '<rundir>/key.pem']