diff --git a/src/main/server/enable_ssl.sh b/src/main/server/enable_ssl.sh
index e618bc377..c62ee4e22 100755
--- a/src/main/server/enable_ssl.sh
+++ b/src/main/server/enable_ssl.sh
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ get_new_certificate(){
       #  install letsencrypt and get the certificate
       echo "creating new certificate"
       distro
-      if [ "$ID" == "ubuntu" ]; then
+      if [[ "$ID" == "ubuntu" || "$ID" == "debian" ]]; then
 
         $SUDO apt-get update -qq -y
         output