diff --git a/docs/docs/guides/backend.mdx b/docs/docs/guides/backend.mdx
index 099f6cf6e..815768e35 100644
--- a/docs/docs/guides/backend.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/guides/backend.mdx
@@ -215,7 +215,16 @@ async def auth(request: Request, call_next: Any):
         return deny()
 
     try:
-         jwks_client = jwt.PyJWKClient(
+         # Disable SSL certificate verification while in development
+
+        ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context()
+        ssl_context.check_hostname = False
+        ssl_context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+
+        jwks_client = jwt.PyJWKClient(
+            HANKO_API_URL + "/.well-known/jwks.json", ssl_context=ssl_context
+        )
+        jwks_client = jwt.PyJWKClient(
             HANKO_API_URL + "/.well-known/jwks.json", ssl_context=ssl_context
         )
         signing_key = jwks_client.get_signing_key_from_jwt(token)