diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/fire-engine/checkStatus.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/fire-engine/checkStatus.ts
index fadce779..4e64f74e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/fire-engine/checkStatus.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/fire-engine/checkStatus.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   ActionError,
   EngineError,
   SiteError,
+  SSLError,
   UnsupportedFileError,
 } from "../../error";
 import { MockState } from "../../lib/mock";
@@ -169,7 +170,13 @@ export async function fireEngineCheckStatus(
       typeof status.error === "string" &&
       status.error.includes("Chrome error: ")
     ) {
-      throw new SiteError(status.error.split("Chrome error: ")[1]);
+      const code = status.error.split("Chrome error: ")[1];
+
+      if (code.includes("ERR_CERT_") || code.includes("ERR_SSL_") || code.includes("ERR_BAD_SSL_")) {
+        throw new SSLError();
+      } else {
+        throw new SiteError(code);
+      }
     } else if (
       typeof status.error === "string" &&
       status.error.includes("File size exceeds")
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/error.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/error.ts
index ff445f8d..29b8970e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/error.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/error.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ export class RemoveFeatureError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+export class SSLError extends Error {
+  constructor() {
+    super("An SSL error occurred while scraping the URL. If you're not inputting any sensitive data, try scraping with `skipTlsVerification: true`.");
+  }
+}
+
 export class SiteError extends Error {
   public code: string;
   constructor(code: string) {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
index 7dfc821f..baf29752 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   SiteError,
   TimeoutError,
   UnsupportedFileError,
+  SSLError,
 } from "./error";
 import { executeTransformers } from "./transformers";
 import { LLMRefusalError } from "./transformers/llmExtract";
@@ -323,6 +324,8 @@ async function scrapeURLLoop(meta: Meta): Promise<ScrapeUrlResponse> {
         throw error;
       } else if (error instanceof SiteError) {
         throw error;
+      } else if (error instanceof SSLError) {
+        throw error;
       } else if (error instanceof ActionError) {
         throw error;
       } else if (error instanceof UnsupportedFileError) {
@@ -470,6 +473,8 @@ export async function scrapeURL(
       // TODO: results?
     } else if (error instanceof SiteError) {
       meta.logger.warn("scrapeURL: Site failed to load in browser", { error });
+    } else if (error instanceof SSLError) {
+      meta.logger.warn("scrapeURL: SSL error", { error });
     } else if (error instanceof ActionError) {
       meta.logger.warn("scrapeURL: Action(s) failed to complete", { error });
     } else if (error instanceof UnsupportedFileError) {