diff --git a/src/crm/utility/ZohoHTTPConnector.php b/src/crm/utility/ZohoHTTPConnector.php
index ef35370d..c4f10e1d 100644
--- a/src/crm/utility/ZohoHTTPConnector.php
+++ b/src/crm/utility/ZohoHTTPConnector.php
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public function fireRequest()
         curl_setopt($curl_pointer, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $this->userAgent);
         curl_setopt($curl_pointer, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, self::getRequestHeadersAsArray());
         curl_setopt($curl_pointer, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, APIConstants::REQUEST_METHOD_GET);
+        curl_setopt($curl_pointer, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
+        curl_setopt($curl_pointer, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
         
         if ($this->requestType === APIConstants::REQUEST_METHOD_POST) {
             curl_setopt($curl_pointer, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, APIConstants::REQUEST_METHOD_POST);
diff --git a/src/oauth/utility/ZohoOAuthTokens.php b/src/oauth/utility/ZohoOAuthTokens.php
index 8b2c9bc8..3fab55df 100644
--- a/src/oauth/utility/ZohoOAuthTokens.php
+++ b/src/oauth/utility/ZohoOAuthTokens.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function setExpiryTime($expiryTime)
     
     public function isValidAccessToken()
     {
-        return ($this->getExpiryTime() - $this->getCurrentTimeInMillis()) > 1000;
+        return ($this->getExpiryTime() - $this->getCurrentTimeInMillis()) > 600000;
     }
     
     public function getCurrentTimeInMillis()