diff --git a/proxmoxer/backends/https.py b/proxmoxer/backends/https.py
index 2bb054d..6d238f5 100644
--- a/proxmoxer/backends/https.py
+++ b/proxmoxer/backends/https.py
@@ -287,7 +287,14 @@ def __init__(
             if "token" not in SERVICES[service]["supported_https_auths"]:
                 config_failure("{} does not support API Token authentication", service)
 
-            self.auth = ProxmoxHTTPApiTokenAuth(user, token_name, token_value, service=service)
+            self.auth = ProxmoxHTTPApiTokenAuth(
+                user,
+                token_name,
+                token_value,
+                verify_ssl=verify_ssl,
+                timeout=timeout,
+                service=service,
+            )
         elif password is not None:
             if "password" not in SERVICES[service]["supported_https_auths"]:
                 config_failure("{} does not support password authentication", service)
diff --git a/tests/test_https.py b/tests/test_https.py
index 97e2f61..69d7d08 100644
--- a/tests/test_https.py
+++ b/tests/test_https.py
@@ -108,6 +108,22 @@ def test_get_tokens_password(self, mock_pve):
 
         assert ("ticket", "CSRFPreventionToken") == backend.get_tokens()
 
+    def test_verify_ssl_token(self):
+        backend = https.Backend("1.2.3.4:1234", token_name="name")
+        assert backend.auth.verify_ssl is True
+
+    def test_verify_ssl_false_token(self):
+        backend = https.Backend("1.2.3.4:1234", token_name="name", verify_ssl=False)
+        assert backend.auth.verify_ssl is False
+
+    def test_verify_ssl_password(self, mock_pve):
+        backend = https.Backend("1.2.3.4:1234", password="name")
+        assert backend.auth.verify_ssl is True
+
+    def test_verify_ssl_false_password(self, mock_pve):
+        backend = https.Backend("1.2.3.4:1234", password="name", verify_ssl=False)
+        assert backend.auth.verify_ssl is False
+
 
 class TestProxmoxHTTPAuthBase:
     """