diff --git a/site/app.py b/site/app.py
index 48077fe..b77e06e 100644
--- a/site/app.py
+++ b/site/app.py
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ Env vars (set by Terraform):
   KAFKA_TOPIC       — topic name
   KAFKA_USERNAME    — SASL username
   KAFKA_PASSWORD    — SASL password
-  KAFKA_CA_CRT      — CA certificate (PEM)
-  KAFKA_USER_CRT    — user certificate (PEM)
-  KAFKA_USER_KEY    — user private key (PEM)
   KAFKA_GROUP_ID    — consumer group id
   REDIS_HOST        — Redis host
   REDIS_PORT        — Redis port (default 6379)
@@ -20,7 +17,7 @@ Env vars (set by Terraform):
 
 import json
 import os
-import tempfile
+import ssl
 import threading
 
 from flask import Flask, jsonify
@@ -35,9 +32,6 @@ KAFKA_BROKERS = os.environ["KAFKA_BROKERS"]
 KAFKA_TOPIC = os.environ["KAFKA_TOPIC"]
 KAFKA_USERNAME = os.environ["KAFKA_USERNAME"]
 KAFKA_PASSWORD = os.environ["KAFKA_PASSWORD"]
-KAFKA_CA_CRT = os.environ.get("KAFKA_CA_CRT", "")
-KAFKA_USER_CRT = os.environ.get("KAFKA_USER_CRT", "")
-KAFKA_USER_KEY = os.environ.get("KAFKA_USER_KEY", "")
 KAFKA_GROUP_ID = os.environ.get("KAFKA_GROUP_ID", "iot-consumer-group")
 
 REDIS_HOST = os.environ["REDIS_HOST"]
@@ -47,21 +41,6 @@ REDIS_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("REDIS_PASSWORD", "")
 MONGO_URI = os.environ["MONGO_URI"]
 MONGO_DB = os.environ.get("MONGO_DB", "iot")
 
-# --- TLS certs → temp files ---
-_cert_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="kafka-certs-")
-
-def _write_cert(name, content):
-    if not content:
-        return None
-    path = os.path.join(_cert_dir, name)
-    with open(path, "w") as f:
-        f.write(content)
-    return path
-
-_ca_file = _write_cert("ca.crt", KAFKA_CA_CRT)
-_cert_file = _write_cert("user.crt", KAFKA_USER_CRT)
-_key_file = _write_cert("user.key", KAFKA_USER_KEY)
-
 # --- Clients ---
 events_consumed = 0
 errors_count = 0
@@ -129,26 +108,23 @@ def store_event(event):
 def consume_loop():
     global events_consumed, errors_count
 
-    kwargs = {
-        "bootstrap_servers": KAFKA_BROKERS,
-        "security_protocol": "SASL_SSL",
-        "sasl_mechanism": "PLAIN",
-        "sasl_plain_username": KAFKA_USERNAME,
-        "sasl_plain_password": KAFKA_PASSWORD,
-        "group_id": KAFKA_GROUP_ID,
-        "auto_offset_reset": "earliest",
-        "value_deserializer": lambda m: json.loads(m.decode("utf-8")),
-        "max_poll_records": 20,
-    }
-    if _ca_file:
-        kwargs["ssl_cafile"] = _ca_file
-    if _cert_file:
-        kwargs["ssl_certfile"] = _cert_file
-    if _key_file:
-        kwargs["ssl_keyfile"] = _key_file
-    kwargs["ssl_check_hostname"] = False
+    ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
+    ctx.check_hostname = False
+    ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
 
-    consumer = KafkaConsumer(KAFKA_TOPIC, **kwargs)
+    consumer = KafkaConsumer(
+        KAFKA_TOPIC,
+        bootstrap_servers=KAFKA_BROKERS,
+        security_protocol="SASL_SSL",
+        sasl_mechanism="PLAIN",
+        sasl_plain_username=KAFKA_USERNAME,
+        sasl_plain_password=KAFKA_PASSWORD,
+        ssl_context=ctx,
+        group_id=KAFKA_GROUP_ID,
+        auto_offset_reset="earliest",
+        value_deserializer=lambda m: json.loads(m.decode("utf-8")),
+        max_poll_records=20,
+    )
     print(f"[CONSUMER] Listening on topic '{KAFKA_TOPIC}'...")
 
     for message in consumer: