diff --git a/src/core/servers-setup.c b/src/core/servers-setup.c
index 357e8ebe..0664aa38 100644
--- a/src/core/servers-setup.c
+++ b/src/core/servers-setup.c
@@ -484,8 +484,9 @@ static SERVER_SETUP_REC *server_setup_read(CONFIG_NODE *node)
 	rec->password = g_strdup(config_node_get_str(node, "password", NULL));
 
 	rec->use_tls = config_node_get_bool(node, "use_tls", FALSE) || config_node_get_bool(node, "use_ssl", FALSE);
-	rec->tls_verify = config_node_get_bool(node, "tls_verify", TRUE) ||
-	                  config_node_get_bool(node, "ssl_verify", FALSE);
+	rec->tls_verify = config_node_find(node, "tls_verify") != NULL ?
+                              config_node_get_bool(node, "tls_verify", TRUE) :
+                              config_node_get_bool(node, "ssl_verify", TRUE);
 
 	value = config_node_get_str(node, "tls_cert", NULL);
 	if (value == NULL)
diff --git a/src/fe-fuzz/server.c b/src/fe-fuzz/server.c
index 83ce7bfa..b74a29b9 100644
--- a/src/fe-fuzz/server.c
+++ b/src/fe-fuzz/server.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerInitialize(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 	args_execute(0, NULL);
 	core_preinit((*argv)[0]);
 	core_init();
+	irssi_ssl_init();
 	irc_init();
 	fe_common_core_init();
 	fe_common_irc_init();