# How to add Cloudlfare SSL Certificate instead InfinityFree SSL?

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-add-cloudlfare-ssl-certificate-instead-infinityfree-ssl/72099>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-add-cloudlfare-ssl-certificate-instead-infinityfree-ssl/72099 "2023-02-08T09:41:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-add-cloudlfare-ssl-certificate-instead-infinityfree-ssl/72099/5 "2023-02-08T12:55:21Z")

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I have checked your site.

For starters, your SSL certificate seems fine. When I try to access it with cURL, I see that it’s using a certificate from Cloudflare. So your website is using the right nameservers and the Cloudflare proxy is enabled.

However, your website doesn’t seem to load at all when checked in a browser, and the response from Cloudflare says status code 520, which means “Webserver is returning an unknown error”.

When I check your website without Cloudflare and connect directly to the website IP (using hosts file overrides), your website is working.

So my guess is that your DNS settings in Cloudflare are not correct.

Please make sure that your settings in Cloudflare are set up as described in this article:

> [@A Full Guide To Cloudflare](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/a-full-guide-to-cloudflare/44451):
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> Hello, I will show you how to easily set up Cloudflare, Edit Records, and Troubleshoot with images! PLEASE READ BEFORE STARTING!!! Cloudflare cannot be used on free subdomains from InfinityFree. You can use Cloudflare on Custom Domains ([yoursite.com](http://yoursite.com)) and with Custom Sub-Domains ([subdomain.yoursite.com](http://subdomain.yoursite.com)). A video tutorial can be found at the end of this guide, should you get stuck. You must connect your domain to your InfinityFree account first. [Read more here](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-add-your-own-domain-to-your-account/49227). Set-Up Cloudflare Go to [Dash…](http://Dash.Cloudflare.com)

If that doesn’t solve your issue, please share a screenshot of the DNS records you have set in Cloudflare for your domain.

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