diff --git a/examples/clone.js b/examples/clone.js
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ fse.remove(path).then(function() {
   nodegit.Clone.clone(
     "https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit.git",
     path,
-    { ignoreCertErrors: 1})
+    {
+      remoteCallbacks: {
+        certificateCheck: function() {
+          // github will fail cert check on some OSX machines
+          // this overrides that check
+          return 1;
+        }
+      }
+    })
   .then(function(repo) {
     return repo.getCommit("59b20b8d5c6ff8d09518454d4dd8b7b30f095ab5");
   })

diff --git a/examples/cloneFromGithubWith2Factor.js b/examples/cloneFromGithubWith2Factor.js
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ var opts = { ignoreCertErrors: 1};
 var repoUrl = "https://github.com/" + repoOwner + "/" + repoName + ".git";
 
 var opts = {
-  ignoreCertErrors: 1,
   remoteCallbacks: {
     credentials: function() {
       return nodegit.Cred.userpassPlaintextNew (token, "x-oauth-basic");
+    },
+    certificateCheck: function() {
+      return 1;
     }
   }
 };

diff --git a/examples/pull.js b/examples/pull.js
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ nodegit.Repository.open(path.resolve(__dirname, repoDir))
     return repository.fetchAll({
       credentials: function(url, userName) {
         return nodegit.Cred.sshKeyFromAgent(userName);
+      },
+      certificateCheck: function() {
+        return 1;
       }
-    }, true);
+    });
   })
   // Now that we're finished fetching, go ahead and merge our local branch
   // with the new one