diff --git a/src/activity_manager.rs b/src/activity_manager.rs
index c9c3b6a..6adf9c2 100644
--- a/src/activity_manager.rs
+++ b/src/activity_manager.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ impl ActivityManager {
         protocol: FileTransferProtocol,
         username: Option<String>,
         password: Option<String>,
+        secure: bool
     ) {
         self.ftparams = Some(FileTransferParams {
             address: address,
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ impl ActivityManager {
             protocol: protocol,
             username: username,
             password: password,
+            extra_flag_secure: secure,
         });
     }
 
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ impl ActivityManager {
                         _ => Some(activity.password.clone()),
                     },
                     protocol: activity.protocol.clone(),
+                    extra_flag_secure: activity.secure,
                 });
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b8aaf7a..f65c9c0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ fn main() {
     let mut password: Option<String> = None; // Default password
     let mut protocol: FileTransferProtocol = FileTransferProtocol::Sftp; // Default protocol
     let mut ticks: Duration = Duration::from_millis(10);
+    let mut secure: bool = false;
     //Process options
     let mut opts = Options::new();
     opts.optopt(
@@ -114,12 +115,13 @@ fn main() {
     if let Some(remote) = extra_args.get(0) {
         // Parse address
         match utils::parse_remote_opt(remote) {
-            Ok((addr, portn, proto, user)) => {
+            Ok((addr, portn, proto, user, secure)) => {
                 // Set params
                 address = Some(addr);
                 port = portn;
                 protocol = proto;
                 username = user;
+                secure = secure;
             }
             Err(err) => {
                 eprintln!("Bad address option: {}", err);
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ fn main() {
         }
         // In this case the first activity will be FileTransfer
         start_activity = NextActivity::FileTransfer;
-        manager.set_filetransfer_params(address, port, protocol, username, password);
+        manager.set_filetransfer_params(address, port, protocol, username, password, secure);
     }
     // Run
     manager.run(start_activity);
diff --git a/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/mod.rs b/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/mod.rs
index 8d2e075..4030368 100644
--- a/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/mod.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ pub struct FileTransferParams {
     pub protocol: FileTransferProtocol,
     pub username: Option<String>,
     pub password: Option<String>,
+    pub extra_flag_secure: bool,
 }
 
 /// ### InputField
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index c5e8d50..40b8fc1 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use std::time::SystemTime;
 
 /// ### parse_remote_opt
 ///
-/// Parse remote option string. Returns in case of success a tuple made of (address, port, protocol, username)
+/// Parse remote option string. Returns in case of success a tuple made of (address, port, protocol, username, secure)
 /// For ssh if username is not provided, current user will be used.
 /// In case of error, message is returned
 /// If port is missing default port will be used for each protocol
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ use std::time::SystemTime;
 ///
 pub fn parse_remote_opt(
     remote: &String,
-) -> Result<(String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>), String> {
+) -> Result<(String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>, bool), String> {
     let mut wrkstr: String = remote.clone();
     let address: String;
     let mut port: u16 = 22;
     let mut protocol: FileTransferProtocol = FileTransferProtocol::Sftp;
     let mut username: Option<String> = None;
+    let mut secure: bool = false;
     // Split string by '://'
     let tokens: Vec<&str> = wrkstr.split("://").collect();
     // If length is > 1, then token[0] is protocol
@@ -73,12 +74,20 @@ pub fn parse_remote_opt(
                     // Set port to default (22)
                     port = 22;
                 }
-                "ftp" | "ftps" => {
+                "ftp" => {
                     // Set protocol to fpt
                     protocol = FileTransferProtocol::Ftp;
                     // Set port to default (21)
                     port = 21;
                 }
+                "ftps" => {
+                    // Set protocol to fpt
+                    protocol = FileTransferProtocol::Ftp;
+                    // Set port to default (21)
+                    port = 21;
+                    // Set secure to true
+                    secure = true;
+                }
                 _ => return Err(format!("Unknown protocol '{}'", tokens[0])),
             }
             wrkstr = String::from(tokens[1]); // Wrkstr becomes tokens[1]
@@ -120,7 +129,7 @@ pub fn parse_remote_opt(
         },
         _ => return Err(String::from("Bad syntax")), // Too many tokens...
     }
-    Ok((address, port, protocol, username))
+    Ok((address, port, protocol, username, secure))
 }
 
 /// ### instant_to_str
@@ -139,47 +148,54 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_utils_parse_remote_opt() {
         // Base case
-        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("172.26.104.1")).ok().unwrap();
+        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>, bool) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("172.26.104.1")).ok().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.0, String::from("172.26.104.1"));
         assert_eq!(result.1, 22);
         assert_eq!(result.2, FileTransferProtocol::Sftp);
         assert!(result.3.is_some());
+        assert_eq!(result.4, false);
         // User case
-        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("root@172.26.104.1")).ok().unwrap();
+        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>, bool) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("root@172.26.104.1")).ok().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.0, String::from("172.26.104.1"));
         assert_eq!(result.1, 22);
         assert_eq!(result.2, FileTransferProtocol::Sftp);
         assert_eq!(result.3.unwrap(), String::from("root"));
+        assert_eq!(result.4, false);
         // User + port
-        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("root@172.26.104.1:8022")).ok().unwrap();
+        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>, bool) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("root@172.26.104.1:8022")).ok().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.0, String::from("172.26.104.1"));
         assert_eq!(result.1, 8022);
         assert_eq!(result.2, FileTransferProtocol::Sftp);
         assert_eq!(result.3.unwrap(), String::from("root"));
+        assert_eq!(result.4, false);
         // Port only
-        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("172.26.104.1:4022")).ok().unwrap();
+        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>, bool) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("172.26.104.1:4022")).ok().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.0, String::from("172.26.104.1"));
         assert_eq!(result.1, 4022);
         assert_eq!(result.2, FileTransferProtocol::Sftp);
         assert!(result.3.is_some());
+        assert_eq!(result.4, false);
         // Protocol
-        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("ftp://172.26.104.1")).ok().unwrap();
+        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>, bool) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("ftp://172.26.104.1")).ok().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.0, String::from("172.26.104.1"));
         assert_eq!(result.1, 21); // Fallback to ftp default
         assert_eq!(result.2, FileTransferProtocol::Ftp);
         assert!(result.3.is_none()); // Doesn't fall back
+        assert_eq!(result.4, false);
         // Protocol + user
-        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("ftp://anon@172.26.104.1")).ok().unwrap();
+        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>, bool) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("ftps://anon@172.26.104.1")).ok().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.0, String::from("172.26.104.1"));
         assert_eq!(result.1, 21); // Fallback to ftp default
         assert_eq!(result.2, FileTransferProtocol::Ftp);
         assert_eq!(result.3.unwrap(), String::from("anon"));
+        assert_eq!(result.4, true);
         // All together now
-        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("ftp://anon@172.26.104.1:8021")).ok().unwrap();
+        let result: (String, u16, FileTransferProtocol, Option<String>, bool) = parse_remote_opt(&String::from("ftp://anon@172.26.104.1:8021")).ok().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.0, String::from("172.26.104.1"));
         assert_eq!(result.1, 8021); // Fallback to ftp default
         assert_eq!(result.2, FileTransferProtocol::Ftp);
         assert_eq!(result.3.unwrap(), String::from("anon"));
+        assert_eq!(result.4, false);
 
         // bad syntax
         assert!(parse_remote_opt(&String::from("://172.26.104.1")).is_err()); // Missing protocol