diff --git a/FednDemo/fedn-client/src/main/java/com/example/fedn_client/FednClient.kt b/FednDemo/fedn-client/src/main/java/com/example/fedn_client/FednClient.kt
index 8a5e03f..f27a0ec 100644
--- a/FednDemo/fedn-client/src/main/java/com/example/fedn_client/FednClient.kt
+++ b/FednDemo/fedn-client/src/main/java/com/example/fedn_client/FednClient.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class FednClient(
     private val name: String? = null,
     private val heartbeatInterval: Long = 5000,
     private val port: Int = 443,
+    private val secureGrpcConnection: Boolean = true,
     private val defaultDispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO,
     private var _httpHandler: IHttpHandler? = null,
     private var _grpcHandler: IGrpcHandler? = null
@@ -140,7 +141,14 @@ class FednClient(
 
             val fqdn = response.fqdn
 
-            grpcHandler = GrpcHandler(clientName, fqdn, port, token, response.host)
+            grpcHandler = GrpcHandler(
+                clientName,
+                fqdn,
+                port,
+                token,
+                response.host,
+                secureGrpcConnection = secureGrpcConnection
+            )
 
             attached = true
 
diff --git a/FednDemo/fedn-client/src/main/java/com/example/fedn_client/GrpcHandler.kt b/FednDemo/fedn-client/src/main/java/com/example/fedn_client/GrpcHandler.kt
index b8cd226..9902e4a 100644
--- a/FednDemo/fedn-client/src/main/java/com/example/fedn_client/GrpcHandler.kt
+++ b/FednDemo/fedn-client/src/main/java/com/example/fedn_client/GrpcHandler.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import com.google.protobuf.ByteString
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder
 import io.grpc.Metadata
-import io.grpc.NameResolver
 import io.grpc.StatusException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ const val CHUNK_SIZE: Int = 1024 * 1024
 enum class ModelUpdateState {
     LISTENER_INITIALIZED, SERVER_MODEL_DOWNLOADED, TRAINING_STARTED, TRAINING_COMPLETED, MODEL_UPLOADED, TRAINING_ROUND_FINISHED
 }
+
 interface IGrpcHandler : Closeable {
     suspend fun sendHeartbeat()
     suspend fun listenToModelUpdateRequestStream(
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ internal class GrpcHandler(
     private val url: String,
     private val port: Int,
     private val token: String,
-    private val combinerName: String
+    private val combinerName: String,
+    private val secureGrpcConnection: Boolean = true
 ) : IGrpcHandler {
 
     private val headers = Metadata().apply {
@@ -62,7 +63,10 @@ internal class GrpcHandler(
             if (_managedChannel == null) {
 
                 _managedChannel =
-                    ManagedChannelBuilder.forAddress(url, port).useTransportSecurity().build()
+                    if (secureGrpcConnection)
+                        ManagedChannelBuilder.forAddress(url, port).useTransportSecurity().build()
+                    else
+                        ManagedChannelBuilder.forAddress(url, port).usePlaintext().build()
             }
 
             return _managedChannel ?: throw AssertionError("Set to null by another thread")
diff --git a/FednKotlin/app/dependencies/fedn-client.jar b/FednKotlin/app/dependencies/fedn-client.jar
index 537d932..43b17f1 100644
Binary files a/FednKotlin/app/dependencies/fedn-client.jar and b/FednKotlin/app/dependencies/fedn-client.jar differ
diff --git a/FednKotlin/app/src/main/kotlin/fednkotlin/App.kt b/FednKotlin/app/src/main/kotlin/fednkotlin/App.kt
index 9409875..721582c 100644
--- a/FednKotlin/app/src/main/kotlin/fednkotlin/App.kt
+++ b/FednKotlin/app/src/main/kotlin/fednkotlin/App.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package fednkotlin
 
 import com.example.fedn_client.FednClient
 import com.example.fedn_client.IFednClient
+import java.util.UUID
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 
 val runTrainingProcess: (ByteArray) -> ByteArray = { modelIn ->
@@ -18,18 +19,24 @@ fun main() {
     runBlocking {
         val url: String? = System.getenv("FEDN_URL")
         val token: String? = System.getenv("FEDN_TOKEN")
-        val name: String? = System.getenv("FEDN_NAME")
+        var name: String? = System.getenv("FEDN_NAME")
 
-        if (url == null || token == null || name == null) {
-            println("FEDN_URL, FEDN_TOKEN and FEDN_NAME must be set")
+        if (url == null || token == null) {
+            println("FEDN_URL and FEDN_TOKEN must be set")
             return@runBlocking
         }
 
         println("FEDN_URL: $url")
         println("FEDN_TOKEN: $token")
+
+        if (name == null) {
+            println("FEDN_NAME not set, using random name")
+            name = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
+        }
         println("FEDN_NAME: $name")
 
-        val fednClient: IFednClient = FednClient(url, token, name = name)
+        val fednClient: IFednClient =
+                FednClient(url, token, name = name, secureGrpcConnection = false)
 
         val result =
                 fednClient.runProcess(
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ fun main() {
                         timeoutAfterMillis = 60000
                 )
 
-        println("Result: ${result?.first}")
+        println("Result: ${result.first}")
     }
 
     println("Program ran to completion")