diff --git a/cert/generate b/cert/generate
index 720fcfd..d89953d 100755
--- a/cert/generate
+++ b/cert/generate
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ go run filippo.io/mkcert -ecdsa -install
 go run filippo.io/mkcert -ecdsa -days 10 -cert-file "$CRT" -key-file "$KEY" localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1
 
 # Compute the sha256 fingerprint of the certificate for WebTransport
-openssl x509 -in "$CRT" -outform der | openssl dgst -sha256 > ../player/src/transport/fingerprint.hex
+openssl x509 -in "$CRT" -outform der | openssl dgst -sha256 > ../player/fingerprint.hex
diff --git a/player/.gitignore b/player/.gitignore
index 6d34cdf..10ec168 100644
--- a/player/.gitignore
+++ b/player/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 .parcel-cache
 dist
+fingerprint.hex
diff --git a/player/src/index.ts b/player/src/index.ts
index dfa93a9..e691ab5 100644
--- a/player/src/index.ts
+++ b/player/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import Player from "./player"
 
+// @ts-ignore embed the certificate fingerprint using bundler
+import fingerprintHex from 'bundle-text:../fingerprint.hex';
+
+// Convert the hex to binary.
+let fingerprint = [];
+for (let c = 0; c < fingerprintHex.length-1; c += 2) {
+    fingerprint.push(parseInt(fingerprintHex.substring(c, c+2), 16));
+}
+
 const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)
 
 const url = params.get("url") || "https://localhost:4443/watch"
@@ -7,6 +16,10 @@ const canvas = document.querySelector<HTMLCanvasElement>("canvas#video")!
 
 const player = new Player({
     url: url,
+    fingerprint: { // TODO remove when Chrome accepts the system CA
+        "algorithm": "sha-256",
+        "value": new Uint8Array(fingerprint),
+    },
     canvas: canvas,
 })
 
diff --git a/player/src/player/index.ts b/player/src/player/index.ts
index 00438b2..b18a625 100644
--- a/player/src/player/index.ts
+++ b/player/src/player/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Video from "../video"
 
 export interface PlayerInit {
 	url: string;
+	fingerprint?: WebTransportHash; // the certificate fingerprint, temporarily needed for local development
 	canvas: HTMLCanvasElement;
 }
 
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ export default class Player {
 
         this.transport = new Transport({
             url: props.url,
+			fingerprint: props.fingerprint,
+
             audio: this.audio,
             video: this.video,
         })
@@ -29,10 +32,6 @@ export default class Player {
         this.transport.close()
 	}
 
-	async connect(url: string) {
-        await this.transport.connect(url)
-	}
-
 	play() {
 		this.audio.play({})
 		//this.video.play()
diff --git a/player/src/transport/.gitignore b/player/src/transport/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 628e634..0000000
--- a/player/src/transport/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fingerprint.hex
diff --git a/player/src/transport/index.ts b/player/src/transport/index.ts
index 138688d..90bb29b 100644
--- a/player/src/transport/index.ts
+++ b/player/src/transport/index.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import * as MP4 from "../mp4"
 import Audio from "../audio"
 import Video from "../video"
 
-// @ts-ignore bundler embeds data
-import fingerprint from 'bundle-text:./fingerprint.hex';
-
 export interface TransportInit {
 	url: string;
+	fingerprint?: WebTransportHash; // the certificate fingerprint, temporarily needed for local development
+
 	audio: Audio;
 	video: Video;
 }
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export default class Transport {
 		this.audio = props.audio;
 		this.video = props.video;
 
-		this.quic = this.connect(props.url)
+		this.quic = this.connect(props)
 
 		// Create a unidirectional stream for all of our messages
 		this.api = this.quic.then((q) => {
@@ -43,22 +42,16 @@ export default class Transport {
 		(await this.quic).close()
 	}
 
-	async connect(url: string): Promise<WebTransport> {
-		// Convert the hex to binary.
-		let hash = [];
-		for (let c = 0; c < fingerprint.length-1; c += 2) {
-			hash.push(parseInt(fingerprint.substring(c, c+2), 16));
+	// Helper function to make creating a promise easier
+	private async connect(props: TransportInit): Promise<WebTransport> {
+
+		let options: WebTransportOptions = {};
+		if (props.fingerprint) {
+			options.serverCertificateHashes = [ props.fingerprint ]
 		}
 
-		const quic = new WebTransport(url, {
-			"serverCertificateHashes": [{
-				"algorithm": "sha-256",
-				"value": new Uint8Array(hash),
-			}]
-		})
-
+		const quic = new WebTransport(props.url, options)
 		await quic.ready
-
 		return quic
 	}