diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efe145f..df33f47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Commit firmware.bin for upload
-.pio/*
-!.pio/build
-.pio/build/*
-!.pio/build/esp12e
-.pio/build/esp12e/*
-!.pio/build/esp12e/firmware.bin
+.pio
+build/*
+!build/esp12e
+build/esp12e/*
+!build/esp12e/firmware.bin
 
 # Don't save network credentials
 include/networkCredentials.h
diff --git a/.pio/build/esp12e/firmware.bin b/.pio/build/esp12e/firmware.bin
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e00f3d..0000000
Binary files a/.pio/build/esp12e/firmware.bin and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/build/esp12e/firmware.bin b/build/esp12e/firmware.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ea7bf3
Binary files /dev/null and b/build/esp12e/firmware.bin differ
diff --git a/include/version.h b/include/version.h
index daf682f..c40e6a8 100644
--- a/include/version.h
+++ b/include/version.h
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef BUILD_NUMBER
-  #define BUILD_NUMBER 9
+  #define BUILD_NUMBER 28
 #endif
 #ifndef VERSION
-  #define VERSION "v0.1.9 - 2023-11-28 12:03:55.553853"
+  #define VERSION "v0.1.28 - 2023-11-28 13:25:47.461259"
 #endif
 #ifndef VERSION_SHORT
-  #define VERSION_SHORT "v0.1.9"
+  #define VERSION_SHORT "v0.1.28"
 #endif
diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index f00a9dd..77531f3 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 ; Please visit documentation for the other options and examples
 ; https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf.html
 
+[platformio]
+build_dir = build
+
 [env:esp12e]
 platform = espressif8266
 board = esp12e
diff --git a/src/myOTA.cpp b/src/myOTA.cpp
index babefdb..71db391 100644
--- a/src/myOTA.cpp
+++ b/src/myOTA.cpp
@@ -45,19 +45,29 @@ void handleOTALocal() {
 }
 
 void handleOTARemote() {
-  BearSSL::WiFiClientSecure client;
+  WiFiClient client;
   const uint8_t fingerprint[20] = {
     0xe9, 0x4e, 0x54, 0xa9, 0x30, 0x86, 0x3d, 0x53, 0x5b, 0xa0, 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xa5, 0xdd, 0x0d, 0xe3, 0xbd, 0xa8, 0xc9, 0xc2,
   };
-  client.setFingerprint(fingerprint);
-  t_httpUpdate_return ret = ESPhttpUpdate.update(client, "https://github.com/bendtherules/Patient-counter-esp8266/raw/main/.pio/build/esp12e/firmware.bin", VERSION_SHORT);
+  // client.setFingerprint(fingerprint);
+  // client.setInsecure();
+  const char* host = "www.github.com";
+  const int httpsPort = 80;
+  Serial.println(host);
+  if (!client.connect(host, httpsPort)) {
+    Serial.println("connection failed");
+    return;
+  } else {
+    Serial.println("connection worked");
+  }
+  t_httpUpdate_return ret = ESPhttpUpdate.update(client, "http://github.com/bendtherules/Patient-counter-esp8266/raw/main ", VERSION_SHORT);
   switch(ret) {
     case HTTP_UPDATE_FAILED:
-      Serial.println("[update] Update failed.");
+      Serial.print("[update] Update failed. Reason - ");
+      Serial.println(ESPhttpUpdate.getLastErrorString());
       break;
     case HTTP_UPDATE_NO_UPDATES:
-      Serial.print("[update] Update no Update. Reason -");
-      Serial.println(ESPhttpUpdate.getLastErrorString());
+      Serial.println("[update] Update no Update.");
       break;
     case HTTP_UPDATE_OK:
       Serial.println("[update] Update ok."); // may not be called since we reboot the ESP
diff --git a/versioning b/versioning
index f11c82a..368f89c 100644
--- a/versioning
+++ b/versioning
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
\ No newline at end of file
+28
\ No newline at end of file