I've had a similar error message (SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed) on a different application. The solution was to delete/rename the cacert.pem that ended up in my user's home directory.
I've had a similar error message (SSL3_GET_ SERVER_ CERTIFICATE: certificate verify failed) on a different application. The solution was to delete/rename the cacert.pem that ended up in my user's home directory.