diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index f96d0962..f1bbd1fe 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Release Notes
 PlatformIO 3.0
 --------------
 
+3.0.1 (2016-09-??)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Disabled temporary SSL for PlatformIO services
+  (`issue #772 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio/issues/772>`_)
+
 3.0.0 (2016-09-07)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/examples b/examples
index 72b3153a..06275d78 160000
--- a/examples
+++ b/examples
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 72b3153af021232552eafccb247186e5563ed533
+Subproject commit 06275d78d16cf1c30ce26b71f387acf77408efe9
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index d01eed7d..2183ca86 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (3, 0, 0)
+VERSION = (3, 0, "1a1")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"
diff --git a/platformio/app.py b/platformio/app.py
index 25ec8ce7..1ca78ed6 100644
--- a/platformio/app.py
+++ b/platformio/app.py
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
         "value": False
     },
     "disable_ssl": {
-        "description": ("Disable SSL for PlatformIO API "
-                        "(NOT RECOMMENDED, INSECURE)"),
-        "value": False
+        "description": "Disable SSL for PlatformIO services",
+        "value": True
     },
     "enable_telemetry": {
         "description":