diff --git a/workflow/engine/classes/class.pmGoogleApi.php b/workflow/engine/classes/class.pmGoogleApi.php
index 0333b3e6d..621624fb3 100755
--- a/workflow/engine/classes/class.pmGoogleApi.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/classes/class.pmGoogleApi.php
@@ -227,11 +227,13 @@ class PMGoogleApi
                 throw new Exception(G::LoadTranslation('ID_GOOGLE_FILE_P12_ERROR'));
             }
 
+            $data = json_decode($key);
             $assertionCredentials = new Google_Auth_AssertionCredentials(
                 $this->serviceAccountEmail,
                 $this->scope,
-                $key
+                $data->private_key
             );
+
             $assertionCredentials->sub = $this->user;
 
             $client = new Google_Client();
diff --git a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Services/Google/Authentication.php b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Services/Google/Authentication.php
index fadfdf02b..b1d9537ad 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Services/Google/Authentication.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Services/Google/Authentication.php
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ class Authentication
         // define options
         $optArray = array(
             CURLOPT_URL => $url,
-            CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true
+            CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
+            CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false
         );
         // apply those options
         curl_setopt_array($ch, $optArray);
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class Authentication
         // Check if any error occurred
         if(curl_errno($ch))
         {
-            throw (new \Exception(\G::LoadTranslation( 'ID_TO_URL' )));
+            throw (new \Exception(curl_error($ch)));
         }
         $info = curl_getinfo($ch);
         curl_close($ch);