diff --git a/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.micro/MicroHttpServer.scala b/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.micro/MicroHttpServer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed9727f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.micro/MicroHttpServer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.micro
+
+import cats.effect.{IO, Resource}
+import cats.implicits._
+import com.avast.datadog4s.api.Tag
+import com.avast.datadog4s.extension.http4s.DatadogMetricsOps
+import com.avast.datadog4s.{StatsDMetricFactory, StatsDMetricFactoryConfig}
+import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.collector.core.{Config => CollectorConfig}
+import org.http4s.blaze.server.BlazeServerBuilder
+import org.http4s.headers.`Strict-Transport-Security`
+import org.http4s.server.Server
+import org.http4s.server.middleware.{HSTS, Metrics}
+import org.http4s.{HttpApp, HttpRoutes}
+import org.typelevel.log4cats.Logger
+import org.typelevel.log4cats.slf4j.Slf4jLogger
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext
+
+
+/** The same http server builder as in collector but with option to customize SSLContext */
+object MicroHttpServer {
+
+  implicit private def logger: Logger[IO] = Slf4jLogger.getLogger[IO]
+
+  def build(routes: HttpRoutes[IO],
+            port: Int,
+            secure: Boolean,
+            customSslContext: Option[SSLContext],
+            hsts: CollectorConfig.HSTS,
+            networking: CollectorConfig.Networking,
+            metricsCollectorConfig: CollectorConfig.Metrics
+           ): Resource[IO, Server] =
+    for {
+      withMetricsMiddleware <- createMetricsMiddleware(routes, metricsCollectorConfig)
+      server <- buildBlazeServer(withMetricsMiddleware, port, secure, customSslContext, hsts, networking)
+    } yield server
+
+  private def createMetricsMiddleware(
+                                       routes: HttpRoutes[IO],
+                                       metricsCollectorConfig: CollectorConfig.Metrics
+                                     ): Resource[IO, HttpRoutes[IO]] =
+    if (metricsCollectorConfig.statsd.enabled) {
+      val metricsFactory = StatsDMetricFactory.make[IO](createStatsdCollectorConfig(metricsCollectorConfig))
+      metricsFactory.evalMap(DatadogMetricsOps.builder[IO](_).useDistributionBasedTimers().build()).map { metricsOps =>
+        Metrics[IO](metricsOps)(routes)
+      }
+    } else {
+      Resource.pure(routes)
+    }
+
+  private def createStatsdCollectorConfig(metricsCollectorConfig: CollectorConfig.Metrics): StatsDMetricFactoryConfig = {
+    val server = InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(metricsCollectorConfig.statsd.hostname, metricsCollectorConfig.statsd.port)
+    val tags = metricsCollectorConfig.statsd.tags.toVector.map { case (name, value) => Tag.of(name, value) }
+    StatsDMetricFactoryConfig(Some(metricsCollectorConfig.statsd.prefix), server, defaultTags = tags)
+  }
+
+  private def hstsMiddleware(hsts: CollectorConfig.HSTS, routes: HttpApp[IO]): HttpApp[IO] =
+    if (hsts.enable)
+      HSTS(routes, `Strict-Transport-Security`.unsafeFromDuration(hsts.maxAge))
+    else routes
+
+  private def buildBlazeServer(routes: HttpRoutes[IO],
+                               port: Int,
+                               secure: Boolean,
+                               customSslContext: Option[SSLContext],
+                               hsts: CollectorConfig.HSTS,
+                               networking: CollectorConfig.Networking
+                              ): Resource[IO, Server] =
+    Resource.eval(Logger[IO].info("Building blaze server")) >>
+      BlazeServerBuilder[IO]
+        .bindSocketAddress(new InetSocketAddress(port))
+        .withHttpApp(hstsMiddleware(hsts, routes.orNotFound))
+        .withIdleTimeout(networking.idleTimeout)
+        .withMaxConnections(networking.maxConnections)
+        .cond(secure, _.withSslContext(customSslContext.getOrElse(SSLContext.getDefault)))
+        .resource
+
+  implicit class ConditionalAction[A](item: A) {
+    def cond(cond: Boolean, action: A => A): A =
+      if (cond) action(item) else item
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.micro/Run.scala b/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.micro/Run.scala
index 9bf5329..b42120d 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.micro/Run.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.micro/Run.scala
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ object Run {
 
   private def buildEnvironment(config: MicroConfig): Resource[IO, Unit] = {
     for {
-      _ <- Resource.eval(setupSSLContext())
+      customSslContext <- Resource.eval(setupSSLContext())
       enrichmentRegistry <- buildEnrichmentRegistry(config.enrichmentsConfig)
       badProcessor = Processor(BuildInfo.name, BuildInfo.version)
-      adapterRegistry = MicroAdapterRegistry.create() 
+      adapterRegistry = MicroAdapterRegistry.create()
       lookup = JavaNetRegistryLookup.ioLookupInstance[IO]
       sink = new MemorySink(config.iglu.client, lookup, enrichmentRegistry, config.outputEnrichedTsv, badProcessor, adapterRegistry)
       collectorService = new Service[IO](
@@ -73,20 +73,21 @@ object Run {
 
       miniRoutes = new Routing(config.iglu.resolver)(lookup).value
       allRoutes = miniRoutes <+> collectorRoutes
-      _ <- HttpServer.build[IO](
+      _ <- MicroHttpServer.build(
         allRoutes,
         config.collector.port,
         secure = false,
+        customSslContext = None,
         config.collector.hsts,
         config.collector.networking,
         config.collector.monitoring.metrics
       )
-      _ <- runHttpsServerIfEnabled(config, allRoutes) 
+      _ <- runHttpsServerIfEnabled(config, customSslContext, allRoutes) 
     } yield ()
   }
 
-  private def setupSSLContext(): IO[Unit] = IO {
-    sys.env.get(Configuration.EnvironmentVariables.sslCertificatePassword).foreach { password =>
+  private def setupSSLContext(): IO[Option[SSLContext]] = IO {
+    sys.env.get(Configuration.EnvironmentVariables.sslCertificatePassword).map { password =>
       // Adapted from https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/server-side/server-https-support.html.
       // We could use SSLContext.getDefault instead of all of this, but then we would need to
       // force the user to add arcane -D flags when running Micro, which is not the best experience.
@@ -102,8 +103,7 @@ object Run {
 
       val context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS")
       context.init(keyManagerFactory.getKeyManagers, trustManagerFactory.getTrustManagers, new SecureRandom)
-
-      SSLContext.setDefault(context)
+      context
     }
   }
 
@@ -138,12 +138,15 @@ object Run {
       }
   }
 
-  private def runHttpsServerIfEnabled(config: MicroConfig, routes: HttpRoutes[IO]): Resource[IO, Unit] = {
+  private def runHttpsServerIfEnabled(config: MicroConfig,
+                                      customSslContext: Option[SSLContext],
+                                      routes: HttpRoutes[IO]): Resource[IO, Unit] = {
     if (config.collector.ssl.enable) {
-      HttpServer.build[IO](
+      MicroHttpServer.build(
         routes,
         config.collector.ssl.port,
         secure = true,
+        customSslContext,
         config.collector.hsts,
         config.collector.networking,
         config.collector.monitoring.metrics