diff --git a/getssl b/getssl
index d3d8059..41ccf79 100755
--- a/getssl
+++ b/getssl
@@ -1548,6 +1548,20 @@ for d in "${alldomains[@]}"; do
 					cd $ftplocn
 					delete ${token:?}
 					EOF
+        elif [[ "${t_loc:0:6}" == "ftpes:" ]] || [[ "${t_loc:0:5}" == "ftps:" ]] ; then
+            debug "using ftp to delete the file from $from"
+            ftpuser=$(echo "${t_loc}"| awk -F: '{print $2}')
+            ftppass=$(echo "${t_loc}"| awk -F: '{print $3}')
+            ftphost=$(echo "${t_loc}"| awk -F: '{print $4}')
+            ftplocn=$(echo "${t_loc}"| awk -F: '{print $5}')
+            debug "ftp user=$ftpuser - pass=$ftppass - host=$ftphost file=${ftplocnn/${token:?}"
+            if [[ "${to:0:5}" == "ftps:" ]] ; then
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+                curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ftp-ssl --ftp-ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" --silent -Q "DELE ${token:?}}" "ftp://${ftphost}${ftplocn}:990/"
+            else
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+                curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ftp-ssl --ftp-ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" --silent -Q "DELE ${token:?}" "ftp://${ftphost}${ftplocn}/"
+            fi
         else
           rm -f "${t_loc:?}/${token:?}"
         fi