diff --git a/android/org/gingercal/net/CertVerifier.java b/android/org/gingercal/net/CertVerifier.java
index 40acfc7..28239c6 100644
--- a/android/org/gingercal/net/CertVerifier.java
+++ b/android/org/gingercal/net/CertVerifier.java
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ public final class CertVerifier {
     public static final class Untrusted extends IOException {
         public final String fingerprint, subject, issuer, expires;
         public final boolean changed; // a pin was set and this is a different certificate
+        public final List<byte[]> chain; // as the server sent it, leaf first
 
-        Untrusted(String fp, String subject, String issuer, String expires, boolean changed) {
+        Untrusted(String fp, String subject, String issuer, String expires, boolean changed, List<byte[]> chain) {
             super("untrusted certificate " + fp);
+            this.chain = chain;
             this.fingerprint = fp;
             this.subject = subject;
             this.issuer = issuer;
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ public final class CertVerifier {
         }
     }
 
-    private static Untrusted untrusted(byte[] leafDer, boolean changed) {
+    private static Untrusted untrusted(List<byte[]> chainDer, boolean changed) {
+        byte[] leafDer = chainDer.get(0);
         String subject = "?", issuer = "?", expires = "?";
         try {
             Certificate c = Certificate.getInstance(leafDer);
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ public final class CertVerifier {
             issuer = String.valueOf(c.getIssuer());
             expires = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.US).format(c.getEndDate().getDate());
         } catch (Exception ignored) {}
-        return new Untrusted(sha256(leafDer), subject, issuer, expires, changed);
+        return new Untrusted(sha256(leafDer), subject, issuer, expires, changed, chainDer);
     }
 
     /** Lookup of trusted root certificates (DER) by the DER encoding of their subject name. */
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ public final class CertVerifier {
         if (p.length() > 0) {
             // a pinned server: exactly that certificate, whatever its name or issuer
             if (norm(sha256(chainDer.get(0))).equals(p)) return;
-            throw untrusted(chainDer.get(0), true);
+            throw untrusted(chainDer, true);
         }
         if (roots == null) throw new IOException("No trust store configured");
         java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream all = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream();
@@ -149,6 +152,7 @@ public final class CertVerifier {
     }
 
     private static void verifyFully(List<byte[]> chainDer, String host) throws IOException {
+        final List<byte[]> chain0 = chainDer;
         List<Certificate> chain = new ArrayList<Certificate>();
         for (int i = 0; i < chainDer.size(); i++) chain.add(Certificate.getInstance(chainDer.get(i)));
 
@@ -171,9 +175,13 @@ public final class CertVerifier {
             // 1. Anchored directly by a trusted root?
             List<byte[]> anchors = roots.find(issuerDer);
             if (anchors != null) {
+                byte[] currentDer = current.getEncoded(ASN1Encoding.DER);
                 for (int i = 0; i < anchors.size(); i++) {
+                    // the very certificate the user chose to trust (e.g. self-signed)
+                    if (java.util.Arrays.equals(anchors.get(i), currentDer)) return;
                     Certificate root = Certificate.getInstance(anchors.get(i));
-                    if (signatureValid(current, root)) return; // trusted
+                    // anything that signs must be a CA: a trusted site's own certificate can't vouch for another
+                    if (isCa(root) && signatureValid(current, root)) return; // trusted
                 }
             }
 
@@ -186,7 +194,7 @@ public final class CertVerifier {
                 if (!isCa(cand)) continue;
                 if (signatureValid(current, cand)) { next = cand; break; }
             }
-            if (next == null) throw untrusted(chainDer.get(0), false);
+            if (next == null) throw untrusted(chain0, false);
             current = next;
         }
         throw new IOException("Certificate chain too long");