diff --git a/pkg/tls/tls.go b/pkg/tls/tls.go
index 4683e5d..025f823 100644
--- a/pkg/tls/tls.go
+++ b/pkg/tls/tls.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	// Need to embed the default config into the library
 	_ "embed"
 	"encoding/pem"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 // GenerateAllCerts generates the full set of required certs for chia blockchain
-func GenerateAllCerts(outDir string) error {
+// If privateCACert and privateCAKey are both nil, a new private CA will be generated
+func GenerateAllCerts(outDir string, privateCACert *x509.Certificate, privateCAKey *rsa.PrivateKey) error {
 	// First, ensure that all output directories exist
 	allNodes := append(privateNodeNames, publicNodeNames...)
 	for _, subdir := range append(allNodes, "ca") {
@@ -73,19 +75,31 @@ func GenerateAllCerts(outDir string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing chia_ca.key")
 	}
 
-	privateCACertBytes, privateCAKeyBytes, err := GenerateNewCA(path.Join(outDir, "ca", "private_ca"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error creating private ca pair: %w", err)
-	}
-	privateCACert, err := ParsePemCertificate(privateCACertBytes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing generated private_ca.crt: %w", err)
-	}
-	privateCAKey, err := ParsePemKey(privateCAKeyBytes)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing generated private_ca.key: %w", err)
+	if privateCACert == nil && privateCAKey == nil {
+		// If privateCACert and privateCAKey are both nil, we will generate a new one
+		privateCACertBytes, privateCAKeyBytes, err := GenerateNewCA(path.Join(outDir, "ca", "private_ca"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error creating private ca pair: %w", err)
+		}
+		privateCACert, err = ParsePemCertificate(privateCACertBytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error parsing generated private_ca.crt: %w", err)
+		}
+		privateCAKey, err = ParsePemKey(privateCAKeyBytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error parsing generated private_ca.key: %w", err)
+		}
+	} else if privateCACert == nil || privateCAKey == nil {
+		// If only one of them is nil, we can't continue
+		return errors.New("you must provide the CA cert and key if providing a CA, or set both to nil and a new CA will be generated")
+	} else {
+		// Must have non-nil values for both, so ensure the cert and key match
+		if ! CertMatchesPrivateKey(privateCACert, privateCAKey) {
+			return errors.New("provided private CA Cert and Key do not match")
+		}
 	}
 
+
 	for _, node := range publicNodeNames {
 		_, _, err = GenerateCASignedCert(chiaCACert, chiaCAKey, path.Join(outDir, node, fmt.Sprintf("public_%s", node)))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -103,6 +117,22 @@ func GenerateAllCerts(outDir string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// CertMatchesPrivateKey tests to make the sure cert and private key match
+func CertMatchesPrivateKey(cert *x509.Certificate, privateKey *rsa.PrivateKey) bool {
+	publicKey := &privateKey.PublicKey
+
+	certPublicKey, ok := cert.PublicKey.(*rsa.PublicKey)
+	if !ok {
+		fmt.Println("Certificate public key is not of type RSA")
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if publicKey.N.Cmp(certPublicKey.N) == 0 && publicKey.E == certPublicKey.E {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // ParsePemCertificate parses a certificate
 func ParsePemCertificate(certPem []byte) (*x509.Certificate, error) {
 	// Load CA certificate