diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 54441aea1..655704fab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+3.0.1:
+ - Add an insecure channel config flag
 3.0.0:
  - Compatability with v2 of the API: https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/release-notes
  - Removed the symbol based lookup util, favoring a method based one:
diff --git a/lib/google/ads/google_ads/config.rb b/lib/google/ads/google_ads/config.rb
index edc58c93c..451e38461 100644
--- a/lib/google/ads/google_ads/config.rb
+++ b/lib/google/ads/google_ads/config.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class Config
         attr_accessor :treat_deprecation_warnings_as_errors
         attr_accessor :warn_on_all_deprecations
 
+        attr_accessor :use_insecure_channel
+
         def initialize(&block)
           @refresh_token = nil
           @client_id = nil
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ def initialize(&block)
           @treat_deprecation_warnings_as_errors = false
           @warn_on_all_deprecations = false
 
+          @use_insecure_channel = false
+
           yield self if block_given?
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/google/ads/google_ads/google_ads_client.rb b/lib/google/ads/google_ads/google_ads_client.rb
index 74dca2c25..d5955bfad 100644
--- a/lib/google/ads/google_ads/google_ads_client.rb
+++ b/lib/google/ads/google_ads/google_ads_client.rb
@@ -155,9 +155,13 @@ def make_channel
             MAX_METADATA_SIZE => 16*1024*1024,
           }
 
-          call_creds = GRPC::Core::CallCredentials.new(get_credentials)
-          chan_creds = GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials.new.compose(call_creds)
-          GRPC::Core::Channel.new(target, channel_args, chan_creds)
+          if !@config.use_insecure_channel
+            call_creds = GRPC::Core::CallCredentials.new(get_credentials)
+            chan_creds = GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials.new.compose(call_creds)
+            GRPC::Core::Channel.new(target, channel_args, chan_creds)
+          else
+            GRPC::Core::Channel.new(target, channel_args, :this_channel_is_insecure)
+          end
         end
 
         def patch_lro_headers(class_to_return, headers)
diff --git a/lib/google/ads/google_ads/version.rb b/lib/google/ads/google_ads/version.rb
index 10c957bf8..12180434b 100644
--- a/lib/google/ads/google_ads/version.rb
+++ b/lib/google/ads/google_ads/version.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 module Google
   module Ads
     module GoogleAds
-      CLIENT_LIB_VERSION = '3.0.0'.freeze
+      CLIENT_LIB_VERSION = '3.0.1'.freeze
     end
   end
 end