diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index f6df36f..2705c4c 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -138,7 +138,23 @@ namespace dezentrale
         {
             bool printHelp = false;
             Console.WriteLine($"dezentrale-members, Version {VersionString}");
-            Console.WriteLine($"Working directory: {DmDirectory}");
+            Console.WriteLine($"Working directory: {DmDirectory}");
+
+
+            //See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/721161/how-to-detect-which-net-runtime-is-being-used-ms-vs-mono
+            bool isRunningOnMono = false;
+            try
+            {
+                isRunningOnMono = (Type.GetType("Mono.Runtime") != null);
+            } catch(Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine($"Mono detection failed. Assuming non-Mono. Error: {ex.Message}"); }
+
+            if(isRunningOnMono)
+            {
+                //Mono on OpenSSL (boringssl) will lead to Usage of TLS 1.0 instead of 1.2, even
+                //if this is explicitly set here!
+                Console.WriteLine("Mono detected. Setting MONO_TLS_PROVIDER to btls");
+                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("MONO_TLS_PROVIDER", "btls");
+            }
             System.Net.ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = true;
             System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = System.Net.SecurityProtocolType.Tls12;
 
diff --git a/dezentrale-members.csproj b/dezentrale-members.csproj
index ef56b02..261e1ef 100644
--- a/dezentrale-members.csproj
+++ b/dezentrale-members.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>dezentrale</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>dezentrale-members</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.8</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <TargetFrameworkProfile />