diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
index 3845f56..4b0183b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public void buildBot() {
             plugin.logInfo("Setting IdentPassword ...");
             configBuilder.setNickservPassword(botIdentPassword);
         }
-        if (ssl) {
+        if (ssl || tls) {
             UtilSSLSocketFactory socketFactory = new UtilSSLSocketFactory();
             socketFactory.disableDiffieHellman();
             if (trustAllCerts) {