diff --git a/exec/newslink.js b/exec/newslink.js
index ffe8b8881ba14b0b14db98b86e9524a696380b11..1908b11cef820449505046294c3252f49a73f44f 100644
--- a/exec/newslink.js
+++ b/exec/newslink.js
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ if(!socket.connect(host,port)) {
 	exit();
 }
 print("Connected");
-socket.ssl_session=tls;
+if(tls) {
+	print("Negotiating TLS");
+	socket.ssl_session=true;
+}
 readln();
 
 if(username!=undefined && username.length) {