diff --git a/src/main/java/org/krews/plugin/nitro/websockets/NetworkChannelInitializer.java b/src/main/java/org/krews/plugin/nitro/websockets/NetworkChannelInitializer.java
index f9d1390..375f11d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/krews/plugin/nitro/websockets/NetworkChannelInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/krews/plugin/nitro/websockets/NetworkChannelInitializer.java
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ import io.netty.handler.codec.http.websocketx.WebSocketServerProtocolConfig;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.websocketx.WebSocketServerProtocolHandler;
 import io.netty.handler.logging.LoggingHandler;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContext;
-import io.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateHandler;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
 import org.krews.plugin.nitro.websockets.codec.WebSocketCodec;
 import org.krews.plugin.nitro.websockets.handlers.CustomHTTPHandler;
 import org.krews.plugin.nitro.websockets.ssl.SSLCertificateLoader;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
+
 public class NetworkChannelInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<SocketChannel> {
     private static final int MAX_FRAME_SIZE = 500000;
 
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ public class NetworkChannelInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<SocketChannel>
         ch.pipeline().addLast("logger", new LoggingHandler());
 
         if(isSSL) {
-            ch.pipeline().addLast(context.newHandler(ch.alloc()));
+            SSLEngine engine = context.newEngine(ch.alloc());
+            ch.pipeline().addLast(new SslHandler(engine));
         }
         ch.pipeline().addLast("httpCodec", new HttpServerCodec());
         ch.pipeline().addLast("objectAggregator", new HttpObjectAggregator(MAX_FRAME_SIZE));