diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index ec4a50a..ee82fe2 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 var assert = require('assert');
 
-var http = require('http'),
-    jayson = require('jayson'),
+var jayson = require('jayson'),
     _ = require('lodash');
 
+var http; // set on connect depending on the option given by the user
+
 var Odoo = function (config) {
   config = config || {};
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ var Odoo = function (config) {
   this.database = config.database;
   this.username = config.username;
   this.password = config.password;
+  this.protocol = config.protocol || "http"
 };
 
 // Connect
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ Odoo.prototype.connect = function (cb) {
 
   var self = this;
 
+  http = require(this.protocol)
+
   var req = http.request(options, function (res) {
     var response = '';
 
@@ -50,7 +54,12 @@ Odoo.prototype.connect = function (cb) {
     });
 
     res.on('end', function () {
-      response = JSON.parse(response);
+      try {
+        response = JSON.parse(response);
+      }
+      catch(err) {
+          return cb(err, null);
+      }
 
       if (response.error) {
         return cb(response.error, null);
@@ -203,7 +212,7 @@ Odoo.prototype._request = function (path, params, callback) {
     }
   };
 
-  var client = jayson.client.http(options);
+  var client = jayson.client[this.protocol](options);
 
   client.request('call', params, function (e, err, res) {
     if (e || err) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e79f8b3..ff92574 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "odoo",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.2",
   "description": "Node.js client library for Odoo using JSON-RPC",
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
   "directories": {