diff --git a/lib/partner.js b/lib/partner.js
index 42a20fe..4a6e5df 100644
--- a/lib/partner.js
+++ b/lib/partner.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function createXmlRpcClient(endpoint) {
 
     logger.verbose('Creating XML-RPC client using ' + partnerUrl.protocol, clientOptions);
 
-    return (partnerUrl.protocol === 'https') ? xmlrpc.createSecureClient(clientOptions) : xmlrpc.createClient(clientOptions);
+    return (partnerUrl.protocol === 'https:') ? xmlrpc.createSecureClient(clientOptions) : xmlrpc.createClient(clientOptions);
 }
 
 function buy(task) {