diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8499bdb..2a498cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,18 +11,34 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <jersey-version>1.6</jersey-version>
   </properties>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>pircbot</id>
+      <url>file://${project.basedir}/repository/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
   <dependencies>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <version>3.8.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <groupId>pircbot</groupId>
       <artifactId>pircbot</artifactId>
       <version>1.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>pircbot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>pircbot-ssl</artifactId>
+      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <!--<scope>system</scope>-->
+      <!--<systemPath>${project.basedir}/dependency/pircbot-1.5.0-ssl.jar</systemPath>-->
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
       <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
@@ -84,6 +100,11 @@
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
       <version>1.2</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+	    <version>3.1</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
         <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
@@ -98,6 +119,15 @@
   <build>
     <finalName>PushBot</finalName>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
         <artifactId>antlr3-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -140,6 +170,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <archive>
             <manifest>
diff --git a/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/1.5.0/pircbot-ssl-1.5.0.jar b/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/1.5.0/pircbot-ssl-1.5.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b1f160
Binary files /dev/null and b/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/1.5.0/pircbot-ssl-1.5.0.jar differ
diff --git a/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/1.5.0/pircbot-ssl-1.5.0.pom b/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/1.5.0/pircbot-ssl-1.5.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bc89fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/1.5.0/pircbot-ssl-1.5.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>pircbot</groupId>
+  <artifactId>pircbot-ssl</artifactId>
+  <version>1.5.0</version>
+  <description>POM was created from install:install-file</description>
+</project>
diff --git a/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/maven-metadata-local.xml b/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/maven-metadata-local.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a72a1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/pircbot/pircbot-ssl/maven-metadata-local.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>pircbot</groupId>
+  <artifactId>pircbot-ssl</artifactId>
+  <versioning>
+    <release>1.5.0</release>
+    <versions>
+      <version>1.5.0</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20160601161756</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/etsy/pushbot/PushBot.java b/src/main/java/com/etsy/pushbot/PushBot.java
index 9a1dd14..4814e21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/etsy/pushbot/PushBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/etsy/pushbot/PushBot.java
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package com.etsy.pushbot;
 
 import com.etsy.pushbot.command.TrainCommand;
+import com.etsy.pushbot.config.ConfigServer;
+import com.etsy.pushbot.config.Status;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
-import com.etsy.pushbot.config.ConfigServer;
-import com.etsy.pushbot.config.Status;
-import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
@@ -258,6 +259,10 @@ public static void main(String[] args)
     option.setRequired(false);
     options.addOption(option);
 
+    option = new Option("s", "ssl",  false, "Use SSL");
+    option.setRequired(false);
+    options.addOption(option);
+
     option = new Option("g", "graphite-enabled",  false, "Set to true to log stats to graphite");
     options.addOption(option);
 
@@ -280,6 +285,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args)
       System.err.println("  -h,--irc-host            IRCD hostname");
       System.err.println("  -p,--irc-port            IRCD port");
       System.err.println("  -a,--irc-passwod         Optional IRCD server password");
+      System.err.println("  -s,--ssl                 Connect using SSL");
       System.err.println("  -g,--graphite-enabled    Enable graphite logging");
       System.err.println("  -r,--graphite-host       Graphite hostname");
       System.err.println("  -t,--graphite-port       Graphite port");
@@ -299,11 +305,19 @@ public static void main(String[] args)
           commandLine.getOptionValue('r', null),
           Integer.valueOf(commandLine.getOptionValue('t', "2003")));
 
+    SSLSocketFactory socketFactory = null;
+
+    if (commandLine.hasOption('s')) {
+        socketFactory = (SSLSocketFactory)SSLSocketFactory.getDefault();
+    }
+
     // Connect to IRCD
     pushBot.connect(
         commandLine.getOptionValue('h'),
         Integer.valueOf(commandLine.getOptionValue('p')),
-        commandLine.getOptionValue('a', null));
+        commandLine.getOptionValue('a', null),
+        socketFactory
+    );
 
     // Launch the web interface
     ConfigServer configServer = new ConfigServer(pushBot);