diff --git a/src/ripple/basics/impl/make_SSLContext.cpp b/src/ripple/basics/impl/make_SSLContext.cpp
index fcd4a1541b..7a47a69b35 100644
--- a/src/ripple/basics/impl/make_SSLContext.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/basics/impl/make_SSLContext.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace detail {
 // detection/prevention, we also have websocket and rpc scenarios
 // and want to ensure weak ciphers can't be used.
 char const defaultCipherList[] =
-    "HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:!DSS:!SHA1:!3DES:!RC4:!EXPORT:!DSS";
+    "HIGH:MEDIUM:!aNULL:!MD5:!DSS:!3DES:!RC4:!EXPORT";
 
 template <class>
 struct custom_delete;
diff --git a/src/ripple/server/impl/SSLHTTPPeer.h b/src/ripple/server/impl/SSLHTTPPeer.h
index 847f00b47f..a44f35596b 100644
--- a/src/ripple/server/impl/SSLHTTPPeer.h
+++ b/src/ripple/server/impl/SSLHTTPPeer.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ do_handshake(yield_context do_yield)
         return this->fail(ec, "handshake");
     bool const http =
         this->port().protocol.count("peer") > 0 ||
-        //port().protocol.count("wss") > 0 ||
+        this->port().protocol.count("wss") > 0 ||
         this->port().protocol.count("wss2") > 0 ||
         this->port().protocol.count("https") > 0;
     if(http)