diff --git a/lib/modem.js b/lib/modem.js
index 5c54938..31ec775 100644
--- a/lib/modem.js
+++ b/lib/modem.js
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ var Modem = function(auth, hostname, namespace) {
 Modem.prototype.call = function(action, params, callback, ignore) {
   var fparams = [this.auth];
   fparams = fparams.concat(params || []);
-  
-  if(this.protocol === "https:") {
-    var xmlClient = rpc.createSecureClient(this.hostname);
+
+  var xmlClient;
+  if(this.protocol === 'https:') {
+    xmlClient = rpc.createSecureClient(this.hostname);
   } else {
-    var xmlClient = rpc.createClient(this.hostname);
+    xmlClient = rpc.createClient(this.hostname);
   }
 
   xmlClient.methodCall(this.namespace + action, fparams, function(error, value) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f2bde82..cc81d2b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "opennebula",
   "description": "OpenNebula XML-RPC API client.",
-  "version": "1.0.8",
+  "version": "1.0.9",
   "author": "Pedro Dias <petermdias@gmail.com>",
   "maintainers": [
     "apocas <petermdias@gmail.com>"