diff --git a/lib/websocket.js b/lib/websocket.js
index eb09696..97c69b3 100644
--- a/lib/websocket.js
+++ b/lib/websocket.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ var createSecretKey = function() {
     // [0x21, 0x2f] (14 characters) and [0x3a, 0x7e] (68 characters)
     var numChars = 1 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 12);
     assert.ok(1 <= numChars && numChars <= 12);
-    
+
     for (var i = 0; i < numChars; i++) {
         var pos = Math.floor(Math.random() * s.length + 1);
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var createSecretKey = function() {
 
 // Generate a challenge sequence
 var createChallenge = function() {
-    var c = ''; 
+    var c = '';
     for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
         c += String.fromCharCode(Math.floor(Math.random() * 255));
     }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var secretKeyValue = function(sk) {
 
     for (var i = 0; i < sk.length; i++) {
         var cc = sk.charCodeAt(i);
-        
+
         if (cc == 0x20) {
             ns++;
         } else if (0x30 <= cc && cc <= 0x39) {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ var secretKeyValue = function(sk) {
 // byte string
 var secretKeyHashValue = function(sk) {
     var skv = secretKeyValue(sk);
-   
+
     var hv = '';
     hv += String.fromCharCode((skv >> 24) & 0xff);
     hv += String.fromCharCode((skv >> 16) & 0xff);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ var secretKeyHashValue = function(sk) {
 
 // Compute the secret key signature based on two secret key strings and some
 // handshaking data.
-var computeSecretKeySignature = function(s1, s2, hs) { 
+var computeSecretKeySignature = function(s1, s2, hs) {
     assert.equal(hs.length, 8);
 
     var hash = crypto.createHash('md5');
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ var computeSecretKeySignature = function(s1, s2, hs) {
 // Return a hex representation of the given binary string; used for debugging
 var str2hex = function(str) {
     var hexChars = [
-        '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 
+        '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
         'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'
     ];
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ var WebSocket = function(url, proto, opts) {
         if (serverClosed) {
             serverCloseHandler();
         }
-        
+
         if (consumed == 0) {
             bufs.push(buf.slice(off, buf.length));
             bufsBytes += buf.length - off;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ var WebSocket = function(url, proto, opts) {
 
     // Connect and perform handshaking with the server
     (function() {
-        // Parse constructor arguments 
+        // Parse constructor arguments
         if (!url) {
             throw new Error('Url and must be specified.');
         }
@@ -470,7 +470,8 @@ var WebSocket = function(url, proto, opts) {
         //      un-inspected to net.Stream.connect(). The latter accepts a
         //      string as its first argument to connect to a UNIX socket.
         var httpClient = undefined;
-        switch (getUrlScheme(url)) {
+        var scheme = getUrlScheme(url).replace('wss', 'ws');
+        switch (scheme) {
         case 'ws':
             var u = urllib.parse(url);
             httpClient = http.createClient(u.port || 80, u.hostname);