diff --git a/src/main/java/io/iron/ironmq/Client.java b/src/main/java/io/iron/ironmq/Client.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/iron/ironmq/Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/iron/ironmq/Client.java
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ public class Client {
     private String token;
     private Cloud cloud;
 
+    static {
+        System.setProperty("https.protocols", "TLSv1");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Constructs a new Client using the specified project ID and token.
      * The network is not accessed during construction and this call will
Fix Rackspace with JDK 6

JDK 6 doesn't enable SSLv3/TLSv1 by default. Now loading the Client
class from this package enables it.