diff --git a/WakaTime.py b/WakaTime.py
index cbb3000..47c68ab 100644
--- a/WakaTime.py
+++ b/WakaTime.py
@@ -30,18 +30,19 @@ SETTINGS = {}
 LAST_ACTION = 0
 LAST_FILE = None
 BUSY = False
+HAS_SSL = False
 
 # check if we have SSL support
 try:
     import ssl
     HAS_SSL = True
-except ImportError:
-    #from subprocess import Popen
-    pass
 
-# import wakatime package
-sys.path.insert(0, join(PLUGIN_DIR, 'packages', 'wakatime'))
-import wakatime
+    # import wakatime package
+    sys.path.insert(0, join(PLUGIN_DIR, 'packages', 'wakatime'))
+    import wakatime
+
+except ImportError:
+    from subprocess import Popen
 
 
 def setup_settings_file():
@@ -155,15 +156,15 @@ class SendActionThread(threading.Thread):
         if SETTINGS.get('debug'):
             cmd.append('--verbose')
             print(cmd)
-        #if HAS_SSL:
-        wakatime.main(cmd)
-        """else:
+        if HAS_SSL:
+            wakatime.main(cmd)
+        else:
             cmd.insert(0, python_binary())
             if platform.system() == 'Windows':
                 Popen(cmd, shell=False)
             else:
                 with open(join(expanduser('~'), '.wakatime.log'), 'a') as stderr:
-                    Popen(cmd, stderr=stderr)"""
+                    Popen(cmd, stderr=stderr)
 
 
 def plugin_loaded():