diff --git a/daemon/connect/TlsSocket.cpp b/daemon/connect/TlsSocket.cpp
index 4c0856e8..14a654c7 100644
--- a/daemon/connect/TlsSocket.cpp
+++ b/daemon/connect/TlsSocket.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ void TlsSocket::Init()
 
 void TlsSocket::InitOptions(const char* certStore)
 {
+	if (Util::EmptyStr(certStore)) 
+		return;
+
 	m_certStore = certStore;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL