diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 303f6bd..ae28418 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void proxy_protocol(PTSTREAM *pts)
 	/*
 	 * Create the proxy CONNECT command into buf
 	 */
-	if (args_info.remproxy_given )
+	if (args_info.remproxy_given && !connected_with_remote_proxy)
 	{
 		if( args_info.verbose_flag )
 			message( "Tunneling to %s (remote proxy)\n", args_info.remproxy_arg );
@@ -183,13 +183,19 @@ void proxy_protocol(PTSTREAM *pts)
 
 	analyze_HTTP(pts);
 
-	if (args_info.remproxy_given )
+	if (args_info.remproxy_given && !connected_with_remote_proxy)
 	{
+		connected_with_remote_proxy = 1;
 		/*
 		 * Clean buffer for next analysis
  		 */
 		while ( strcmp( buf, "\r\n" ) != 0 ) readline(pts);
 
+#ifdef USE_SSL
+		if (args_info.encrypt_flag )
+			stream_enable_ssl(pts);
+#endif
+
 		if( args_info.verbose_flag )
 			message( "Tunneling to %s (destination)\n", args_info.dest_arg );
 		sprintf( buf, "CONNECT %s HTTP/1.0\r\n", args_info.dest_arg );
diff --git a/proxytunnel.c b/proxytunnel.c
index c76a2cc..13764a3 100644
--- a/proxytunnel.c
+++ b/proxytunnel.c
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ void do_daemon()
 #endif
 
 			/* Open the tunnel */
+			connected_with_remote_proxy = 0;
 			proxy_protocol(stunnel);
 
 			/* If --encrypt is specified, wrap all traffic after the proxy handoff in SSL */
diff --git a/proxytunnel.h b/proxytunnel.h
index 2a2d243..37c58bc 100644
--- a/proxytunnel.h
+++ b/proxytunnel.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int read_fd;                    /* The file descriptor to read from */
 int write_fd;                   /* The file destriptor to write to */
 char *program_name;             /* Guess what? */
 int i_am_daemon;                /* Also... */
+int connected_with_remote_proxy;
 
 PTSTREAM *stunnel;		/* The stream representing the socket from us to the proxy */
 PTSTREAM *std;			/* The stream representing stdin/stdout */
diff --git a/ptstream.c b/ptstream.c
index fd8ede3..595cb6f 100644
--- a/ptstream.c
+++ b/ptstream.c
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ int stream_enable_ssl(PTSTREAM *pts)
 	SSL_METHOD *meth;
 	SSL *ssl;
 	SSL_CTX *ctx;
-	
+
+	if ( pts->ssl != NULL ){
+		return 1;
+	}
 	/* Initialise the connection */
 	SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms();
 	meth = SSLv23_client_method();