diff --git a/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/backends/mongo/MongoBackendImpl.java b/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/backends/mongo/MongoBackendImpl.java
index d5de16376..6e24e0793 100644
--- a/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/backends/mongo/MongoBackendImpl.java
+++ b/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/backends/mongo/MongoBackendImpl.java
@@ -616,7 +616,11 @@ private MongoDatabase getDatabase(String dbName) {
                                              build());
                 }
             } else {
-                client = new MongoClient(servers);
+                MongoClientOptions options = MongoClientOptions.builder()
+                    .sslEnabled(sslEnabled)
+                    .sslInvalidHostNameAllowed(sslInvalidHostNameAllowed)
+                    .build();
+                 client = new MongoClient(servers, options);
             } // if else
         } // if