1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/org/madore/damlengine/WeblogDatabaseConnection.java b/org/madore/damlengine/WeblogDatabaseConnection.java
index b3e2690..5d3c8a2 100644
--- a/org/madore/damlengine/WeblogDatabaseConnection.java
+++ b/org/madore/damlengine/WeblogDatabaseConnection.java
@@ -102,12 +102,14 @@ public final class WeblogDatabaseConnection {
 	    final String dbUrl
 		= "jdbc:postgresql://"+dbHost+":"+dbPort+"/"+dbName;
 	    final Properties dbProps = new Properties();
+	    final Driver drv = new Driver();
 	    dbProps.setProperty("user", dbUser);
 	    dbProps.setProperty("password", dbPass);
 	    dbProps.setProperty("ssl", "true");
-	    dbProps.setProperty("sslmode", "prefer");
+	    if ( drv.getMajorVersion() >= 42 )
+		dbProps.setProperty("sslmode", "prefer");
 	    dbProps.setProperty("sslfactory", "org.postgresql.ssl.NonValidatingFactory");
-	    conn = (new Driver()).connect(dbUrl, dbProps);
+	    conn = drv.connect(dbUrl, dbProps);
 	    conn.createStatement().execute("SET TIME ZONE 0");
 	    pconn.set(conn);
 	}