diff -r 5be6dc582df3 -r 4cdf9cefa0bc net/server.lua
--- a/net/server.lua	Thu Jul 23 03:58:14 2009 +0100
+++ b/net/server.lua	Thu Jul 23 12:01:00 2009 +0100
@@ -190,7 +190,12 @@
     end
     if not ssl then
       sslctx = false;
-      out_put("server.lua: ", "ssl not enabled on ", serverport);
+      if startssl then
+         out_error( "server.lua: Cannot start ssl on port: ", serverport )
+         return nil, "Cannot start ssl,  see log for details"
+       else
+         out_put("server.lua: ", "ssl not enabled on ", serverport);
+       end
     end
 
     local accept = socket.accept