diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index d9cbc44..71a2c11 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartbucket',
-  version: '3.0.16',
+  version: '3.0.17',
   description: 'A TypeScript library offering simple and cloud-agnostic object storage with advanced features like bucket creation, file and directory management, and data streaming.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.smartbucket.ts b/ts/classes.smartbucket.ts
index 920515b..e742df7 100644
--- a/ts/classes.smartbucket.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.smartbucket.ts
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ export class SmartBucket {
   /**
    * the constructor of SmartBucket
    */
-  constructor(configArg: plugins.tsclass.storage.IS3Descriptor) {
+  constructor(configArg: IS3Descriptor) {
     this.config = configArg;
-    const endpoint = this.config.endpoint.startsWith('http://') || this.config.endpoint.startsWith('https://')
-      ? this.config.endpoint
-      : `https://${this.config.endpoint}`;
+
+    const protocol = configArg.useSsl === false ? 'http' : 'https';
+    const endpoint = `${protocol}://${configArg.endpoint}`;
 
     this.s3Client = new plugins.s3.S3Client({
       endpoint,
-      region: this.config.region || 'us-east-1',
+      region: configArg.region || 'us-east-1',
       credentials: {
-        accessKeyId: this.config.accessKey,
-        secretAccessKey: this.config.accessSecret,
+        accessKeyId: configArg.accessKey,
+        secretAccessKey: configArg.accessSecret,
       },
       forcePathStyle: true, // Necessary for S3-compatible storage like MinIO or Wasabi
     });