diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 3c291a8..c542c19 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.1
+---
+Added new Splunk SDK jar with TLS support
+
 1.0
 ---
 Initial release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/build.properties b/build/build.properties
index a79617f..b70d9f9 100644
--- a/build/build.properties
+++ b/build/build.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=1.0
+version=1.1
 
 src=src
 classes=classes
diff --git a/config/jdklogging.properties b/config/jdklogging.properties
index e17fef1..24b4447 100644
--- a/config/jdklogging.properties
+++ b/config/jdklogging.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #Example java.util.logging configuration using a Splunk REST Handler  or Splunk Raw TCP Appender
 
 #handlers = java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
-handlers = com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRestHandler
-#handlers = com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler
+#handlers = com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRestHandler
+handlers = com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler
 
 # Set the default logging level for the root logger
 .level = INFO
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRestHandler.dropEventsOnQueueFull=false
 
 # Set the default logging level for new SplunkRawTCPHandler instances
 com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler.level=INFO
-com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler.host=localhost
-com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler.port=5150
+com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler.host=somehost
+com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler.port=5151
 com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler.maxQueueSize=5MB
 com.splunk.logging.jdk.handler.SplunkRawTCPHandler.dropEventsOnQueueFull=false
 
diff --git a/config/logback.xml b/config/logback.xml
index 16ab6e1..b5d7e15 100644
--- a/config/logback.xml
+++ b/config/logback.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <delivery>stream</delivery>
     <user>admin</user>
     <metaSourcetype>testing</metaSourcetype>
-    <pass>splunk</pass>
+    <pass>sawasdee</pass>
     <maxQueueSize>5MB</maxQueueSize>
     <dropEventsOnQueueFull>false</dropEventsOnQueueFull>
     <metaSource>rest</metaSource>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 <!--Send log events to a Splunk Raw TCP server socket-->
   <appender name="splunkrawtcp" class="com.splunk.logging.logback.appender.SplunkRawTCPAppender">
     <port>5151</port>
-    <host>ubuntu-splunk</host>
+    <host>somehost</host>
     <maxQueueSize>5MB</maxQueueSize>
     <dropEventsOnQueueFull>false</dropEventsOnQueueFull>
     <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
diff --git a/lib/splunk.jar b/lib/splunk.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 13f6753..0000000
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diff --git a/lib/splunk_tlsv12.jar b/lib/splunk_tlsv12.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0426ac8
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diff --git a/releases/splunklogging-1.0.tar.gz b/releases/splunklogging-1.0.tar.gz
index 424dcdd..b5b4d87 100644
Binary files a/releases/splunklogging-1.0.tar.gz and b/releases/splunklogging-1.0.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/releases/splunklogging-1.1.tar.gz b/releases/splunklogging-1.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..417e40f
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diff --git a/src/com/splunk/logging/SplunkRestInput.java b/src/com/splunk/logging/SplunkRestInput.java
index e505825..b80f29e 100644
--- a/src/com/splunk/logging/SplunkRestInput.java
+++ b/src/com/splunk/logging/SplunkRestInput.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public SplunkRestInput(String user, String pass, String host, int port,
 
 	private void initService() {
 
+		System.setProperty("splunk.securetransport.protocol", "tls");
 		this.service = new Service(host, port);
 		this.service.login(user, pass);
 		this.receivers = service.getReceiver();
diff --git a/src/com/splunk/logging/log4j/appender/SplunkRawTCPAppender.java b/src/com/splunk/logging/log4j/appender/SplunkRawTCPAppender.java
index a021f4d..5217a1b 100644
--- a/src/com/splunk/logging/log4j/appender/SplunkRawTCPAppender.java
+++ b/src/com/splunk/logging/log4j/appender/SplunkRawTCPAppender.java
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ protected void append(LoggingEvent event) {
 
 		String formatted = layout.format(event);
 
+        //send error stack traces to splunk
+        if(layout.ignoresThrowable()) {
+            String[] s = event.getThrowableStrRep();
+            StringBuilder stackTrace = new StringBuilder();
+            if (s != null) {
+                int len = s.length;
+                for(int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                    stackTrace.append(Layout.LINE_SEP);
+                    stackTrace.append(s[i]);
+                }
+            }
+            formatted += stackTrace.toString();
+        }
+
 		sri.streamEvent(formatted);
 
 	}