diff --git a/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/HttpClient.java b/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/HttpClient.java
index 28934ab553a..eb21e760752 100644
--- a/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/HttpClient.java
+++ b/base/java-tools/src/com/netscape/cmstools/HttpClient.java
@@ -143,16 +143,17 @@ public void send(String ifilename, String ofilename, String tokenName, String db
                         certname.append(":");
                     }
                     certname.append(nickname);
-
+                    System.out.println("Certificate Nickname:" + " " + certname);
+                    String certnick = certname.toString();
                     X509Certificate cert =
-                        cm.findCertByNickname(certname.toString());
+                        cm.findCertByNickname(certnick);
 
                     if (cert == null)
                         System.out.println("client cert is null");
                     else
                         System.out.println("client cert is not null");
                     sslSocket.setUseClientMode(true);
-                    sslSocket.setClientCertNickname(nickname);
+                    sslSocket.setClientCertNickname(certnick);
                 }
 
                 sslSocket.forceHandshake();