diff --git a/ballerina/tests/utils.bal b/ballerina/tests/utils.bal
index e0a93c78..26cab898 100644
--- a/ballerina/tests/utils.bal
+++ b/ballerina/tests/utils.bal
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import ballerina/sql;
 import ballerinax/mssql.driver as _;
 
 function getMssqlClient(string? database = (), int port = 1433) returns Client|error {
-    Client dbClient = check new (host, user, password, database, port);
+    Client dbClient = check new (host, user, password, database, port, options = {secureSocket: {encrypt:false}});
     return dbClient;
 }
 
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mssql/nativeimpl/ClientProcessorUtils.java b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mssql/nativeimpl/ClientProcessorUtils.java
index 717e3314..cb73fae6 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mssql/nativeimpl/ClientProcessorUtils.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mssql/nativeimpl/ClientProcessorUtils.java
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ public static Object createClient(BObject client, BMap<BString, Object> clientCo
         }
         BMap options = clientConfig.getMapValue(Constants.ClientConfiguration.OPTIONS);
         String datasourceName = Constants.MSSQL_DATASOURCE_NAME;
-        BMap properties = Utils.generateOptionsMap(options);;
+        BMap properties = null;
         Properties poolProperties = null;
         if (options != null) {
-            // properties = Utils.generateOptionsMap(options);
+            properties = Utils.generateOptionsMap(options);
             Object queryTimeout = properties.get(Constants.DatabaseProps.QUERY_TIMEOUT);
             if (queryTimeout != null) {
                 poolProperties = new Properties();
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mssql/utils/Utils.java b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mssql/utils/Utils.java
index aaf90ebc..79a3ea7d 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mssql/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mssql/utils/Utils.java
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@
 public class Utils {
 
     public static BMap generateOptionsMap(BMap mssqlOptions) {
-        BMap<BString, Object> options = ValueCreator.createMapValue();
-        options.put(Constants.DatabaseProps.ENCRYPT, false);
 
         if (mssqlOptions != null) {
+            BMap<BString, Object> options = ValueCreator.createMapValue();
             addSSLOptions(mssqlOptions.getMapValue(Constants.Options.SECURE_SOCKET), options);
 
             long queryTimeout = getTimeout(mssqlOptions.get(Constants.Options.QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS));
@@ -52,8 +51,9 @@ public static BMap generateOptionsMap(BMap mssqlOptions) {
                 options.put(Constants.DatabaseProps.LOGIN_TIMEOUT, loginTimeout);
             }
 
+            return options;
         }
-        return options;
+        return null;
     }
 
     private static int getBooleanValue(Object value) {
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ private static void addSSLOptions(BMap sslConfig, BMap<BString, Object> options)
         if (sslConfig != null) {
 
             int encrypt = getBooleanValue(sslConfig.get(Constants.SSLConfig.ENCRYPT));
-            if (encrypt == 1) {
-                options.put(Constants.DatabaseProps.ENCRYPT, true);
+            if (encrypt == 0) {
+                options.put(Constants.DatabaseProps.ENCRYPT, false);
             }
             
             int trustServerCertificate = getBooleanValue(sslConfig.get(Constants.SSLConfig.TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE));