diff --git a/substrate/Cargo.lock b/substrate/Cargo.lock
index ebda3f5708..b936555a7a 100644
--- a/substrate/Cargo.lock
+++ b/substrate/Cargo.lock
@@ -3810,7 +3810,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "slog-async 2.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "slog-json 2.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "slog-scope 4.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "ws 0.7.9 (git+https://github.com/tomusdrw/ws-rs)",
+ "ws 0.7.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4627,6 +4627,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "url 1.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ws"
+version = "0.7.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder 1.2.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "bytes 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "httparse 1.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "mio 0.6.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "mio-extras 2.0.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "openssl 0.10.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rand 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "sha1 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "slab 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "url 1.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ws2_32-sys"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -5044,6 +5062,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 "checksum wincolor 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "561ed901ae465d6185fa7864d63fbd5720d0ef718366c9a4dc83cf6170d7e9ba"
 "checksum ws 0.7.9 (git+https://github.com/tomusdrw/ws-rs)" = "<none>"
+"checksum ws 0.7.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "329d3e6dd450a9c5c73024e1047f0be7e24121a68484eb0b5368977bee3cf8c3"
 "checksum ws2_32-sys 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
 "checksum xdg 2.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d089681aa106a86fade1b0128fb5daf07d5867a509ab036d99988dec80429a57"
 "checksum yaml-rust 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e66366e18dc58b46801afbf2ca7661a9f59cc8c5962c29892b6039b4f86fa992"
diff --git a/substrate/core/cli/src/params.rs b/substrate/core/cli/src/params.rs
index 3ae791869f..a73c7cf65f 100644
--- a/substrate/core/cli/src/params.rs
+++ b/substrate/core/cli/src/params.rs
@@ -97,15 +97,11 @@ pub struct CoreParams {
 	#[structopt(long = "name", value_name = "NAME")]
 	name: Option<String>,
 
-	/// Should connect to the Substrate telemetry server (telemetry is off by default on local chains)
-	#[structopt(short = "t", long = "telemetry")]
-	telemetry: bool,
-
 	/// Should not connect to the Substrate telemetry server (telemetry is on by default on global chains)
 	#[structopt(long = "no-telemetry")]
 	no_telemetry: bool,
 
-	/// The URL of the telemetry server. Implies --telemetry
+	/// The URL of the telemetry server to connect to
 	#[structopt(long = "telemetry-url", value_name = "TELEMETRY_URL")]
 	telemetry_url: Option<String>,
 
diff --git a/substrate/core/service/src/lib.rs b/substrate/core/service/src/lib.rs
index dec78575c8..a261ce5666 100644
--- a/substrate/core/service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/core/service/src/lib.rs
@@ -252,31 +252,28 @@ impl<Components: components::Components> Service<Components> {
 		)?;
 
 		// Telemetry
-		let telemetry = match config.telemetry_url.clone() {
-			Some(url) => {
-				let is_authority = config.roles == Roles::AUTHORITY;
-				let pubkey = format!("{}", public_key);
-				let name = config.name.clone();
-				let impl_name = config.impl_name.to_owned();
-				let version = version.clone();
-				let chain_name = config.chain_spec.name().to_owned();
-				Some(Arc::new(tel::init_telemetry(tel::TelemetryConfig {
-					url: url,
-					on_connect: Box::new(move || {
-						telemetry!("system.connected";
-							"name" => name.clone(),
-							"implementation" => impl_name.clone(),
-							"version" => version.clone(),
-							"config" => "",
-							"chain" => chain_name.clone(),
-							"pubkey" => &pubkey,
-							"authority" => is_authority
-						);
-					}),
-				})))
-			},
-			None => None,
-		};
+		let telemetry = config.telemetry_url.clone().map(|url| {
+			let is_authority = config.roles == Roles::AUTHORITY;
+			let pubkey = format!("{}", public_key);
+			let name = config.name.clone();
+			let impl_name = config.impl_name.to_owned();
+			let version = version.clone();
+			let chain_name = config.chain_spec.name().to_owned();
+			Arc::new(tel::init_telemetry(tel::TelemetryConfig {
+				url: url,
+				on_connect: Box::new(move || {
+					telemetry!("system.connected";
+						"name" => name.clone(),
+						"implementation" => impl_name.clone(),
+						"version" => version.clone(),
+						"config" => "",
+						"chain" => chain_name.clone(),
+						"pubkey" => &pubkey,
+						"authority" => is_authority
+					);
+				}),
+			}))
+		});
 
 		Ok(Service {
 			client,
diff --git a/substrate/core/telemetry/Cargo.toml b/substrate/core/telemetry/Cargo.toml
index 8b05532913..7dda912792 100644
--- a/substrate/core/telemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/core/telemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ slog = "^2"
 slog-json = "^2"
 slog-async = "^2"
 slog-scope = "^4"
-ws = { git = "https://github.com/tomusdrw/ws-rs" }
+ws = { version = "^0.7", features = ["ssl"] }
diff --git a/substrate/core/telemetry/src/lib.rs b/substrate/core/telemetry/src/lib.rs
index 927994cca5..ab7964ed16 100644
--- a/substrate/core/telemetry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/core/telemetry/src/lib.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn init_telemetry(config: TelemetryConfig) -> slog_scope::GlobalLoggerGuard
 
 	thread::spawn(move || {
 		loop {
-			trace!(target: "telemetry", "Connecting to Telemetry...");
+			trace!(target: "telemetry", "Connecting to Telemetry... {:?}", config.url);
 			let _ = ws::connect(config.url.as_str(), |out| Connection::new(out, &*out_sync, &config));
 
 			thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(5000));