diff --git a/src/server/main.cc b/src/server/main.cc
index 0d5ef6a..95a43e6 100644
--- a/src/server/main.cc
+++ b/src/server/main.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <openssl/crypto.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
+#include <openssl/opensslv.h>
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -33,8 +35,19 @@ string getCtxError() {
 
 int main() {
 
-    SSL_library_init();
-    SSL_load_error_strings();
+    // Inistialize the SSL library
+    if (OpenSSL_version_num() < 0x10100000L) {
+        // Old version, deprecated as of version 1.1.0
+        SSL_library_init();
+
+        // Loads human readable error strings
+        // Automatically inistialized in newer versions
+        SSL_load_error_strings();
+    } else {
+        // New version
+        // Initalizes both SSl and crypto and is generally better
+        OPENSSL_init_ssl(0, nullptr);
+    }
 
     SSL_CTX *ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_server_method());
     if (!ctx) {