diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/engine/util/SSLKsFactory.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/engine/util/SSLKsFactory.java
index 62476ebdc..71ebedbf9 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/engine/util/SSLKsFactory.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/engine/util/SSLKsFactory.java
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public class SSLKsFactory implements NBMapConfigurable {
     private static final SSLKsFactory instance = new SSLKsFactory();
 
     private static final Pattern CERT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("-+BEGIN\\s+.*CERTIFICATE[^-]*-+(?:\\s|\\r|\\n){1,10}([a-z0-9+/=\\r\\n]+)-+END\\s+.*CERTIFICATE[^-]*-+", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
-    private static final Pattern KEY_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("-+BEGIN\\s+.*PRIVATE\\s+KEY[^-]*-+(?:\\s|\\r|\\n){1,10}([a-z0-9+/=\\r\\n]+)-+END\\s+.*PRIVATE\\s+KEY[^-]*-+", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);public static final String SSL = "ssl";
+    private static final Pattern KEY_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("-+BEGIN\\s+.*PRIVATE\\s+KEY[^-]*-+(?:\\s|\\r|\\n){1,10}([a-z0-9+/=\\r\\n]+)-+END\\s+.*PRIVATE\\s+KEY[^-]*-+", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+    public static final String SSL = "ssl";
     public static final String DEFAULT_TLSVERSION = "TLSv1.2";
 
     /**