diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 076fe96..508371e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ Usage is really simple and has been thought so that it resembles how most dumper
     # dump to stdout
     etcdumper dump https://etcd.example.com:4001
 
+    # vim ~/.bash_profile, SSL file path, from env variables
+    ETCD_SSL_CER="/Users/Lorryrui/etcd.pem"
+    ETCD_SSL_KEY="/Users/Lorryrui/etcd.key"
+    export ETCD_SSL_CER
+    export ETCD_SSL_KEY
+
     # dump to file
     etcdumper --file dump.json dump https://etcd.example.com:4001
 
diff --git a/etcddump/cli.py b/etcddump/cli.py
index 72f94d2..87a386b 100644
--- a/etcddump/cli.py
+++ b/etcddump/cli.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ def main(**kw):
         cl.dump(filename=args.file)
     elif args.action == 'restore':
         cl = operations.Restorer(url=args.host)
-        cl.restore(filename=args.file, preserve_indexes=args.preserve_indexes)
+        cl.restore(filename=args.file)
diff --git a/etcddump/operations.py b/etcddump/operations.py
index 0c2a547..0061db5 100644
--- a/etcddump/operations.py
+++ b/etcddump/operations.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 import etcd
 import json
 import sys
+import os
+
+reload(sys)
+sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
 
 
 class BaseOperations(object):
@@ -10,10 +14,15 @@ def __init__(self, url='http://localhost:4001'):
         self.get_client(url)
 
 
-    def get_client(self, url, ca_cert=None, cert=None):
+    def get_client(self, url,cert=None):
         parsed = urlparse(url)
         (h, p) = parsed.netloc.split(':')
-        self.client = etcd.Client(host=h, port=int(p), protocol=parsed.scheme, allow_reconnect=False, ca_cert=ca_cert, cert=cert)
+
+        # SSL certificate, env variables
+        if parsed.scheme == 'https':
+            cert = (os.getenv('ETCD_SSL_CER'),os.getenv('ETCD_SSL_KEY'))
+
+        self.client = etcd.Client(host=h, port=int(p), protocol=parsed.scheme, allow_reconnect=False, cert=cert)
 
     def entry_from_result(self, entry):
         return {
@@ -46,15 +55,8 @@ def dump(self, filename=None):
             print(json.dumps(dumplist))
 
 class Restorer(BaseOperations):
-    def fake_entry(self):
-        return {
-            'key': '/_etcd_dumper/bogus',
-            'value': 'bogus',
-            'ttl': 1,
-            'dir': False
-        }
 
-    def restore(self, filename=None, preserve_indexes=False):
+    def restore(self, filename=None):
         if filename:
             with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
                 data = json.load(f)
@@ -62,20 +64,8 @@ def restore(self, filename=None, preserve_indexes=False):
             with sys.stdin as f:
                 data = json.load(f)
 
-        lastidx = 0
-
         for entry in data:
-            if preserve_indexes:
-                self.fillin(entry['index'], lastidx)
-
             r = self.write(entry)
-            lastidx = r.modifiedIndex
-
-    def fillin(self, idx, lastidx):
-        while (idx < (lastidx - 1)):
-            r = self.write(fake_entry)
-            idx = r.modifiedIndex
-        return idx
 
     def write(self, entry):
-	return self.client.write(entry['key'].encode('utf-8'), entry['value'].encode('utf-8'), ttl = entry['ttl'], dir = entry['dir'])        
+        return self.client.write(entry['key'], entry['value'], ttl = entry['ttl'], dir = entry['dir'])