diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/LogEntriesHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/LogEntriesHandler.php
index c1b59800..ce69edee 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/LogEntriesHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/LogEntriesHandler.php
@@ -27,14 +27,13 @@ class LogEntriesHandler extends SocketHandler
 
     /**
      * @param string  $token  Log token supplied by LogEntries
+     * @param boolean $useSSL Whether or not SSL encryption should be used.
      * @param int     $level  The minimum logging level to trigger this handler
      * @param boolean $bubble Whether or not messages that are handled should bubble up the stack.
-     * @param boolean $useSSL Whether or not SSL encryption should be used.
-     * @param string  $format Message format. See Monolog usage documents.
      *
      * @throws MissingExtensionExcpetion If SSL encryption is set to true and OpenSSL is missing
      */
-    public function __construct($token, $level = Logger::DEBUG, $bubble = true, $useSSL = true)
+    public function __construct($token, $useSSL = true, $level = Logger::DEBUG, $bubble = true)
     {
         if ($useSSL && !extension_loaded('openssl')) {
             throw new MissingExtensionException('The OpenSSL PHP plugin is required to use SSL encrypted connection for LogEntriesHandler');
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Handler/LogEntriesHandlerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Handler/LogEntriesHandlerTest.php
index c6ec8602..5a3f9755 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Handler/LogEntriesHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Handler/LogEntriesHandlerTest.php
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ class LogEntriesHandlerTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertRegexp('/(testToken \[\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\] .* \[\] \[\]\n){3}/', $content);
     }
 
-    private function createHandler($logToken = 'testToken', $useSSL = true)
+    private function createHandler()
     {
-        $args = array($logToken, Logger::DEBUG, true, $useSSL = true);
+        $useSSL = extension_loaded('openssl');
+        $args = array('testToken', $useSSL, Logger::DEBUG, true);
         $this->res = fopen('php://memory', 'a');
         $this->handler = $this->getMock(
             '\Monolog\Handler\LogEntriesHandler',