diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad332f191..eda8ecd3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+# 0.20.0 / Unreleased
+
+### Changes
+
+* [FEATURE] Configs can now be given to jmxfetch using the https endpoint when running list_* troubleshooting commands. See [#171][].
+
 # 0.19.0 / 03/19/2018
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/datadog/jmxfetch/App.java b/src/main/java/org/datadog/jmxfetch/App.java
index 8635d51a6..27bc59376 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/datadog/jmxfetch/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/datadog/jmxfetch/App.java
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 
         App app = new App(config);
 
+        // Get config from the ipc endpoint for "list_*" actions
+        if (!config.getAction().equals(AppConfig.ACTION_COLLECT)) {
+            app.getJSONConfigs();
+        }
+
         // Initiate JMX Connections, get attributes that match the yaml configuration
         app.init(false);
 
@@ -624,8 +629,6 @@ public void init(boolean forceNewConnection) {
         clearInstances(instances);
         clearInstances(brokenInstances);
 
-        Reporter reporter = appConfig.getReporter();
-
         Iterator<Entry<String, YamlParser>> it = configs.entrySet().iterator();
         Iterator<Entry<String, YamlParser>> itSD = adPipeConfigs.entrySet().iterator();
         while (it.hasNext() || itSD.hasNext()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/datadog/jmxfetch/HttpClient.java b/src/main/java/org/datadog/jmxfetch/HttpClient.java
index 9cc99d778..098e073ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/datadog/jmxfetch/HttpClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/datadog/jmxfetch/HttpClient.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public HttpResponse request(String method, String body, String path) {
             con.setRequestMethod(method.toUpperCase());
             con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer "+ this.token);
             con.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
-            if (method.toUpperCase() == "GET") {
+            if (method.toUpperCase().equals("GET")) {
                 con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
             } else {
                 con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");