diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClient.java b/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClient.java
index 680f29ed..1c6841c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/qdrant/client/QdrantClient.java
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -121,6 +124,46 @@ public QdrantClient(QdrantGrpcClient grpcClient) {
 		this.grpcClient = grpcClient;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new instance of {@link QdrantClient} using the provided URL and API key.
+	 *
+	 * @param url    The URL of the Qdrant server. <br>
+	 *               Uses TLS if the URL protocol is https. Plain text otherwise.
+	 * @param apiKey The API key to use for authtehtication.
+	 */
+	public QdrantClient(String url, String apiKey) {
+		URL parsedUrl = null;
+		try {
+			parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+			logger.error("Invalid URL", e);
+		}
+		Boolean useTls = parsedUrl.getProtocol().equals("https");
+		QdrantGrpcClient.Builder builder = QdrantGrpcClient.newBuilder(parsedUrl.getHost(), parsedUrl.getPort(),
+				useTls);
+		builder.withApiKey(apiKey);
+		this.grpcClient = builder.build();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new instance of {@link QdrantClient} using the provided URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param url    The URL of the Qdrant server. <br>
+	 *               Uses TLS if the URL protocol is https. Plain text otherwise.
+	 */
+	public QdrantClient(String url) {
+		URL parsedUrl = null;
+		try {
+			parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+			logger.error("Invalid URL", e);
+		}
+		Boolean useTls = parsedUrl.getProtocol().equals("https");
+		QdrantGrpcClient.Builder builder = QdrantGrpcClient.newBuilder(parsedUrl.getHost(), parsedUrl.getPort(),
+				useTls);
+		this.grpcClient = builder.build();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets detailed information about the qdrant cluster.
 	 *