When i run this, I get the same behavior as you, and I also see this in the logs:
Aug 10, 2016 8:43:16 AM clojure.tools.logging$eval422$fn__426 invoke
WARNING: error in HTTP client
io.netty.handler.codec.DecoderException: javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert: unrecognized_name
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:437)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:243)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:349)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:335)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:327)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1336)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:349)
at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:335)
at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:911)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:123)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:544)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:485)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:399)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:371)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$5.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:742)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultThreadFactory$DefaultRunnableDecorator.run(DefaultThreadFactory.java:145)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert: unrecognized_name
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.handshakeAlert(ClientHandshaker.java:1441)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.recvAlert(SSLEngineImpl.java:1791)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.readRecord(SSLEngineImpl.java:1083)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.readNetRecord(SSLEngineImpl.java:907)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.unwrap(SSLEngineImpl.java:781)
at javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine.unwrap(SSLEngine.java:624)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1098)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:970)
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decode(SslHandler.java:904)
at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:406)
... 16 more
Before making any requests would fix the problem. I've verified this is the case.