diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index dad381a7..470807b3 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 var SVGPATH = '<path d="m120.95 1.74c4.08-0.09 8.33-0.84 12.21 0.82 3.61 1.8 7 4.16 11.01 5.05 2.08 3.61 6.12 5.46 8.19 9.07 3.6 5.67 7.09 11.66 8.28 18.36 1.61 9.51 7.07 17.72 12.69 25.35 3.43 7.74 1.97 16.49 3.6 24.62 2.23 5.11 4.09 10.39 6.76 15.31 1.16 2 4.38 0.63 4.77-1.32 1.2-7.1-2.39-13.94-1.97-21.03 0.38-3.64-0.91-7.48 0.25-10.99 2.74-3.74 4.57-8.05 7.47-11.67 3.55-5.47 10.31-8.34 16.73-7.64 2.26 2.89 5.13 5.21 7.58 7.92 2.88 4.3 6.52 8.01 9.83 11.97 1.89 2.61 3.06 5.64 4.48 8.52 2.81 4.9 4 10.5 6.63 15.49 2.16 6.04 5.56 11.92 5.37 18.5 0.65 1.95 0.78 4 0.98 6.03 1.01 3.95 2.84 8.55 0.63 12.42-2.4 5.23-7.03 8.97-11.55 12.33-6.06 4.66-11.62 10.05-18.37 13.75-4.06 2.65-8.24 5.17-12.71 7.08-3.59 1.57-6.06 4.94-9.85 6.09-2.29 1.71-3.98 4.51-6.97 5.02-4.56 1.35-8.98-3.72-13.5-1.25-2.99 1.83-6.19 3.21-9.39 4.6-8.5 5.61-18.13 9.48-28.06 11.62-8.36-0.2-16.69 0.62-25.05 0.47-3.5-1.87-7.67-1.08-11.22-2.83-6.19-1.52-10.93-6.01-16.62-8.61-2.87-1.39-5.53-3.16-8.11-4.99-2.58-1.88-4.17-4.85-6.98-6.44-3.83-0.11-6.54 3.42-10.24 3.92-2.31 0.28-4.64 0.32-6.96 0.31-3.5-3.65-5.69-8.74-10.59-10.77-5.01-3.68-10.57-6.67-14.84-11.25-2.52-2.55-5.22-4.87-8.24-6.8-4.73-4.07-7.93-9.51-11.41-14.62-3.08-4.41-5.22-9.73-4.6-15.19 0.65-8.01 0.62-16.18 2.55-24.02 4.06-10.46 11.15-19.34 18.05-28.06 3.71-5.31 9.91-10.21 16.8-8.39 3.25 1.61 5.74 4.56 7.14 7.89 1.19 2.7 3.49 4.93 3.87 7.96 0.97 5.85 1.6 11.86 0.74 17.77-1.7 6.12-2.98 12.53-2.32 18.9 0.01 2.92 2.9 5.36 5.78 4.57 3.06-0.68 3.99-4.07 5.32-6.48 1.67-4.06 4.18-7.66 6.69-11.23 3.61-5.28 5.09-11.57 7.63-17.37 2.07-4.56 1.7-9.64 2.56-14.46 0.78-7.65-0.62-15.44 0.7-23.04 1.32-3.78 1.79-7.89 3.8-11.4 3.01-3.66 6.78-6.63 9.85-10.26 1.72-2.12 4.21-3.32 6.55-4.6 7.89-2.71 15.56-6.75 24.06-7z"/>',
 	DEBUG = localStorage.ffzDebugMode == "true" && document.body.classList.contains('ffz-dev'),
+	WS_SERVER = DEBUG ? "localhost:8001" : "catbag.frankerfacez.com",
 	SERVER = DEBUG ? "//localhost:8000/" : "//cdn.frankerfacez.com/";
 
 module.exports = {
 	DEBUG: DEBUG,
 	SERVER: SERVER,
+	WS_SERVER: WS_SERVER,
 	API_SERVER: "//api.frankerfacez.com/",
 	API_SERVER_2: "//direct-api.frankerfacez.com/",
 
diff --git a/src/socket.js b/src/socket.js
index 6263c280..2eae3781 100644
--- a/src/socket.js
+++ b/src/socket.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-var FFZ = window.FrankerFaceZ;
+var FFZ = window.FrankerFaceZ,
+	constants = require('./constants');
 
 FFZ.prototype._ws_open = false;
 FFZ.prototype._ws_delay = 0;
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ FFZ.ws_on_close = [];
 // Socket Creation
 // ----------------
 
+// Attempt to authenticate to the socket server as a real browser by loading the root page.
+// e.g. cloudflare ddos check
 FFZ.prototype.ws_iframe = function() {
 	this._ws_last_iframe = Date.now();
 	var ifr = document.createElement('iframe'),
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ FFZ.prototype.ws_create = function() {
 	this._ws_pending = this._ws_pending || [];
 
 	try {
-		ws = this._ws_sock = new WebSocket("ws://catbag.frankerfacez.com/");
+		ws = this._ws_sock = new WebSocket("ws://" + constants.WS_SERVER + "/");
 	} catch(err) {
 		this._ws_exists = false;
 		return this.log("Error Creating WebSocket: " + err);