diff --git a/create.sh b/create.sh
index b7429a8..a81eca9 100644
--- a/create.sh
+++ b/create.sh
@@ -2,19 +2,25 @@
 
 name="$1"
 sshURL="$2"
+nodePort=`./random_port.py`
+workingPath=/var/www/gitwrapper/$name
 
 echo "starting $sshURL on $name"
 
 eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
 ssh-add /root/.ssh/id_github_rsa
-mkdir /var/www/gitwrapper/$name
-cd /var/www/gitwrapper/$name
+mkdir $workingPath
+cd $workingPath
 chmod 777 .
 echo `pwd`
 
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=project.settings.prod
 export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=project.settings.prod
 
+NODE_ENV='staging'
+export NODE_ENV='staging'
+export NODEPORT=$nodePort
+
 git clone $sshURL .
 
 ./scripts/setup.sh
@@ -22,7 +28,9 @@ git clone $sshURL .
 source env/bin/activate
 
 cp /var/www/local_settings.py project/settings/local_settings.py
-echo "BRANCH = '$name'" >> project/settings/local_settings.py
+echo "BRANCH='$name'" >> project/settings/local_settings.py
+echo "NODEPORT='$nodePort'" >> project/settings/local_settings.py
+echo $nodePort > env/nodePort
 
 echo "checking out to prod for set up"
 git checkout prod
@@ -40,14 +48,27 @@ python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 python3 manage.py migrate
 chmod 777 db.sqlite3
 
+forever stop $workingPath/node_rtc/app.js
+echo "starting node app on port $nodePort"
+forever start $workingPath/node_rtc/app.js
+
 echo "creating apache VirtualHost file"
 
 echo "<VirtualHost *:80>" > /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
 echo "    ServerName $name.staging.bytedev.co" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
-echo "    Alias /static /var/www/gitwrapper/$name/staticfiles" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
-echo "    WSGIDaemonProcess $name python-path=/var/www/gitwrapper/$name:/var/www/gitwrapper/$name/env:/var/www/gitwrapper/$name/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "    Alias /static $workingPath/staticfiles" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "    WSGIDaemonProcess $name python-path=$workingPath:$workingPath/env:$workingPath/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
 echo "    WSGIProcessGroup $name" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
-echo "    WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/gitwrapper/$name/project/wsgi.py" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "    WSGIScriptAlias / $workingPath/project/wsgi.py" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "    # socket.io conf" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+
+echo "    <Location '/socket.io'>" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "        RewriteEngine On" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/socket.io/1/websocket  [NC]" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "        RewriteRule socket.io/(.*)           ws://localhost:$nodePort/socket.io/\$1 [P,L]" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "        ProxyPass http://localhost:$nodePort/socket.io" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "        ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:$nodePort/socket.io" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
+echo "    </Location>" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
 echo "</VirtualHost>" >> /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/$name.conf
 
 /usr/sbin/service apache2 restart
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 4b8b3bb..52e897f 100644
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 name="$1"
 sshURL="$2"
+workingPath = /var/www/gitwrapper/$name
 
 eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
 ssh-add /root/.ssh/id_github_rsa
+
+
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=project.settings.prod
 export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=project.settings.prod
-cd /var/www/gitwrapper/$name
+cd $workingPath
 
 source env/bin/activate
 
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ git stash
 git pull --force origin $name
 
 ./scripts/setup.sh
+source env/bin/activate
 
 python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 python3 manage.py migrate
@@ -21,6 +25,14 @@ python3 manage.py migrate
 chmod 777 .
 chmod 777 db.sqlite3
 
+echo "starting node app"
+NODE_ENV='staging'
+export NODE_ENV='staging'
+nodePort=cat env/nodePort
+export NODEPORT=$nodePort
+forever stop $workingPath/node_rtc/app.js
+forever start $workingPath/node_rtc/app.js
+
 /usr/sbin/service apache2 restart
 
 exit 0