diff --git a/confluent/httpapi.py b/confluent/httpapi.py
index 174998e8..8373ff9a 100644
--- a/confluent/httpapi.py
+++ b/confluent/httpapi.py
@@ -141,15 +141,18 @@ def resourcehandler(env, start_response):
     start_response('404 Not Found', [])
     return ["Unrecognized directive (404)"]
 
+
+def serve():
+    # TODO(jbjohnso): move to unix socket and explore
+    # either making apache deal with it
+    # or just supporting nginx or lighthttpd
+    # for now, http port access
+    scgi.WSGIServer(resourcehandler, bindAddress=("localhost",4004)).run())
+
+
 class HttpApi(object):
     def start(self):
-        # TODO(jbjohnso): move to unix socket and explore
-        # either making apache deal with it
-        # or just supporting nginx or lighthttpd
-        # for now, http port access
-        self.server = eventlet.spawn(
-            scgi.WSGIServer(resourcehandler,
-                            bindAddress=("localhost",4004)).run())
+        self.server = eventlet.spawn(serve)
 
 
 
diff --git a/confluent/main.py b/confluent/main.py
index 9dae3437..0c26cf63 100644
--- a/confluent/main.py
+++ b/confluent/main.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import confluent.pluginapi as pluginapi
 import confluent.httpapi as httpapi
+import confluent.sockapi as sockapi
 import eventlet
 from eventlet.green import socket
 from eventlet import wsgi
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ def run():
     pluginapi.load_plugins()
     webservice = httpapi.HttpApi()
     webservice.start()
-    sockapi = sockapi.SockApi()
-    sockapi.start()
+    sockservice = sockapi.SockApi()
+    sockservice.start()
     while (1):
         eventlet.sleep(100)
 
diff --git a/confluent/sockapi.py b/confluent/sockapi.py
index 6cc73e18..bb5f6c06 100644
--- a/confluent/sockapi.py
+++ b/confluent/sockapi.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import confluent.console as console
 import confluent.config as config
 import eventlet.green.socket as socket
 import eventlet.green.ssl as ssl
+import eventlet
 
 def sessionhdl(connection):
     #TODO: authenticate and authorize peer
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ def sessionhdl(connection):
 def _handler():
     plainsocket = socket.socket()
     srv = ssl.wrap_socket(plainsocket, keyfile="/etc/confluent/privkey.pem",
-                    cert="/etc/confluent/srvcert.pem", server_side=True)
+                    certfile="/etc/confluent/srvcert.pem",
+                    ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1,
+                    server_side=True)
     srv.bind(('0.0.0.0', 4001))
     srv.listen(5)
     while (1):  # TODO: exithook