diff --git a/apps/server/package.json b/apps/server/package.json
index c17f820e54..2ddc4d6670 100644
--- a/apps/server/package.json
+++ b/apps/server/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "main": "./src/main.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=data TRILIUM_RESOURCE_DIR=src tsx watch --ignore '../client/node_modules/.vite-temp' ./src/main.ts",
+    "dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development TRILIUM_PORT=8081 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=data TRILIUM_RESOURCE_DIR=src tsx watch --ignore '../client/node_modules/.vite-temp' ./src/main.ts",
     "dev-alt": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=data2 TRILIUM_RESOURCE_DIR=src tsx watch --ignore '../client/node_modules/.vite-temp' ./src/main.ts",
     "start-no-dir": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_RESOURCE_DIR=src tsx watch --ignore '../client/node_modules/.vite-temp' ./src/main.ts",
     "edit-integration-db": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development TRILIUM_PORT=8086 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=spec/db TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=edit TRILIUM_RESOURCE_DIR=src tsx watch --ignore '../client/node_modules/.vite-temp' ./src/main.ts",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/www.ts b/apps/server/src/www.ts
index b37641aad2..c4973c88b9 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/www.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/www.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ export default async function startTriliumServer() {
     const sessionParser = (await import("./routes/session_parser.js")).default;
     (getMessagingProvider() as WebSocketMessagingProvider).init(httpServer, sessionParser);
 
+    const ws = (await import("./services/ws.js")).default;
+    ws.init();
+
     if (utils.isElectron()) {
         const electronRouting = await import("./routes/electron.js");
         electronRouting.default(app);