diff --git a/erisdb/erisdbss/http.go b/erisdb/erisdbss/http.go
index b1878657db4b54eb09be0612aeb26396e0c9a439..13573da297dcaf946e668f8919937adc455ed91d 100644
--- a/erisdb/erisdbss/http.go
+++ b/erisdb/erisdbss/http.go
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ type RequestData struct {
 	MaxDuration   uint                 `json:"max_duration"`
 }
 
-// The response is the URL to the newly generated server.
+// The response is the port of the newly generated server. The assumption
+// here is that the host name or ip is the same, and the default server
+// settings apply.
 // TODO return some "live" data after starting the node, so that
 // the requester can validate that everything is fine. Maybe
 // some data directly from the state manager. Genesis hash?
 type ResponseData struct {
-	URL string `json:"URL"`
+	Port string `json:"port"`
 }
 
 // Serves requests to fire up erisdb executables. POSTing to the server
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ func (this *ServerServer) handleFunc(c *gin.Context) {
 		http.Error(c.Writer, "Internal error: "+errA.Error(), 500)
 		return
 	}
-	log.Debug("Work done.", "URL", resp.URL)
+	log.Debug("Work done.", "PORT", resp.Port)
 	w := c.Writer
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(w)
 	enc.Encode(resp)
diff --git a/erisdb/erisdbss/server_manager.go b/erisdb/erisdbss/server_manager.go
index f8b0344f8a81df2faa4576427ab18b40f3157355..b3a617b5968256965bdacc4bff958c6199ceee8b 100644
--- a/erisdb/erisdbss/server_manager.go
+++ b/erisdb/erisdbss/server_manager.go
@@ -183,14 +183,12 @@ func (this *ServerManager) add(data *RequestData) (*ResponseData, error) {
 	}
 
 	st := newServeTask(port, workDir, maxDur, proc)
-	this.running = append(this.running, st)
-
-	URL := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", config.Bind.Address, port)
+	this.running = append(this.running, st) 
 
 	// TODO add validation data. The node should ideally return some post-deploy state data
 	// and send it back with the server URL, so that the validity of the chain can be
 	// established client-side before starting the tests.
-	return &ResponseData{URL: URL}, nil
+	return &ResponseData{fmt.Sprintf("%d",port)}, nil
 }
 
 // Add a new erisdb process to the list.
diff --git a/server/config.go b/server/config.go
index 0fa49d6a8a58ab0ea1d8a6126578268fc7e2db26..9d979f06b4747ba0ff09ed389c4c608d3ea4dc79 100644
--- a/server/config.go
+++ b/server/config.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func DefaultServerConfig() *ServerConfig {
 	kp := ""
 	return &ServerConfig{
 		Bind: Bind{
-			Address: "0.0.0.0",
+			Address: "",
 			Port:    1337,
 		},
 		TLS: TLS{TLS: false,
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 95ad7790451c105d2f19deac41b961c3ba3a5a2d..d2532cd3b066c0f051819dde3b670d0bb27a926a 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ func (this *ServeProcess) Start() error {
 	
 	InitLogger(config)
 
-	if config.CORS.Enable {
+	// if config.CORS.Enable {
 	ch := NewCORSMiddleware(config.CORS)
 	router.Use(gin.Recovery(), logHandler, ch)
-	} else {
-		router.Use(gin.Recovery(), logHandler)
-	}
+	//} else {
+	//	router.Use(gin.Recovery(), logHandler)
+	//}
 
 	address := config.Bind.Address
 	port := config.Bind.Port
diff --git a/server/websocket.go b/server/websocket.go
index 732b45aaa92ca40176c07aa0f39b9166a8b4ce78..2481fb570ae940516ba4613da7b1fd0392d8e745 100644
--- a/server/websocket.go
+++ b/server/websocket.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (this *WebSocketServer) Start(config *ServerConfig, router *gin.Engine) {
 		// TODO Will this be enough for massive "get blockchain" requests?
 		WriteBufferSize: 1024,
 	}
-	this.upgrader.CheckOrigin = nil
+	this.upgrader.CheckOrigin = func(r *http.Request) bool {return true}
 
 	router.GET(config.WebSocket.WebSocketEndpoint, this.handleFunc)
 	this.running = true
diff --git a/test/mock/mock_web_api_test.go b/test/mock/mock_web_api_test.go
index 7e07c745bf579c0782aed4283f5f96688ac434d4..456d628342587cd4640aa6f9adfa44764e81590d 100644
--- a/test/mock/mock_web_api_test.go
+++ b/test/mock/mock_web_api_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
-	"time"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ func (this *MockSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	// The server
 	restServer := edb.NewRestServer(codec, pipe, evtSubs)
 	sConf := server.DefaultServerConfig()
-	sConf.Bind.Port = 31473
+	sConf.Bind.Port = 31402
 	// Create a server process.
 	proc := server.NewServeProcess(sConf, restServer)
 	err := proc.Start()
@@ -59,16 +58,13 @@ func (this *MockSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	this.serveProcess = proc
 	this.codec = edb.NewTCodec()
 	this.testData = testData
-	this.sUrl = "http://localhost:31473"
+	this.sUrl = "http://localhost:31402"
 }
 
 func (this *MockSuite) TearDownSuite() {
 	sec := this.serveProcess.StopEventChannel()
 	this.serveProcess.Stop(0)
 	<-sec
-	// Tests are done rapidly, this is just to give that extra milliseconds 
-	// to shut down the previous server (may be excessive).
-	time.Sleep(500*time.Millisecond)
 }
 
 // ********************************************* Consensus *********************************************
diff --git a/test/server/http_burst_test.go b/test/server/http_burst_test.go
index f74bbb2cc6fff5f31b5e76fc3521f2f90b5f5220..2ac5dbcc09a8201c2bde87e2f2114587205408ff 100644
--- a/test/server/http_burst_test.go
+++ b/test/server/http_burst_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestHttpFlooding(t *testing.T) {
 func runHttp() error {
 	c := 0
 	for c < HTTP_MESSAGES {
-		resp, errG := http.Get("http://localhost:31333/scumbag")
+		resp, errG := http.Get("http://localhost:31400/scumbag")
 		if errG != nil {
 			return errG
 		}
diff --git a/test/server/scumbag.go b/test/server/scumbag.go
index bc43809271ef4d3b11c158ca1284e29f313a0daf..fb01e75d315164a5499a8705296e1729cf521048 100644
--- a/test/server/scumbag.go
+++ b/test/server/scumbag.go
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ func NewScumsocketServer(maxConnections uint) *server.WebSocketServer {
 
 func NewServeScumbag() *server.ServeProcess {
 	cfg := server.DefaultServerConfig()
-	cfg.Bind.Port = uint16(31333)
+	cfg.Bind.Port = uint16(31400)
 	return server.NewServeProcess(cfg, NewScumbagServer())
 }
 
 func NewServeScumSocket(wsServer *server.WebSocketServer) *server.ServeProcess {
 	cfg := server.DefaultServerConfig()
 	cfg.WebSocket.WebSocketEndpoint = "/scumsocket"
-	cfg.Bind.Port = uint16(31337)
+	cfg.Bind.Port = uint16(31401)
 	return server.NewServeProcess(cfg, wsServer)
 }
diff --git a/test/server/ws_burst_test.go b/test/server/ws_burst_test.go
index 67212437029af21491ac9386e630b07d4a60ae2e..e3922d98dd682072db4dd0c93f8beb7a1b77adab 100644
--- a/test/server/ws_burst_test.go
+++ b/test/server/ws_burst_test.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func runWs() error {
 }
 
 func wsClient(doneChan chan bool, errChan chan error) {
-	client := client.NewWSClient("ws://localhost:31337/scumsocket")
+	client := client.NewWSClient("ws://localhost:31401/scumsocket")
 	_, err := client.Dial()
 	if err != nil {
 		errChan <- err
diff --git a/test/web_api/query_test.go b/test/web_api/query_test.go
index d0f5f7016094f4a0d98adf155ad77374e71f0040..e6714d1751e7139731832158410fc3d258f6fed1 100644
--- a/test/web_api/query_test.go
+++ b/test/web_api/query_test.go
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 )
 
+const QS_URL = "http://localhost:31403/server"
+
 type QuerySuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	baseDir      string
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ type QuerySuite struct {
 func (this *QuerySuite) SetupSuite() {
 	baseDir := path.Join(os.TempDir(), "/.edbservers")
 	ss := ess.NewServerServer(baseDir)
-	proc := server.NewServeProcess(nil, ss)
+	cfg := server.DefaultServerConfig()
+	cfg.Bind.Port = uint16(31403)
+	proc := server.NewServeProcess(cfg, ss)
 	err := proc.Start()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -41,14 +44,15 @@ func (this *QuerySuite) SetupSuite() {
 
 	requestData := &ess.RequestData{testData.ChainData.PrivValidator, testData.ChainData.Genesis, SERVER_DURATION}
 	rBts, _ := this.codec.EncodeBytes(requestData)
-	resp, _ := http.Post(SS_URL, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(rBts))
+	resp, _ := http.Post(QS_URL, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(rBts))
 	rd := &ess.ResponseData{}
 	err2 := this.codec.Decode(rd, resp.Body)
 	if err2 != nil {
 		panic(err2)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("Received URL: " + rd.URL)
-	this.sUrl = rd.URL
+	fmt.Println("Received Port: " + rd.Port)
+	this.sUrl = "http://localhost:" + rd.Port
+	fmt.Println("URL: " + this.sUrl)
 	this.testData = testData
 }
 
@@ -56,9 +60,6 @@ func (this *QuerySuite) TearDownSuite() {
 	sec := this.serveProcess.StopEventChannel()
 	this.serveProcess.Stop(0)
 	<-sec
-	// Tests are done rapidly, this is just to give that extra milliseconds 
-	// to shut down the previous server (may be excessive).
-	time.Sleep(500*time.Millisecond)
 }
 
 // ********************************************* Tests *********************************************
diff --git a/test/web_api/shared.go b/test/web_api/shared.go
index 9c1ad6f31802e92c144f1c55cb65a31a23de827b..46962a317725043a2726f8237933ce689883bc6f 100644
--- a/test/web_api/shared.go
+++ b/test/web_api/shared.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 )
 
-const SS_URL = "http://localhost:1337/server"
 const SERVER_DURATION = 10
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/test/web_api/web_api_test.go b/test/web_api/web_api_test.go
index c453fd7707aa384c0f95d6286d6f7adaacaff76a..bc765df0ca5908cdaa2d0cf8a2207ee43023e888 100644
--- a/test/web_api/web_api_test.go
+++ b/test/web_api/web_api_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 )
 
+const WAPIS_URL = "http://localhost:31404/server"
+
 type WebApiSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	baseDir      string
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ func (this *WebApiSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
 	baseDir := path.Join(os.TempDir(), "/.edbservers")
 	ss := ess.NewServerServer(baseDir)
-	proc := server.NewServeProcess(nil, ss)
+	cfg := server.DefaultServerConfig()
+	cfg.Bind.Port = uint16(31404)
+	proc := server.NewServeProcess(cfg, ss)
 	err := proc.Start()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -45,14 +48,14 @@ func (this *WebApiSuite) SetupSuite() {
 
 	requestData := &ess.RequestData{testData.ChainData.PrivValidator, testData.ChainData.Genesis, SERVER_DURATION}
 	rBts, _ := this.codec.EncodeBytes(requestData)
-	resp, _ := http.Post(SS_URL, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(rBts))
+	resp, _ := http.Post(WAPIS_URL, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(rBts))
 	rd := &ess.ResponseData{}
 	err2 := this.codec.Decode(rd, resp.Body)
 	if err2 != nil {
 		panic(err2)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("Received URL: " + rd.URL)
-	this.sUrl = rd.URL
+	fmt.Println("Received Port: " + rd.Port)
+	this.sUrl = "http://localhost:" + rd.Port
 	this.testData = testData
 }
 
@@ -60,9 +63,6 @@ func (this *WebApiSuite) TearDownSuite() {
 	sec := this.serveProcess.StopEventChannel()
 	this.serveProcess.Stop(0)
 	<-sec
-	// Tests are done rapidly, this is just to give that extra milliseconds 
-	// to shut down the previous server (may be excessive).
-	time.Sleep(500*time.Millisecond)
 }
 
 // ********************************************* Consensus *********************************************