diff --git a/templates/etherpad-lite_settings.json.erb b/templates/etherpad-lite_settings.json.erb
index 74f3522..d5effc9 100644
--- a/templates/etherpad-lite_settings.json.erb
+++ b/templates/etherpad-lite_settings.json.erb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   */
 
   // restrict socket.io transport methods
-  "socketTransportProtocols" : ["xhr-polling", "jsonp-polling", "htmlfile"],
+  "socketTransportProtocols" : ["websocket", "xhr-polling", "jsonp-polling", "htmlfile"],
 
   /* The log level we are using, can be: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR */
   "loglevel": "INFO",