diff --git a/hbd b/hbd
index 9a38049..7c6fdac 100755
--- a/hbd
+++ b/hbd
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ async def ws_serve(websocket, path):
 
 
 def websocketupdater():
-    loop.run_forever()
+	pass
 
 
 def msg_to_websockets(typ: str, msg: str):
@@ -1222,9 +1222,15 @@ except:
     print(("failed to start server on %s:%s" % (hbd_host, hbd_port)))
     sys.exit(1)
 
+if verbose:
+    print("http server started")
 #
+
 loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
 asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+if verbose:
+    print("asyncio event lop at %s" % loop)
+
 
 ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
 wss_pem = pathlib.Path(WSS_PEM)
@@ -1234,15 +1240,6 @@ try:
 except FileNotFoundError:
     print(("warning: missing %s or %s" % (wss_pem, wss_key)))
     sys.exit(1)
-wss_start_server = websockets.serve(
-    ws_serve, hbd_host, WSSPORT, ssl=ssl_context, loop=loop, subprotocols=["hbd"]
-)
-loop.run_until_complete(wss_start_server)
-
-ws_start_server = websockets.serve(
-    ws_serve, hbd_host, WSPORT, loop=loop, subprotocols=["hbd"]
-)
-loop.run_until_complete(ws_start_server)
 
 servthread = threading.Thread(target=serv.serve_forever)
 servthread.daemon = True
@@ -1255,6 +1252,19 @@ dnsT.start()
 wsT = threading.Thread(target=websocketupdater)
 wsT.daemon = True
 wsT.start()
+loop.run_forever()
+if verbose:
+    print("run_forever()")
+
+wss_start_server = websockets.serve(
+    ws_serve, hbd_host, WSSPORT, ssl=ssl_context, loop=loop, subprotocols=["hbd"]
+)
+loop.run_until_complete(wss_start_server)
+
+ws_start_server = websockets.serve(
+    ws_serve, hbd_host, WSPORT, loop=loop, subprotocols=["hbd"]
+)
+loop.run_until_complete(ws_start_server)
 
 running = True
 sig = 0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 175ecad..a10a0e1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-websockets>=8.1
+websockets>=13.2
 mattermostdriver>=7.3.0