diff --git a/docker/nginx.conf b/docker/nginx.conf
index eb62e536..bfd98916 100644
--- a/docker/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx.conf
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ http {
         }
 
         # Proxy IO requests
-        location /socket.io/ {
-            proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:8081;
-            proxy_http_version 1.1;
-            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-            proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
-            proxy_set_header Host $host;
-            proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+        #location /socket.io/ {
+        #    proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:8081;
+        #    proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        #    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        #    proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
+        #    proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        #    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
 
-            # CORS settings
-            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
-            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' '*';
-            add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' '*';
-        }
+        #    # CORS settings
+        #    add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*';
+        #    add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' '*';
+        #    add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' '*';
+        #}
 
         # Error pages
         error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
diff --git a/src/backend/server.cjs b/src/backend/server.cjs
index 2bbc3fa4..e7a73c4c 100644
--- a/src/backend/server.cjs
+++ b/src/backend/server.cjs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ const io = socketIo(server, {
         origin: "*", // Allow all origins
         methods: ["*"], // Allow all methods
         allowedHeaders: ["*"], // Allow all headers
-    }
+    },
+    allowEIO3: true
 });
 
 io.on("connection", (socket) => {