diff --git a/bws.js b/bws.js
index 7812e29..b908fec 100755
--- a/bws.js
+++ b/bws.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+var async = require('async');
 var fs = require('fs');
 
 var ExpressApp = require('./lib/expressapp');
@@ -29,32 +30,39 @@ if (config.https) {
 }
 
 var start = function(cb) {
-  var server;
+  var expressApp = new ExpressApp();
+  var wsApp = new WsApp();
+
+  function doStart(cb) {
+    var server = config.https ? serverModule.createServer(serverOpts, expressApp.app) : serverModule.Server(expressApp.app);
+    async.parallel([
+
+      function(done) {
+        expressApp.start(config, done);
+      },
+      function(done) {
+        wsApp.start(server, config, done);
+      },
+    ], function(err) {
+      if (err) {
+        log.error('Could not start BWS instance', err);
+      }
+      if (cb) return cb(err);
+    });
+
+    return server;
+  };
 
   if (config.cluster) {
-    server = sticky(clusterInstances, function() {
-      ExpressApp.start(config, function(err, app) {
-        if (err) return cb(err);
-        var server = config.https ? serverModule.createServer(serverOpts, app) :
-          serverModule.Server(app);
-        var wsApp = new WsApp();
-        wsApp.start(server, config, function(err) {
-          return server;
-        });
-      });
+    var server = sticky(clusterInstances, function() {
+      return doStart();
     });
     return cb(null, server);
   } else {
-    ExpressApp.start(config, function(err, app) {
-      if (err) return cb(err);
-      server = config.https ? serverModule.createServer(serverOpts, app) :
-        serverModule.Server(app);
-      var wsApp = new WsApp();
-      wsApp.start(server, config, function(err) {
-        return cb(err, server);
-      });
+    var server = doStart(function(err) {
+      return cb(err, server);
     });
-  };
+  }
 };
 
 if (config.cluster && !config.lockOpts.lockerServer)
diff --git a/lib/expressapp.js b/lib/expressapp.js
index 318387e..4b7dad2 100644
--- a/lib/expressapp.js
+++ b/lib/expressapp.js
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ log.disableColor();
 log.debug = log.verbose;
 log.level = 'debug';
 
-var ExpressApp = function() {};
+var ExpressApp = function() {
+  this.app = express();
+};
 
 /**
  * start
@@ -24,11 +26,10 @@ var ExpressApp = function() {};
  * @param opts.disableLogs
  * @param {Callback} cb
  */
-ExpressApp.start = function(opts, cb) {
+ExpressApp.prototype.start = function(opts, cb) {
   opts = opts || {};
 
-  var app = express();
-  app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+  this.app.use(function(req, res, next) {
     res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
     res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, DELETE');
     res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'x-signature,x-identity,X-Requested-With,Content-Type,Authorization');
@@ -42,12 +43,12 @@ ExpressApp.start = function(opts, cb) {
     }
     next();
   }
-  app.use(allowCORS);
-  app.enable('trust proxy');
+  this.app.use(allowCORS);
+  this.app.enable('trust proxy');
 
   var POST_LIMIT = 1024 * 100 /* Max POST 100 kb */ ;
 
-  app.use(bodyParser.json({
+  this.app.use(bodyParser.json({
     limit: POST_LIMIT
   }));
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ ExpressApp.start = function(opts, cb) {
     //var accessLogStream = fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + '/access.log', {flags: 'a'})
     //app.use(morgan('combined', {stream: accessLogStream}))
     // app.use(require('morgan')('dev'));
-    app.use(require('morgan')(':remote-addr :date[iso] ":method :url" :status :res[content-length] :response-time ":user-agent" '));
+    this.app.use(require('morgan')(':remote-addr :date[iso] ":method :url" :status :res[content-length] :response-time ":user-agent" '));
   }
 
 
@@ -315,11 +316,9 @@ ExpressApp.start = function(opts, cb) {
   });
 
 
-  app.use(opts.basePath || '/bws/api', router);
+  this.app.use(opts.basePath || '/bws/api', router);
 
-  WalletService.initialize(opts, function(err) {
-    return cb(err,app);
-  });
+  WalletService.initialize(opts, cb);
 };
 
 module.exports = ExpressApp;