diff --git a/realtime/index.js b/realtime/index.js
index 88a621c983..a0990f7094 100644
--- a/realtime/index.js
+++ b/realtime/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 const cookie = require("cookie");
 const request = require("superagent");
+const { Server } = require("socket.io");
 
 const { get_conf, get_redis_subscriber } = require("../node_utils");
 const conf = get_conf();
 const log = console.log; // eslint-disable-line
 const subscriber = get_redis_subscriber();
 
-const io = require("socket.io")(conf.socketio_port, {
+const io = new Server(conf.socketio_port, {
 	cors: {
 		// Should be fine since we are ensuring whether hostname and origin are same before adding setting listeners for s socket
 		origin: true,