diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 353e0536..b81b954d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -212,12 +212,23 @@ docker run -d --name bitwarden \
 *Important: This does not apply to the mobile clients, which use push notifications.*
 
 To enable WebSockets notifications, an external reverse proxy is necessary, and it must be configured to do the following:
-- Route the `/notifications/hub` endpoint to the WebSocket server, by default at port `3012`, making sure to pass the `Connection` and `Upgrade` headers.
+- Route the `/notifications/hub` endpoint to the WebSocket server, by default at port `3012`, making sure to pass the `Connection` and `Upgrade` headers. (Note the port can be changed with `WEBSOCKET_PORT` variable)
 - Route everything else, including `/notifications/hub/negotiate`, to the standard Rocket server, by default at port `80`.
 - If using Docker, you may need to map both ports with the `-p` flag
 
 Example configurations are included in the [PROXY.md](https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs/blob/master/PROXY.md) file.
 
+Then you need to enable WebSockets negotiation on the bitwarden_rs side by setting the `WEBSOCKET_ENABLED` variable to `true`:
+
+```sh
+docker run -d --name bitwarden \
+  -e WEBSOCKET_ENABLED=true \
+  -v /bw-data/:/data/ \
+  -p 80:80 \
+  -p 3012:3012 \
+  mprasil/bitwarden:latest
+```
+
 Note: The reason for this workaround is the lack of support for WebSockets from Rocket (though [it's a planned feature](https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket/issues/90)), which forces us to launch a secondary server on a separate port.
 
 ### Enabling U2F authentication
diff --git a/src/api/notifications.rs b/src/api/notifications.rs
index 2e4386b7..d5707f0c 100644
--- a/src/api/notifications.rs
+++ b/src/api/notifications.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use rocket::Route;
 use rocket_contrib::Json;
+use serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
 
 use api::JsonResult;
 use auth::Headers;
@@ -22,17 +23,20 @@ fn negotiate(_headers: Headers, _conn: DbConn) -> JsonResult {
     use data_encoding::BASE64URL;
 
     let conn_id = BASE64URL.encode(&crypto::get_random(vec![0u8; 16]));
+    let mut available_transports: Vec<JsonValue> = Vec::new();
+
+    if CONFIG.websocket_enabled {
+        available_transports.push(json!({"transport":"WebSockets", "transferFormats":["Text","Binary"]}));
+    }
 
     // TODO: Implement transports
     // Rocket WS support: https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket/issues/90
     // Rocket SSE support: https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket/issues/33
+    // {"transport":"ServerSentEvents", "transferFormats":["Text"]},
+    // {"transport":"LongPolling", "transferFormats":["Text","Binary"]}
     Ok(Json(json!({
         "connectionId": conn_id,
-        "availableTransports":[
-                {"transport":"WebSockets", "transferFormats":["Text","Binary"]},
-                // {"transport":"ServerSentEvents", "transferFormats":["Text"]},
-                // {"transport":"LongPolling", "transferFormats":["Text","Binary"]}
-        ]
+        "availableTransports": available_transports
     })))
 }
 
@@ -356,12 +360,14 @@ pub fn start_notification_server() -> WebSocketUsers {
     let factory = WSFactory::init();
     let users = factory.users.clone();
 
-    thread::spawn(move || {
-        WebSocket::new(factory)
-            .unwrap()
-            .listen(&CONFIG.websocket_url)
-            .unwrap();
-    });
+    if CONFIG.websocket_enabled {
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            WebSocket::new(factory)
+                .unwrap()
+                .listen(&CONFIG.websocket_url)
+                .unwrap();
+        });
+    }
 
     users
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index eabca342..db560661 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     web_vault_folder: String,
     web_vault_enabled: bool,
 
+    websocket_enabled: bool,
     websocket_url: String,
 
     local_icon_extractor: bool,
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ impl Config {
             web_vault_folder: get_env_or("WEB_VAULT_FOLDER", "web-vault/".into()),
             web_vault_enabled: get_env_or("WEB_VAULT_ENABLED", true),
 
+            websocket_enabled: get_env_or("WEBSOCKET_ENABLED", false),
             websocket_url: format!("{}:{}", get_env_or("WEBSOCKET_ADDRESS", "0.0.0.0".to_string()), get_env_or("WEBSOCKET_PORT", 3012)),
 
             local_icon_extractor: get_env_or("LOCAL_ICON_EXTRACTOR", false),