diff --git a/lib/wire.js b/lib/wire.js
index c4eff369..77ef8496 100644
--- a/lib/wire.js
+++ b/lib/wire.js
@@ -51,36 +51,32 @@ var Gun = require('../gun');
 
 Gun.on('opt', function(root){
 	var opt = root.opt;
-	if(false === opt.ws){
+	if(false === opt.ws || opt.once){
 		this.to.next(root);
 		return;
 	}	
 
 	var url = require('url');
+	opt.mesh = opt.mesh || Gun.Mesh(root);
 	opt.WebSocket = opt.WebSocket || require('ws');
 	var ws = opt.ws = opt.ws || {};
-	ws.server = ws.server || opt.web;
-
-	if(ws.server && !ws.web){
-
-		opt.mesh = opt.mesh || Gun.Mesh(root);
-		ws.path = ws.path || '/gun';
-		ws.maxPayload = ws.maxPayload; // || opt.pack || (opt.memory? (opt.memory * 1000 * 1000) : 1399000000) * 0.3;
-		ws.web = new opt.WebSocket.Server(ws);
-		ws.web.on('connection', function(wire){ var peer;
-			wire.upgradeReq = wire.upgradeReq || {};
-			wire.url = url.parse(wire.upgradeReq.url||'', true);
-			opt.mesh.hi(peer = {wire: wire});
-			wire.on('message', function(msg){
-				opt.mesh.hear(msg.data || msg, peer);
-			});
-			wire.on('close', function(){
-				opt.mesh.bye(peer);
-			});
-			wire.on('error', function(e){});
-			setTimeout(function heart(){ if(!opt.peers[peer.id]){ return } try{ wire.send("[]") }catch(e){} ;setTimeout(heart, 1000 * 20) }, 1000 * 20); // Some systems, like Heroku, require heartbeats to not time out. // TODO: Make this configurable? // TODO: PERF: Find better approach than try/timeouts?
+	ws.path = ws.path || '/gun';
+	// if we DO need an HTTP server, then choose ws specific one or GUN default one.
+	if(!ws.noServer){ ws.server = ws.server || opt.web }
+	ws.web = ws.web || new opt.WebSocket.Server(ws); // we still need a WS server.
+	ws.web.on('connection', function(wire){ var peer;
+		wire.upgradeReq = wire.upgradeReq || {};
+		wire.url = url.parse(wire.upgradeReq.url||'', true);
+		opt.mesh.hi(peer = {wire: wire});
+		wire.on('message', function(msg){
+			opt.mesh.hear(msg.data || msg, peer);
 		});
-	}
+		wire.on('close', function(){
+			opt.mesh.bye(peer);
+		});
+		wire.on('error', function(e){});
+		setTimeout(function heart(){ if(!opt.peers[peer.id]){ return } try{ wire.send("[]") }catch(e){} ;setTimeout(heart, 1000 * 20) }, 1000 * 20); // Some systems, like Heroku, require heartbeats to not time out. // TODO: Make this configurable? // TODO: PERF: Find better approach than try/timeouts?
+	});
 
 	this.to.next(root);
 });
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a80c4327..be9ea3ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gun",
-  "version": "0.2020.421",
+  "version": "0.2020.430",
   "description": "A realtime, decentralized, offline-first, graph data synchronization engine.",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "main": "index.js",