Cannot get Apache to reverse proxy my node.js app (https) - node.js

Question

I'm trying to get my node app running by just typing in the regular domain instead of appending a dev port at the end (:8081). I cant seem to get it working right, it appears like the reverse proxy virtual host I set up in the conf file is just being ignored. My httpd.conf file gets automatically generated so I have this in a pre_virtualhost_global.conf file:
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName www.statementdigest.com
SSLEngine On
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyRequests Off
<Directory "/home/statementdigest/myapp">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
# Set the path to SSL certificate
# Usage: SSLCertificateFile /path/to/cert.pem
SSLCertificateFile /var/cpanel/ssl/cpanel/mycpanel.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /var/cpanel/ssl/cpanel/mycpanel.pem
SSLCertificateChainFile /var/cpanel/ssl/cpanel/mycpanel.pem
# Servers to proxy the connection, or;
# List of application servers:
# Usage:
# ProxyPass / http://[IP Addr.]:[port]/
# ProxyPassReverse / http://[IP Addr.]:[port]/
# Example:
<Location /appserver.js>
ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:8081
ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8081
</Location>
# Or, balance the load:
# ProxyPass / balancer://balancer_cluster_name
</VirtualHost>
apachectl -S shows
173.237.185.229:80 is a NameVirtualHost
default server 173.237.185.229 (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:259)
port 80 namevhost 173.237.185.229 (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:259)
alias server.statementdigest.com
port 80 namevhost statementdigest.com (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:325)
alias mail.statementdigest.com
alias www.statementdigest.com
port 80 namevhost proxy-subdomains-vhost.localhost (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:523)
wild alias cpanel.*
wild alias whm.*
wild alias webmail.*
wild alias webdisk.*
wild alias cpcalendars.*
wild alias cpcontacts.*
173.237.185.229:443 is a NameVirtualHost
default server statementdigest.com (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:394)
port 443 namevhost statementdigest.com (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:394)
alias mail.statementdigest.com
alias www.statementdigest.com
alias cpanel.statementdigest.com
alias webdisk.statementdigest.com
alias whm.statementdigest.com
alias webmail.statementdigest.com
port 443 namevhost proxy-subdomains-ssl-default-vhost.localhost (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:624)
wild alias cpanel.*
wild alias whm.*
wild alias webmail.*
wild alias webdisk.*
wild alias cpcalendars.*
wild alias cpcontacts.*
port 443 namevhost server.statementdigest.com (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:755)
127.0.0.1:80 proxy-subdomains-vhost.localhost (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:523)
127.0.0.1:443 proxy-subdomains-ssl-default-vhost.localhost (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:624)
*:* server.statementdigest.com (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:285)
*:443 is a NameVirtualHost
default server www.statementdigest.com (/etc/apache2/conf.d/includes/pre_virtualhost_global.conf:4)
port 443 namevhost www.statementdigest.com (/etc/apache2/conf.d/includes/pre_virtualhost_global.conf:4)
port 443 namevhost server.statementdigest.com (/etc/apache2/conf/httpd.conf:755)
ServerRoot: "/etc/apache2"
Main DocumentRoot: "/etc/apache2/htdocs"
Main ErrorLog: "/etc/apache2/logs/error_log"
Mutex ssl-stapling: using_defaults
Mutex proxy: using_defaults
Mutex ssl-cache: dir="/run/apache2" mechanism=fcntl
Mutex default: dir="/var/run/apache2/" mechanism=default
Mutex mpm-accept: using_defaults
Mutex rewrite-map: dir="/run/apache2" mechanism=fcntl
Mutex ssl-stapling-refresh: using_defaults
PidFile: "/run/apache2/httpd.pid"
Define: DUMP_VHOSTS
Define: DUMP_RUN_CFG
Define: MODSEC_2.5
Define: MODSEC_2.9
User: name="nobody" id=99
Group: name="nobody" id=99
typing in the domain still routes to the cgi-bin page so it seems like the virtual host proxy is just being ignored. I will gladly provide any more details that are needed, please ask. I've been grinding on this a few days now and i'm a bit stuck, any help or direction would be very much appreciated, thank you!