Setting up ssl in heroku using node.js express and socket.io - node.js

Question

I attempting to create a ssl handled websocket in heroku using express socket.io and node.
I know that heroku handles ssl funky and that in order to not get a H12 request timeout error I need to handle http as well. I have tried a few different methods at approaching the situation and all leave me at a loss. This is my final product, but I get a EADDRINUSE error. I was wondering if anyone has tried this, and if I could see their approach at it, or if anyone could see where I am going wrong in my code.
Please let me know if this is too vague and hopefully I can narrow it down.
class ServerInitializer
constructor: (port, sslport) ->
#port = port
#express = require 'express'
#http = require 'http'
#https = require 'https'
#fs = require 'fs'
#options = {
key: #fs.readFileSync(__dirname+'/../../../private/key.pem'),
cert: #fs.readFileSync(__dirname+'/../../../private/cacert.pem')
}
console.log "STARTING SERVER"
#startExpress()
#startSocketIO()
#startStaticService()
startExpress: ->
console.log " ...preparing express server."
global.app = #express()
app.set 'port', 4001
startSocketIO: ->
console.log " ...preparing http for socket.io"
if process.env.NODE_ENV == 'production'
app.listen app.get 'port'
global.server = #https.createServer(#options, app)
server.listen port
#httpserver = #http.createServer(app)
global.io = require('socket.io').listen(server)
console.log " ...socket.io listening on port #{port}"
startStaticService: ->
console.log " ...preparing to serve static assets"
app.use #express.bodyParser()
app.use #express.static(__dirname + '/static')
console.log "..done."
exports.ServerInitializer = ServerInitializer