diff --git a/lib/manager.js b/lib/manager.js
index ee2bf49271..84fcbbf6dd 100644
--- a/lib/manager.js
+++ b/lib/manager.js
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ Manager.prototype.handleHandshake = function (data, req, res) {
       res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/javascript' });
       res.end('io.j[' + data.query.jsonp + '](new Error("' + message + '"));');
     } else {
+      res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
       res.writeHead(status);
       res.end(message);
     }
@@ -808,7 +809,7 @@ Manager.prototype.handleHandshake = function (data, req, res) {
         hs = 'io.j[' + data.query.jsonp + '](' + JSON.stringify(hs) + ');';
         res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/javascript' });
       } else {
-        res.writeHead(200);
+        res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
       }
 
       res.end(hs);
diff --git a/lib/transports/websocket/default.js b/lib/transports/websocket/default.js
index 092729d923..a05c9203da 100644
--- a/lib/transports/websocket/default.js
+++ b/lib/transports/websocket/default.js
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ WebSocket.prototype.write = function (data) {
     var length = Buffer.byteLength(data)
       , buffer = new Buffer(2 + length);
 
-    buffer.write('\u0000', 'binary');
+    buffer.write('\x00', 'binary');
     buffer.write(data, 1, 'utf8');
-    buffer.write('\uffff', 1 + length, 'binary');
+    buffer.write('\xff', 1 + length, 'binary');
 
     try {
       if (this.socket.write(buffer)) {
diff --git a/lib/transports/websocket/hybi-07-12.js b/lib/transports/websocket/hybi-07-12.js
index f09ebb2464..8760a9e63e 100644
--- a/lib/transports/websocket/hybi-07-12.js
+++ b/lib/transports/websocket/hybi-07-12.js
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ WebSocket.prototype.write = function (data) {
  */
 
 WebSocket.prototype.frame = function (opcode, str) {
-  var dataBuffer = new Buffer(str);
-  var dataLength = dataBuffer.length;
-  var startOffset = 2
+  var dataBuffer = new Buffer(str)
+    , dataLength = dataBuffer.length
+    , startOffset = 2
     , secondByte = dataLength;
   if (dataLength > 65536) {
     startOffset = 10;