diff --git a/tests/helpers/cluster.ts b/tests/helpers/cluster.ts
index 8d8b1da1..c7f9bb07 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/cluster.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers/cluster.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import { rgb24 } from "https://deno.land/std@0.200.0/fmt/colors.ts";
 const defaults = {
   c: 3,
   p: 4222,
+  w: 80,
   chaos: false,
+  cert: "",
+  key: "",
 };
 
 const argv = parse(
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ const argv = parse(
       "c": ["count"],
       "d": ["debug"],
       "j": ["jetstream"],
+      "w": ["websocket"],
     },
     default: defaults,
     boolean: ["debug", "jetstream", "server-debug", "chaos"],
@@ -39,18 +43,60 @@ const argv = parse(
 
 if (argv.h || argv.help) {
   console.log(
-    "usage: cluster [--count 3] [--port 4222] [--debug] [--jetstream] [--chaos]\n",
+    "usage: cluster [--count 3] [--port 4222] [--key path] [--cert path] [--websocket 80] [--debug] [--jetstream] [--chaos]\n",
   );
   Deno.exit(0);
 }
 
 const count = argv["count"] as number || 3;
 const port = argv["port"] as number ?? 4222;
+const cert = argv["cert"] as string || undefined;
+const key = argv["key"] as string || undefined;
+
+if (cert?.length) {
+  await Deno.stat(cert).catch((err) => {
+    console.error(`error loading certificate: ${err.message}`);
+    Deno.exit(1);
+  });
+}
+if (key?.length) {
+  await Deno.stat(key).catch((err) => {
+    console.error(`error loading certificate key: ${err.message}`);
+    Deno.exit(1);
+  });
+}
+let wsport = argv["websocket"] as number;
+if (wsport === 80 && cert?.length) {
+  wsport = 443;
+}
+
 let chaosTimer: number | undefined;
 let cluster: NatsServer[];
 
 try {
-  const base = { debug: false };
+  const base = {
+    debug: false,
+    tls: {},
+    websocket: {
+      port: wsport,
+      no_tls: true,
+      compression: true,
+      tls: {},
+    },
+  };
+
+  if (cert) {
+    base.tls = {
+      cert_file: cert,
+      key_file: key,
+    };
+    base.websocket.no_tls = false;
+    base.websocket.tls = {
+      cert_file: cert,
+      key_file: key,
+    };
+  }
+
   const serverDebug = argv["debug"];
   if (serverDebug) {
     base.debug = true;
@@ -76,12 +122,12 @@ try {
 
   cluster.forEach((s) => {
     const pid = rgb24(`[${s.process.pid}]`, s.rgb);
-    console.log(
-      `${pid} ${s.configFile} at nats://${s.hostname}:${s.port}
+    console.log(`${pid} config ${s.configFile}
+\tnats://${s.hostname}:${s.port}
+\tws${cert ? "s" : ""}://${s.hostname}:${s.websocket}
 \tcluster://${s.hostname}:${s.cluster}
 \thttp://127.0.0.1:${s.monitoring}
-\tstore: ${s.config?.jetstream?.store_dir}`,
-    );
+${argv.jetstream ? `\tstore: ${s.config?.jetstream?.store_dir}` : ""}`);
   });
 
   if (argv.chaos === true && confirm("start chaos?")) {
diff --git a/tests/helpers/launcher.ts b/tests/helpers/launcher.ts
index b0d35d29..1fd60fc0 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/launcher.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers/launcher.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ export interface JSZ {
   };
 }
 
-function parseHostport(s?: string) {
+function parseHostport(
+  s?: string,
+): { hostname: string; port: number } | undefined {
   if (!s) {
     return;
   }
@@ -192,12 +194,10 @@ export class NatsServer implements PortInfo {
     })();
   }
 
-  restart(): Promise<NatsServer> {
-    return this.stop().then(() => {
-      const conf = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.config));
-      conf.port = this.port;
-      return NatsServer.start(conf, this.debug);
-    });
+  async restart(): Promise<NatsServer> {
+    await this.stop();
+    const conf = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.config));
+    return await NatsServer.start(conf, this.debug);
   }
 
   pid(): number {
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ export class NatsServer implements PortInfo {
     conf = Object.assign({}, conf);
     conf.cluster = conf.cluster || {};
     conf.cluster.name = nuid.next();
-    conf.cluster.listen = conf.cluster.listen || "127.0.0.1:-1";
+    conf.cluster.listen = conf.cluster.listen || "127.0.0.1:4225";
 
     const ns = await NatsServer.start(conf, debug);
     const cluster = [ns];
@@ -489,10 +489,13 @@ export class NatsServer implements PortInfo {
     conf = conf || {};
     conf = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(conf));
     conf.port = -1;
+    if (conf.websocket) {
+      conf.websocket.port = -1;
+    }
     conf.http = "127.0.0.1:-1";
     conf.cluster = conf.cluster || {};
     conf.cluster.name = ns.clusterName;
-    conf.cluster.listen = conf.cluster.listen || "127.0.0.1:-1";
+    conf.cluster.listen = "127.0.0.1:-1";
     conf.cluster.routes = [`nats://${ns.hostname}:${ns.cluster}`];
 
     return NatsServer.start(conf, debug);
@@ -513,7 +516,6 @@ export class NatsServer implements PortInfo {
   /**
    * this is only expecting authentication type changes
    * @param conf
-   * @param debug
    */
   async reload(conf?: any): Promise<void> {
     conf = NatsServer.confDefaults(conf);
@@ -535,7 +537,7 @@ export class NatsServer implements PortInfo {
     conf = NatsServer.confDefaults(conf);
     conf.ports_file_dir = tmp;
 
-    const confFile = await Deno.makeTempFileSync();
+    const confFile = Deno.makeTempFileSync();
     await Deno.writeFile(confFile, new TextEncoder().encode(toConf(conf)));
     if (debug) {
       console.info(`${exe} -c ${confFile}`);
@@ -584,6 +586,22 @@ export class NatsServer implements PortInfo {
     if (conf.cluster?.name) {
       ports.clusterName = conf.cluster.name;
     }
+
+    // if we have -1 ports, lets freeze them
+    conf.port = ports.port;
+    if (ports.cluster) {
+      conf.cluster.listen = `${ports.hostname}:${ports.cluster}`;
+      conf.cluster.name = ports.clusterName;
+    }
+    if (ports.monitoring) {
+      conf.http = ports.monitoring;
+    }
+    if (ports.websocket) {
+      conf.websocket = conf.websocket || {};
+      conf.websocket.port = ports.websocket;
+    }
+    await Deno.writeFile(confFile, new TextEncoder().encode(toConf(conf)));
+
     try {
       await check(
         async () => {