diff --git a/server/boot/redirectHttps.js b/server/boot/redirectHttps.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ad365d98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/boot/redirectHttps.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+var path = require('path');
+var loopback = require('loopback');
+var express = require('express');
+
+var port = 1337;
+
+// this will listen to traffic on port 1337
+// The purpose is to redirect any user who is direct to https
+// instead of http by mistake. Our nginx proxy server will listen
+// for https traffic and serve from this port on this server.
+// the view being send will have a short timeout and a redirect
+module.exports = function(loopbackApp) {
+  var app = express();
+  app.set('view engine', 'jade');
+  // views in ../views'
+  app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, '..'));
+
+  // server static files
+  app.use(loopback.static(path.join(
+    __dirname,
+    '../',
+    '../public'
+  )));
+
+  // all traffic will be redirected on page load;
+  app.use(function(req, res) {
+    return res.render('views/redirect-https');
+  });
+
+  loopbackApp.once('started', function() {
+    app.listen(port, function() {
+      console.log('https redirect lisenting on port %s', port);
+    });
+  });
+};
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index b4d6fdf4ba..51f0047aeb 100755
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ module.exports = app;
 
 app.start = function () {
   app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
+    app.emit('started');
     console.log(
       'FreeCodeCamp server listening on port %d in %s mode',
       app.get('port'),
diff --git a/server/views/partials/small-head.jade b/server/views/partials/small-head.jade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36b7c88c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/views/partials/small-head.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+script(src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js")
+script(src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.4/js/bootstrap.min.js")
+link(rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:400|Inconsolata")
+link(rel='stylesheet', href='/bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css')
+link(rel='stylesheet', href='/css/main.css')
+// End **REQUIRED** includes
+
+include meta
+title redirecting to | Free Code Camp
+meta(charset='utf-8')
+meta(http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible', content='IE=edge')
+meta(name='viewport', content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0')
+meta(name='csrf-token', content=_csrf)
+script.
+    (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
+        (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
+            m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
+    })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
+    ga('create', 'UA-55446531-1', 'auto');
+    ga('require', 'displayfeatures');
+    ga('send', 'pageview');
diff --git a/server/views/redirect-https.jade b/server/views/redirect-https.jade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc2b46b04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/views/redirect-https.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+doctype html
+html(lang='en')
+  head
+    include partials/small-head
+  body.top-and-bottom-margins
+    include partials/navbar
+    .container
+      .row
+        .panel.panel-info
+          p redirecting you... please wait...
+    include partials/footer
+    script.
+      setTimeout(function() {
+        window.location = 'http://freecodecamp.com'
+      }, 500);