Can't Get SSL to Work With NodeJS

I'm trying to setup a secure socket.io connection. I've setup a localhost apache server to run https on 443 but now I can't get the client-side socket.io to open a secure connection on port 9650.

The server side code is simply:

this.socket = require("socket.io").listen(port);

And the clientside is simply:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost:9650/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>

(https won't work here)

this.Socket = io.connect("https://localhost", {secure: true, port:9650});

io is defined so I can call connect but I get this error when I try to connect:

GET https://localhost:9650/socket.io/1/?t=1381630341479  socket.io.js:1659

I've tried variations on connect and can't find a working solution. Everything does work is secure is set to false but that's not what I'm looking for.

This IS NOT an http node application. It's a general use application. It seems like everything I good favors http-type servers and I don't need that here.