diff --git a/lib/declarations.d.ts b/lib/declarations.d.ts
index c069049d4b..5f948e84b6 100644
--- a/lib/declarations.d.ts
+++ b/lib/declarations.d.ts
@@ -739,8 +739,7 @@ interface IAppDebugSocketProxyFactory extends NodeJS.EventEmitter {
 	getTCPSocketProxy(deviceIdentifier: string, appId: string): any;
 	addTCPSocketProxy(device: Mobile.IiOSDevice, appId: string): Promise<any>;
 
-	getWebSocketProxy(deviceIdentifier: string, appId: string): any;
-	addWebSocketProxy(device: Mobile.IiOSDevice, appId: string): Promise<any>;
+	ensureWebSocketProxy(device: Mobile.IiOSDevice, appId: string): Promise<any>;
 
 	removeAllProxies(): void;
 }
diff --git a/lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts b/lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts
index 7d932301f0..7e8f412728 100644
--- a/lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts
+++ b/lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ export class AppDebugSocketProxyFactory extends EventEmitter implements IAppDebu
 		return this.deviceTcpServers[`${deviceIdentifier}-${appId}`];
 	}
 
-	public getWebSocketProxy(deviceIdentifier: string, appId: string): ws.Server {
-		return this.deviceWebServers[`${deviceIdentifier}-${appId}`];
-	}
-
 	public async addTCPSocketProxy(device: Mobile.IiOSDevice, appId: string): Promise<net.Server> {
 		const cacheKey = `${device.deviceInfo.identifier}-${appId}`;
 		const existingServer = this.deviceTcpServers[cacheKey];
@@ -84,7 +80,17 @@ export class AppDebugSocketProxyFactory extends EventEmitter implements IAppDebu
 		return server;
 	}
 
-	public async addWebSocketProxy(device: Mobile.IiOSDevice, appId: string): Promise<ws.Server> {
+	public async ensureWebSocketProxy(device: Mobile.IiOSDevice, appId: string): Promise<ws.Server> {
+		const existingWebProxy = this.deviceWebServers[`${device.deviceInfo.identifier}-${appId}`];
+		const result = existingWebProxy || await this.addWebSocketProxy(device, appId);
+
+		// TODO: do not remove till VSCode waits for this message in order to reattach
+		this.$logger.info("Opened localhost " + result.options.port);
+
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	private async addWebSocketProxy(device: Mobile.IiOSDevice, appId: string): Promise<ws.Server> {
 		const cacheKey = `${device.deviceInfo.identifier}-${appId}`;
 		const existingServer = this.deviceWebServers[cacheKey];
 		if (existingServer) {
@@ -152,12 +158,11 @@ export class AppDebugSocketProxyFactory extends EventEmitter implements IAppDebu
 			appDebugSocket.on("close", () => {
 				this.$logger.info("Backend socket closed!");
 				webSocket.close();
-				server.close();
-				delete this.deviceWebServers[cacheKey];
 			});
 
 			webSocket.on("close", () => {
 				this.$logger.info('Frontend socket closed!');
+				appDebugSocket.unpipe(packets);
 				packets.destroy();
 				device.destroyDebugSocket(appId);
 				if (!this.$options.watch) {
@@ -167,7 +172,6 @@ export class AppDebugSocketProxyFactory extends EventEmitter implements IAppDebu
 
 		});
 
-		this.$logger.info("Opened localhost " + localPort);
 		return server;
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/services/ios-device-debug-service.ts b/lib/services/ios-device-debug-service.ts
index 88d6b481c9..ed711ff184 100644
--- a/lib/services/ios-device-debug-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/ios-device-debug-service.ts
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ export class IOSDeviceDebugService extends DebugServiceBase implements IDeviceDe
 		if (debugOptions.chrome) {
 			this.$logger.info("'--chrome' is the default behavior. Use --inspector to debug iOS applications using the Safari Web Inspector.");
 		}
-		const existingWebProxy = this.$appDebugSocketProxyFactory.getWebSocketProxy(this.deviceIdentifier, debugData.applicationIdentifier);
-		const webSocketProxy = existingWebProxy || await this.$appDebugSocketProxyFactory.addWebSocketProxy(this.device, debugData.applicationIdentifier);
+		const webSocketProxy = await this.$appDebugSocketProxyFactory.ensureWebSocketProxy(this.device, debugData.applicationIdentifier);
 
 		return this.getChromeDebugUrl(debugOptions, webSocketProxy.options.port);
 	}