diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 45446c1b..11cc4792 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+2015-10-19
+==========
+
+In order to support future clustering support, the legacy `/sioconfig`
+endpoint is being deprecated.  Instead, you should make a request to
+`/socketconfig/<channel name>.json`.  The response will look similar to
+these:
+
+```json
+{"url":"https://some-website.com:8443","secure":true}
+{"error":"Channel \"!@#$\" does not exist."}
+```
+
+The `url` key specifies the socket.io URL to connect to, and the `secure`
+key indicates whether the connection is secured with TLS.  If an `error` key
+is present, something went wrong and the value will contain an error
+message.
+
+For now, only one URL is returned, however in the future this may be
+extended by adding an `alt` key specifying an array of acceptable URLs to
+connect to.
+
 2015-10-04
 ==========
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 454beddc..16de6baa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Calvin Montgomery",
   "name": "CyTube",
   "description": "Online media synchronizer and chat",
-  "version": "3.11.2",
+  "version": "3.12.0",
   "repository": {
     "url": "http://github.com/calzoneman/sync"
   },
diff --git a/src/configuration/ioconfig.js b/src/configuration/ioconfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fa96a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configuration/ioconfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+export default class IOConfiguration {
+    constructor(config) {
+        this.config = config;
+    }
+
+    getSocketURL() {
+        return this.config.urls[0];
+    }
+}
+
+IOConfiguration.fromOldConfig = function (oldConfig) {
+    const config = {
+        urls: []
+    };
+
+    ['ipv4-ssl', 'ipv4-nossl', 'ipv6-ssl', 'ipv6-nossl'].forEach(key => {
+        if (oldConfig.get('io.' + key)) {
+            config.urls.push(oldConfig.get('io.' + key));
+        }
+    });
+
+    return new IOConfiguration(config);
+};
diff --git a/src/io/cluster/nullclusterclient.js b/src/io/cluster/nullclusterclient.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b320e0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/io/cluster/nullclusterclient.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import Promise from 'bluebird';
+
+export default class NullClusterClient {
+    constructor(ioConfig) {
+        this.ioConfig = ioConfig;
+    }
+
+    getSocketURL(channel) {
+        return Promise.resolve(this.ioConfig.getSocketURL());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/web/routes/socketconfig.js b/src/web/routes/socketconfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e45437f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web/routes/socketconfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import IOConfiguration from '../../configuration/ioconfig';
+import NullClusterClient from '../../io/cluster/nullclusterclient';
+import Config from '../../config';
+import CyTubeUtil from '../../utilities';
+
+export default function initialize(app) {
+    const ioConfig = IOConfiguration.fromOldConfig(Config);
+    const clusterClient = new NullClusterClient(ioConfig);
+
+    app.get('/socketconfig/:channel.json', (req, res) => {
+        if (!req.params.channel || !CyTubeUtil.isValidChannelName(req.params.channel)) {
+            return res.status(400).json({
+                error: `Channel "${req.params.channel}" does not exist.`
+            });
+        }
+
+        clusterClient.getSocketURL(req.params.channel).then(url => {
+            res.json({
+                url,
+                secure: /^(https|wss)/.test(url)
+            });
+        });
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/web/webserver.js b/src/web/webserver.js
index 3bd43647..a15d0d47 100644
--- a/src/web/webserver.js
+++ b/src/web/webserver.js
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ function handleIndex(req, res) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Handles a request for the socket.io information
+ * Legacy socket.io configuration endpoint.  This is being migrated to
+ * /socketconfig/<channel name>.json (see ./routes/socketconfig.js)
  */
 function handleSocketConfig(req, res) {
     if (/\.json$/.test(req.path)) {
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ module.exports = {
         app.get("/r/:channel", handleChannel);
         app.get("/", handleIndex);
         app.get("/sioconfig(.json)?", handleSocketConfig);
+        require("./routes/socketconfig")(app);
         app.get("/useragreement", handleUserAgreement);
         app.get("/contact", handleContactPage);
         require("./auth").init(app);
diff --git a/templates/channel.jade b/templates/channel.jade
index 6b9a4c3b..6c8a2c6a 100644
--- a/templates/channel.jade
+++ b/templates/channel.jade
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ html(lang="en")
     mixin footer()
     script(src=sioSource)
     script(src="/js/data.js")
-    script(src="/sioconfig")
     script(src="/js/util.js")
     script(src="/js/player.js")
     script(src="/js/paginator.js")
diff --git a/www/js/callbacks.js b/www/js/callbacks.js
index 84efc394..4e409c59 100644
--- a/www/js/callbacks.js
+++ b/www/js/callbacks.js
@@ -1096,27 +1096,39 @@ setupCallbacks = function() {
             });
         })(key);
     }
-}
+};
 
-try {
+(function () {
     if (typeof io === "undefined") {
         makeAlert("Uh oh!", "It appears the connection to <code>" + IO_URL + "</code> " +
                             "has failed.  If this error persists, a firewall or " +
                             "antivirus is likely blocking the connection, or the " +
                             "server is down.", "alert-danger")
             .appendTo($("#announcements"));
-        throw false;
+        Callbacks.disconnect();
+        return;
     }
 
-    var opts = { transports: ["websocket", "polling"] };
-    if (IO_URL === IO_URLS["ipv4-ssl"] || IO_URL === IO_URLS["ipv6-ssl"]) {
-        opts.secure = true;
-        socket = io(IO_URL, { secure: true });
-    }
-    socket = io(IO_URL, opts);
-    setupCallbacks();
-} catch (e) {
-    if (e) {
-        Callbacks.disconnect();
-    }
-}
+    $.getJSON("/socketconfig/" + CHANNEL.name + ".json")
+        .done(function (socketConfig) {
+            console.log(socketConfig);
+            if (socketConfig.error) {
+                makeAlert("Socket.io configuration returned error: " +
+                        socketConfig.error, "alert-danger")
+                    .appendTo($("#announcements"));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var opts = {
+                transports: ["websocket", "polling"],
+                secure: socketConfig.secure
+            };
+
+            socket = io(socketConfig.url, opts);
+            setupCallbacks();
+        }).fail(function () {
+            makeAlert("Failed to retrieve socket.io configuration", "alert-danger")
+                .appendTo($("#announcements"));
+            Callbacks.disconnect();
+        });
+})();