diff --git a/examples/prosemirror.mjs b/examples/prosemirror.mjs
index 5edffaa7..82ff19ef 100644
--- a/examples/prosemirror.mjs
+++ b/examples/prosemirror.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { DOMParser } from 'prosemirror-model'
 import { schema } from 'prosemirror-schema-basic'
 import { exampleSetup } from 'prosemirror-example-setup'
 
-const provider = new WebsocketProvider('ws://localhost:1234/')
+const provider = new WebsocketProvider('wss://yjs-v13-72-p02p39swv.now.sh')
 const ydocument = provider.get('prosemirror')
 const type = ydocument.define('prosemirror', Y.XmlFragment)
 
diff --git a/examples/quill.mjs b/examples/quill.mjs
index bac115cd..2cea4e7d 100644
--- a/examples/quill.mjs
+++ b/examples/quill.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { QuillBinding } from '../bindings/quill.mjs'
 
 import Quill from 'quill'
 
-const provider = new WebsocketProvider('ws://localhost:1234/')
+const provider = new WebsocketProvider('wss://yjs-v13-72-p02p39swv.now.sh')
 const ydocument = provider.get('quill')
 const ytext = ydocument.define('quill', Y.Text)
 
diff --git a/examples/textarea.mjs b/examples/textarea.mjs
index a39d29ae..98f98c56 100644
--- a/examples/textarea.mjs
+++ b/examples/textarea.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as Y from '../index.mjs'
 import { WebsocketProvider } from '../provider/websocket.mjs'
 import { TextareaBinding } from '../bindings/textarea.mjs'
 
-const provider = new WebsocketProvider('ws://localhost:1234/')
+const provider = new WebsocketProvider('wss://yjs-v13-72-p02p39swv.now.sh')
 const ydocument = provider.get('textarea')
 const type = ydocument.define('textarea', Y.Text)
 const textarea = document.querySelector('textarea')
diff --git a/now.json b/now.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 64c043b7..00000000
--- a/now.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "yjs-v13-72",
-  "engines": {
-    "node": "10.13.0"
-  },
-  "start": "npm run ws-server"
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d8a4eab..1f7f3f63 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "docs": "rm -rf docs; jsdoc --configure ./.jsdoc.json --verbose --readme ./README.md --package ./package.json || true",
     "serve-docs": "npm run docs && serve ./docs/",
     "postversion": "npm run build",
-    "websocket-server": "node --experimental-modules ./provider/websocket/server.mjs"
+    "websocket-server": "node --experimental-modules ./provider/websocket/server.mjs",
+    "now-start": "npm run websocket-server"
   },
   "files": [
     "bindings/*",
diff --git a/provider/websocket/server.mjs b/provider/websocket/server.mjs
index 37d756ee..148425d8 100644
--- a/provider/websocket/server.mjs
+++ b/provider/websocket/server.mjs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 import * as Y from '../../index.mjs'
 import WebSocket from 'ws'
 
-const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 1234 })
+const port = process.env.PORT || 1234
+
+const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port })
 const docs = new Map()
 
 const messageSync = 0
@@ -104,3 +106,5 @@ const setupConnection = (conn, req) => {
 }
 
 wss.on('connection', setupConnection)
+
+console.log('running on port', port)