diff --git a/middleware/websockets/websocket.go b/middleware/websockets/websocket.go
index 78ac54110..085399f76 100644
--- a/middleware/websockets/websocket.go
+++ b/middleware/websockets/websocket.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (ws WebSocket) buildEnv(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
 		`AUTH_TYPE=`,      // Not used
 		`CONTENT_LENGTH=`, // Not used
 		`CONTENT_TYPE=`,   // Not used
-		`GATEWAY_INTERFACE=` + gatewayInterface,
+		`GATEWAY_INTERFACE=` + GatewayInterface,
 		`PATH_INFO=`,       // TODO
 		`PATH_TRANSLATED=`, // TODO
 		`QUERY_STRING=` + ws.URL.RawQuery,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (ws WebSocket) buildEnv(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
 		`SERVER_NAME=` + serverHost,
 		`SERVER_PORT=` + serverPort,
 		`SERVER_PROTOCOL=` + ws.Proto,
-		`SERVER_SOFTWARE=` + serverSoftware,
+		`SERVER_SOFTWARE=` + ServerSoftware,
 	}
 
 	// Add each HTTP header to the environment as well
@@ -80,11 +80,3 @@ func (ws WebSocket) buildEnv(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-const (
-	// See CGI spec, 4.1.4
-	gatewayInterface = "caddy-CGI/1.1"
-
-	// See CGI spec, 4.1.17
-	serverSoftware = "caddy/0.1.0"
-)
diff --git a/middleware/websockets/websockets.go b/middleware/websockets/websockets.go
index 880dd8346..fe71861ea 100644
--- a/middleware/websockets/websockets.go
+++ b/middleware/websockets/websockets.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type (
 	// websocket middleware generally, like a list of all the
 	// websocket endpoints.
 	WebSockets struct {
+		// Sockets holds all the web socket endpoint configurations
 		Sockets []WSConfig
 	}
 
@@ -47,11 +48,8 @@ func (ws WebSockets) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 func New(c middleware.Controller) (middleware.Middleware, error) {
 	var websocks []WSConfig
 
-	var path string
-	var command string
-
 	for c.Next() {
-		var val string
+		var val, path, command string
 
 		// Path or command; not sure which yet
 		if !c.NextArg() {
@@ -94,9 +92,25 @@ func New(c middleware.Controller) (middleware.Middleware, error) {
 		})
 	}
 
+	GatewayInterface = envGatewayInterface
+	ServerSoftware = envServerSoftware
+
 	return func(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 		// We don't use next because websockets aren't HTTP,
 		// so we don't invoke other middleware after this.
 		return WebSockets{Sockets: websocks}.ServeHTTP
 	}, nil
 }
+
+var (
+	// See CGI spec, 4.1.4
+	GatewayInterface string
+
+	// See CGI spec, 4.1.17
+	ServerSoftware string
+)
+
+const (
+	envGatewayInterface = "caddy-CGI/1.1"
+	envServerSoftware   = "caddy/0.1.0"
+)