NodeJS + Express + Socket.IO + SSL

So I'm trying to use NodeJS with Express + Socket.IO.

I've looked at about 5 other stack overflow questions, and looked over the documentation to the point my eyes feel like they're going to bleed!

I've got that to work by the following:

var fs           =  require('fs'),
    privateKey   =  fs.readFileSync('/path/to/private.key').toString(),
    certificate  =  fs.readFileSync('/path/to/certificate.crt').toString();

var options  = {
                   key: privateKey,
                   cert: certificate
               };

var express  = require('express'),
    app      = express(express.logger()),
    https    = require('https'),
    server   = https.createServer(options, app),
    io       = require('socket.io').listen(server),
    routes   = require('./routes');

app.configure(function() {
    app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
    app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
    app.use(express.bodyParser());
    app.use(express.methodOverride());
    app.use(app.router);
    app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});


server.listen(5050, function() {
    console.log("Server a-hoy!");
});

app.get('/', routes.index);

io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
  socket.on('givemeresults', function (data) {
    io.sockets.emit('results', { some: 'data' });
  });
});

Except for the fact that when I run this:

curl https://test.something.net:5050

I get the following (not wanted) results

curl: (35) Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to test.something.net:5050 

The whole point of this is so we can use Socket.io in the background of our real webpage to deliver information back to the user.

It works when I use normal http. The certificates are correct as well.

Can you see any possible reason to this failing?

I have had to remove the existing SSL Certificate locations, and the domain name, for security reasons.

Edit:

When running:

[root@example exampleapp]# node app.js
   info  - socket.io started
Server a-hoy!