Conflict when webpage also uses Socket.io

Browser-sync v0.5.7 works perfectly if I proxy the PHP server. But when using with my nodejs server from the command line (browser-sync --proxy "localhost:5000" --files "public/asset/css/*.css", where my NodeJS site runs under localhost:5000), the webpage looks as following:

[simshanith]

Submitted some pull requests from my personal account.

[shakyShane]

BrowserSync has not yet been tested to work with web-sockets.

If you disable options.ghostMode.links then it will work for you until this gets fixed

ghostMode: {
    links: false
}