diff --git a/modem/server.py b/modem/server.py
index 79e40d8e..4960372f 100644
--- a/modem/server.py
+++ b/modem/server.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def post_modem_stop():
 
 @app.route('/version', methods=['GET'])
 def get_modem_version():
-    return api_response({"version": 0})
+    return api_response({"version": app.MODEM_VERSION})
 
 @app.route('/modem/send_arq_raw', methods=['POST'])
 def post_modem_send_raw():
@@ -218,8 +218,13 @@ def sock_events(sock):
 
 @sock.route('/fft')
 def sock_fft(sock):
+    if len(wsm.fft_client_list) == 0:
+        app.modem_service.put("fft:true")
+        print("Streaming data to FFT socket since a client is connected")
     wsm.handle_connection(sock, wsm.fft_client_list, app.modem_fft)
 
 @sock.route('/states')
 def sock_states(sock):
     wsm.handle_connection(sock, wsm.states_client_list, app.state_queue)
+
+wsm.startThreads(app)
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diff --git a/modem/websocket_manager.py b/modem/websocket_manager.py
index 330a8391..3a6926b4 100644
--- a/modem/websocket_manager.py
+++ b/modem/websocket_manager.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def transmit_sock_data_worker(client_list, event_queue):
                 client_list.remove(client)
 
 # start a worker thread for every socket endpoint
-def startThreads(events_worker, d):
+def startThreads(app):
     events_thread = threading.Thread(target=transmit_sock_data_worker, daemon=True, args=(events_client_list, app.modem_events))
     events_thread.start()