diff --git a/apigee_sync.go b/apigee_sync.go
index d32635a..5928168 100644
--- a/apigee_sync.go
+++ b/apigee_sync.go
@@ -325,8 +325,9 @@
 	log.Debug("download Snapshot for boot data")
 
 	scopes := []string{apidInfo.ClusterID}
-	downloadSnapshot(scopes)
+	snapshot := downloadSnapshot(scopes)
 	// note that for boot snapshot case, we don't need to inform plugins as they'll get the data snapshot
+	processSnapshot(&snapshot)
 }
 
 // use the scope IDs from the boot snapshot to get all the data associated with the scopes
diff --git a/cmd/mockServer/main.go b/cmd/mockServer/main.go
index b9d507e..6773606 100644
--- a/cmd/mockServer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mockServer/main.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 
 	f.Parse(os.Args[1:])
 
+	// set listener binding before apid.Initialize()
+	os.Setenv("APID_API_LISTEN", ":9001")
+
 	apid.Initialize(factory.DefaultServicesFactory())
 
 	log := apid.Log()
@@ -37,8 +40,6 @@
 	apidApigeeSync.SetLogger(log)
 
 	config := apid.Config()
-	config.SetDefault("api_port", "9001")
-
 	router := apid.API().Router()
 
 	params := apidApigeeSync.MockParms{
@@ -62,9 +63,9 @@
 	apidApigeeSync.Mock(params, router)
 
 	// print the base url to the console
-	port := config.GetString("api_port")
+	listener := config.GetString("api_listen")
 	log.Print()
-	log.Printf("API is at: http://localhost:%s", port)
+	log.Printf("API is bound to: %s", listener)
 	log.Print()
 
 	// start client API listener
diff --git a/mock_server.go b/mock_server.go
index 23648e0..6800c9e 100644
--- a/mock_server.go
+++ b/mock_server.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"net"
+
 	"github.com/30x/apid-core"
 	"github.com/apigee-labs/transicator/common"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -495,7 +497,10 @@
 
 	deploymentID := m.nextDeploymentID()
 	bundleID := generateUUID()
-	port := apid.Config().GetString("api_port")
+
+	listen := apid.Config().GetString("api_listen")
+	_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(listen)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 	urlString := m.params.BundleURI
 	if urlString == "" {