diff --git a/lib/appium.js b/lib/appium.js
index b1da64231..ab3af1b2f 100644
--- a/lib/appium.js
+++ b/lib/appium.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import log from './logger';
 import { getAppiumConfig } from './config';
-import { BaseDriver, routeConfiguringFunction, errors,
-         isSessionCommand } from 'appium-base-driver';
+import { BaseDriver, errors, isSessionCommand } from 'appium-base-driver';
 import { FakeDriver } from 'appium-fake-driver';
 import { AndroidDriver } from 'appium-android-driver';
 import { IosDriver } from 'appium-ios-driver';
@@ -214,10 +213,15 @@ class AppiumDriver extends BaseDriver {
 
     let runningDriversData, otherPendingDriversData;
     let d = new InnerDriver(this.args);
+
     if (this.args.relaxedSecurityEnabled) {
       log.info(`Applying relaxed security to ${InnerDriver.name} as per server command line argument`);
       d.relaxedSecurityEnabled = true;
     }
+
+    // Attach server instance
+    d.server = this.server;
+
     try {
       runningDriversData = await this.curSessionDataForDriver(InnerDriver);
     } catch (e) {
@@ -251,7 +255,6 @@ class AppiumDriver extends BaseDriver {
     // unexpectedly shuts down
     this.attachUnexpectedShutdownHandler(d, innerSessionId);
 
-
     log.info(`New ${InnerDriver.name} session created successfully, session ` +
              `${innerSessionId} added to master session list`);
 
@@ -364,10 +367,4 @@ function isAppiumDriverCommand (cmd) {
   return !isSessionCommand(cmd) || cmd === "deleteSession";
 }
 
-function getAppiumRouter (args) {
-  let appium = new AppiumDriver(args);
-  return routeConfiguringFunction(appium);
-}
-
-export { AppiumDriver, getAppiumRouter };
-export default getAppiumRouter;
+export { AppiumDriver };
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 17478f788..e468940fc 100755
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 import { init as logsinkInit } from './logsink';
 import logger from './logger'; // logger needs to remain first of imports
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import { server as baseServer } from 'appium-base-driver';
+import { server as baseServer, routeConfiguringFunction } from 'appium-base-driver';
 import { asyncify } from 'asyncbox';
 import { default as getParser, getDefaultArgs } from './parser';
 import { showConfig, checkNodeOk, validateServerArgs,
          warnNodeDeprecations, validateTmpDir, getNonDefaultArgs,
          getDeprecatedArgs, getGitRev, APPIUM_VER } from './config';
-import getAppiumRouter from './appium';
+import { AppiumDriver } from './appium';
 import registerNode from './grid-register';
 import { inspectObject } from './utils';
 
@@ -120,8 +120,10 @@ async function main (args = null) {
   await logsinkInit(args);
   await preflightChecks(parser, args, throwInsteadOfExit);
   await logStartupInfo(parser, args);
-  let router = getAppiumRouter(args);
+  let appiumDriver = new AppiumDriver(args);
+  let router = routeConfiguringFunction(appiumDriver);
   let server = await baseServer(router, args.port, args.address);
+  appiumDriver.server = server;
   try {
     // TODO prelaunch if args.launch is set
     // TODO: startAlertSocket(server, appiumServer);
diff --git a/test/driver-specs.js b/test/driver-specs.js
index 57720db82..7870f22bd 100644
--- a/test/driver-specs.js
+++ b/test/driver-specs.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // transpile:mocha
 
-import { AppiumDriver, getAppiumRouter } from '../lib/appium';
+import { AppiumDriver } from '../lib/appium';
 import { FakeDriver } from 'appium-fake-driver';
 import { BASE_CAPS, W3C_CAPS } from './helpers';
 import _ from 'lodash';
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
 const SESSION_ID = 1;
 
 describe('AppiumDriver', function () {
-  describe('getAppiumRouter', function () {
-    it('should return a route configuring function', async function () {
-      let routeConfiguringFunction = getAppiumRouter({});
-      routeConfiguringFunction.should.be.a.function;
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('AppiumDriver', function () {
     function getDriverAndFakeDriver () {
       let appium = new AppiumDriver({});