diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Web/EssentialsWebApi.cs b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Web/EssentialsWebApi.cs
index 35adbfe9..091ada27 100644
--- a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Web/EssentialsWebApi.cs
+++ b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Web/EssentialsWebApi.cs
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Web
                     Name = "GetJoinMapsForDeviceKey",
                     RouteHandler = new GetJoinMapForDeviceKeyRequestHandler()
                 },
+				new HttpCwsRoute("debugSession")
+				{
+					Name = "DebugSession",
+					RouteHandler = new DebugSessionRequestHandler()
+				}
 
             };
 
diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Web/RequestHandlers/DebugSessionRequestHandler.cs b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Web/RequestHandlers/DebugSessionRequestHandler.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b024208d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Web/RequestHandlers/DebugSessionRequestHandler.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using Crestron.SimplSharp;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using PepperDash.Core;
+using PepperDash.Core.Web.RequestHandlers;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Web.RequestHandlers
+{
+    public class DebugSessionRequestHandler : WebApiBaseRequestHandler
+    {    
+        public DebugSessionRequestHandler()
+            : base(true)
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected override void HandleGet(Crestron.SimplSharp.WebScripting.HttpCwsContext context)
+        {
+            var routeData = context.Request.RouteData;
+            if (routeData == null)
+            {
+                context.Response.StatusCode = 400;
+                context.Response.StatusDescription = "Bad Request";
+                context.Response.End();
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Generate a random port within a specified range
+
+            // Start the WS Server
+
+            // Return the port number with the full url of the WS Server
+
+            var ip = CrestronEthernetHelper.GetEthernetParameter(
+                CrestronEthernetHelper.ETHERNET_PARAMETER_TO_GET.GET_CURRENT_IP_ADDRESS, 0);
+
+            var port = new Random().Next(65435, 65535);
+
+            object data = new {
+                url = string.Format(@"ws://{ip}:{port}", ip, port)
+            };
+
+            var res = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data);
+
+            context.Response.Write(res, false);
+            context.Response.ContentType = "application/json";
+            context.Response.StatusCode = 200;
+            context.Response.StatusDescription = "OK";
+            context.Response.End();
+        }   
+
+    }
+}