diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Net/SocketFactory.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Net/SocketFactory.cs
index 1777216584..0781a0e333 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Net/SocketFactory.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Net/SocketFactory.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Net
             var retVal = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, System.Net.Sockets.SocketType.Dgram, System.Net.Sockets.ProtocolType.Udp);
             try
             {
+                retVal.EnableBroadcast = true;
                 retVal.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, true);
                 retVal.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.Broadcast, 1);
 
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Net
             var retVal = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, System.Net.Sockets.SocketType.Dgram, System.Net.Sockets.ProtocolType.Udp);
             try
             {
+                retVal.EnableBroadcast = true;
                 retVal.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, true);
                 retVal.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.IP, SocketOptionName.MulticastTimeToLive, 4);
 
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Net
 
             try
             {
+                retVal.EnableBroadcast = true;
                 // retVal.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.Broadcast, true);
                 retVal.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.IP, SocketOptionName.MulticastTimeToLive, multicastTimeToLive);
 
diff --git a/RSSDP/SsdpCommunicationsServer.cs b/RSSDP/SsdpCommunicationsServer.cs
index 8fde700e0c..a4be32e7d2 100644
--- a/RSSDP/SsdpCommunicationsServer.cs
+++ b/RSSDP/SsdpCommunicationsServer.cs
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ namespace Rssdp.Infrastructure
         private ISocket ListenForBroadcastsAsync()
         {
             var socket = _SocketFactory.CreateUdpMulticastSocket(SsdpConstants.MulticastLocalAdminAddress, _MulticastTtl, SsdpConstants.MulticastPort);
-
             _ = ListenToSocketInternal(socket);
 
             return socket;