diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3ccf583..18a89fe6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 - The broken modules due to Socket.io change from last release [#1973](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/1973)
+- Add backward compatibilty for old module code in socketclient.js [#1973](https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/1973)
 
 ## [2.11.0] - 2020-04-01
 
diff --git a/js/socketclient.js b/js/socketclient.js
index 7be9ce7d..d10c0d60 100644
--- a/js/socketclient.js
+++ b/js/socketclient.js
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ var MMSocket = function(moduleName) {
 	self.moduleName = moduleName;
 
 	// Private Methods
+	var base = "/";
+	if ((typeof config !== "undefined") && (typeof config.basePath !== "undefined")) {
+		base = config.basePath;
+	}
 	self.socket = io("/" + self.moduleName, {
-		path: config.basePath + "socket.io"
+		path: base + "socket.io"
 	});
 	var notificationCallback = function() {};