Proxy Connection Fails, Internal Server Error, error=EPROTO

[rstadler]

   connect: {
          options:{
            port: 9999,
            hostname: "localhost",
            base: 'app',
            debug: true,
            open: true,
            keepalive: true
          },
         proxies: [
                  {
                      context: '/netops',
                      host:         "localhost",
                      port:         8000,
                      https:        true,
                      changeOrigin: false,
                      debug:        true,
                      xforward:     false
                  }
          ], 
          livereload: {

              options: {
                  open: true,
                  debug: true,
                  middleware: function (connect, options) {

                    grunt.log.writeln( "Connect: "+ JSON.stringify(connect) + ",options: "+ JSON.stringify(options));

                      if (!Array.isArray(options.base)) {
                          options.base = [options.base];
                      }

                      var middlewares = [require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest];
                      options.base.forEach(function (base) {
                          grunt.log.writeln ("Pushing ["+ connect.static(base) +"]");
                          middlewares.push(connect.static(base));
                      });

                                               return middlewares;

                 }
            }
        }
    }
});