diff --git a/tests/daemon/face/websocket-transport-fixture.hpp b/tests/daemon/face/websocket-transport-fixture.hpp
index 6fd8e70..374f922 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/face/websocket-transport-fixture.hpp
+++ b/tests/daemon/face/websocket-transport-fixture.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
     face = make_unique<Face>(
              make_unique<DummyReceiveLinkService>(),
-             make_unique<WebSocketTransport>(serverHdl, ref(server), pingInterval));
+             make_unique<WebSocketTransport>(serverHdl, std::ref(server), pingInterval));
     transport = static_cast<WebSocketTransport*>(face->getTransport());
     serverReceivedPackets = &static_cast<DummyReceiveLinkService*>(face->getLinkService())->receivedPackets;