Nock, localhost, port, and redux-observable

I have a mock api setup with node/express

http://localhost:8080/api/lyric/

I'm using redux-observable to fetch the json:

const fetchLyricEpic = action$ =>
action$.ofType(FETCH_LYRIC)
  .mergeMap(action =>
    ajax.getJSON('/api/lyric')
      .map(response => fetchLyricSuccess(response))
      .catch(error => Observable.of(fetchLyricFail(error)))
  )

The problem is, when I test, I am getting an api error instead of 200 using nock:

beforeEach(() => {
  nock.disableNetConnect()
  nock.enableNetConnect('127.0.0.1')
})

afterEach(() => {
  nock.cleanAll()
  nock.enableNetConnect()
  epicMiddleware.replaceEpic(rootEpic)
})

test('it creates FETCH_SUCCESS when fetching the lyric has been done', () => {
  const payload = {
    status: 200,
    response: {
      'lyric': "Lyric"
    }
  }
  nock('http://localhost:8080')
    .get('/api/lyric')
    .reply(200, payload, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'})

I'm trying to follow what I read in the nock docs and also in the issues list, however, my nock api call keeps failing.