diff --git a/client/src/AdriftClient.ts b/client/src/AdriftClient.ts
index 723189b..832c132 100644
--- a/client/src/AdriftClient.ts
+++ b/client/src/AdriftClient.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class AdriftBareClient extends Client {
 
   connect(
     remote: URL,
-    protocols: string[],
+    protocols: string | string[],
     getRequestHeaders: GetRequestHeadersCallback,
     onMeta: MetaCallback,
     onReadyState: ReadyStateCallback,
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ export class AdriftBareClient extends Client {
 
     let { send, close } = this.connection.wsconnect(
       remote,
+      protocols,
       () => {
         onReadyState(WebSocket.OPEN);
         ws.dispatchEvent(new Event("open"));
diff --git a/client/src/Connection.ts b/client/src/Connection.ts
index 996be0d..a282d8f 100644
--- a/client/src/Connection.ts
+++ b/client/src/Connection.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ export class Connection {
 
   wsconnect(
     url: URL,
+    protocols: string | string[],
     onopen: () => void,
     onclose: (code: number, reason: string, wasClean: boolean) => void,
     onmessage: (data: any) => void,
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ export class Connection {
     send: (data: any) => void;
     close: (code?: number, reason?: string) => void;
   } {
-    const payload: C2SWSOpenPayload = { url: url.toString() };
+    const payload: C2SWSOpenPayload = { url: url.toString(), protocols };
     const payloadJSON = JSON.stringify(payload);
     let seq = this.nextSeq();
     // todo: onerror
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.svelte b/frontend/src/App.svelte
index 394c557..a3b9cf7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/App.svelte
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     const url = "ws://127.0.0.1:3002/";
     const ws = ((window as any).ws = (
       (window as any).bare as BareClient
-    ).createWebSocket(url, [], {}));
+    ).createWebSocket(url, ["a", "b"], {}));
     ws.onopen = () => console.log("onopen");
     ws.addEventListener("open", () => console.log("open listener"));
     ws.onclose = () => console.error(new Error("onclose"));
diff --git a/protocol/src/index.ts b/protocol/src/index.ts
index 1d27843..756f5b4 100644
--- a/protocol/src/index.ts
+++ b/protocol/src/index.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export type HTTPResponsePayload = {
 
 export type C2SWSOpenPayload = {
   url: string;
+  protocols: string | string[];
 };
 
 export type WSClosePayload = {
diff --git a/server/src/main.ts b/server/src/main.ts
index 1bdee2c..bbe0650 100644
--- a/server/src/main.ts
+++ b/server/src/main.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ import { auth } from "firebase-config";
 import { getDatabase, onValue, ref, set } from "firebase/database";
 import { AdriftServer } from "./server";
 
-import { WebSocket } from "isomorphic-ws";
-
-
 const configuration = {
   iceServers: [
     {
@@ -175,7 +172,7 @@ async function connectFirebase() {
 }
 connectFirebase();
 
-let tracker = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:17776/join");
+/*let tracker = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:17776/join");
 tracker.on("message", (str: string) => {
   if (!str) return;
   let data = JSON.parse(str);
@@ -187,6 +184,6 @@ tracker.on("message", (str: string) => {
     tracker.send(JSON.stringify(answer));
   })
 
-});
+});*/
 
 app.listen(3000, () => console.log("listening"));
diff --git a/server/src/server.ts b/server/src/server.ts
index 208a541..45c73eb 100644
--- a/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/server/src/server.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,10 @@ export class AdriftServer {
 
       case C2SRequestTypes.WSOpen: {
         const payload = AdriftServer.tryParseJSONPayload(msg.slice(cursor));
-        const ws = (this.sockets[seq] = new WebSocket(payload.url));
+        const ws = (this.sockets[seq] = new WebSocket(
+          payload.url,
+          payload.protocols
+        ));
         ws.binaryType = "arraybuffer";
         ws.onerror = (e) => {
           this.sendWSError(seq, { message: e.message });
diff --git a/server/src/test-ws-server.ts b/server/src/test-ws-server.ts
index 075f97c..020f554 100644
--- a/server/src/test-ws-server.ts
+++ b/server/src/test-ws-server.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { WebSocketServer } from "ws";
 const wss = new WebSocketServer({ host: "127.0.0.1", port: 3002 });
 
 wss.on("connection", (ws) => {
-  console.log("new connection");
+  console.log("new connection", { protocol: ws.protocol });
   ws.binaryType = "nodebuffer";
 
   ws.on("message", (data: Buffer, isBinary: boolean) => {