diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 46e8a75..f2422e2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "client/wisp_client"]
-	path = client/wisp_client
-	url = https://github.com/MercuryWorkshop/wisp-client-js
 [submodule "server/wisp_server"]
 	path = server/wisp_server
 	url = https://github.com/MercuryWorkshop/wisp-server-python
diff --git a/client/build.sh b/client/build.sh
index 6e71214..a6b5dc1 100755
--- a/client/build.sh
+++ b/client/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ BUILD_DIR="build"
 C_DIR="libcurl"
 FRAGMENTS_DIR="fragments"
 JAVSCRIPT_DIR="javascript"
-WISP_CLIENT="wisp_client"
+WISP_CLIENT="$BUILD_DIR/wisp-js/package"
 
 INCLUDE_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/curl-wasm/include/"
 LIB_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/curl-wasm/lib/"
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ fi
 #ensure deps are compiled
 tools/all_deps.sh
 tools/generate_cert.sh
+tools/wisp_client.sh
 
 #compile the main c file
 COMPILE_CMD="emcc $C_DIR/*.c $COMPILER_OPTIONS $EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS"
@@ -104,9 +105,7 @@ sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $JAVSCRIPT_DIR/messages.js" $OUT_FILE
 sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $JAVSCRIPT_DIR/util.js" $OUT_FILE
 sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $JAVSCRIPT_DIR/logger.js" $OUT_FILE
 
-sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $WISP_CLIENT/polyfill.js" $OUT_FILE
-sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $WISP_CLIENT/wisp.js" $OUT_FILE
-
+sed -i "/__extra_libraries__/r $WISP_CLIENT/dist/wisp-client.js" $OUT_FILE
 
 #apply patches
 python3 tools/patch_js.py $FRAGMENTS_DIR $OUT_FILE
diff --git a/client/fragments/wisp_support.js b/client/fragments/wisp_support.js
index aad3fcb..5bc7c3f 100644
--- a/client/fragments/wisp_support.js
+++ b/client/fragments/wisp_support.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ws ?= ?new WebSocketConstructor\(url, ?opts\)
 */
 try {
   if (api.transport === "wisp") {
-    ws = new WispWebSocket(url);
+    ws = new wisp_client.client.WispWebSocket(url);
   }
   else if (api.transport === "wsproxy") {
     ws = new WebSocket(url);
diff --git a/client/javascript/main.js b/client/javascript/main.js
index 47ee3e9..bc8d50e 100644
--- a/client/javascript/main.js
+++ b/client/javascript/main.js
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ api = {
   get_error_string: get_error_str,
 
   wisp: {
-    wisp_connections: _wisp_connections,
-    WispConnection: WispConnection,
-    WispWebSocket: WispWebSocket  
+    wisp_connections: wisp_client.client._wisp_connections,
+    WispConnection: wisp_client.client.ClientConnection,
+    WispWebSocket: wisp_client.client.WispWebSocket
   },
 
   transport: "wisp",
diff --git a/client/tools/wisp_client.sh b/client/tools/wisp_client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5ed5151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tools/wisp_client.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#download and extract wisp-js
+
+set -e
+
+VERSION="0.3.3"
+PREFIX=$(realpath build/wisp-js)
+TARBALL_PATH="$(realpath build/wisp-archive.tgz)"
+TARBALL_URL=$(npm view @mercuryworkshop/wisp-js@$VERSION dist.tarball)
+
+rm -rf $PREFIX
+mkdir -p $PREFIX
+wget $TARBALL_URL -O $TARBALL_PATH
+tar xvf $TARBALL_PATH -C $PREFIX
+rm $TARBALL_PATH
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/wisp_client b/client/wisp_client
deleted file mode 160000
index 6aa58be..0000000
--- a/client/wisp_client
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 6aa58be0897501ac444b38e7e7c0008da24f79ba