diff --git a/src/client/client.ts b/src/client/client.ts
index c09b492..d43ad6a 100644
--- a/src/client/client.ts
+++ b/src/client/client.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 	decodeUrl,
 	encodeUrl,
 } from "../shared";
+import type BareClientType from "@mercuryworkshop/bare-mux";
 import { createWrapFn } from "./shared/wrap";
 import { NavigateEvent } from "./events";
 import type { URLMeta } from "../shared/rewriters/url";
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export class ScramjetClient {
 	globalProxy: any;
 	locationProxy: any;
 	serviceWorker: ServiceWorkerContainer;
-	bare: any;
+	bare: BareClientType;
 
 	descriptors: Record<string, PropertyDescriptor> = {};
 	natives: Record<string, any> = {};
diff --git a/src/client/shared/requests/websocket.ts b/src/client/shared/requests/websocket.ts
index 7eafc46..49eb295 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/requests/websocket.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/requests/websocket.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,219 @@
+import { type BareWebSocket } from "@mercuryworkshop/bare-mux";
 import { ScramjetClient } from "../../client";
 
+type FakeWebSocketState = {
+	extensions: string;
+	protocol: string;
+	url: string;
+	binaryType: string;
+	barews: BareWebSocket;
+
+	captureListeners: Record<string, EventListener[]>;
+	listeners: Record<string, EventListener[]>;
+
+	onclose?: (ev: CloseEvent) => any;
+	onerror?: (ev: Event) => any;
+	onmessage?: (ev: MessageEvent) => any;
+	onopen?: (ev: Event) => any;
+};
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof globalThis) {
+	const socketmap: WeakMap<WebSocket, FakeWebSocketState> = new WeakMap();
 	client.Proxy("WebSocket", {
 		construct(ctx) {
-			ctx.return(
-				client.bare.createWebSocket(
-					ctx.args[0],
-					ctx.args[1],
-					ctx.fn as typeof WebSocket,
-					{
-						"User-Agent": self.navigator.userAgent,
-						Origin: client.url.origin,
+			const fakeWebSocket = new EventTarget() as WebSocket;
+			Object.setPrototypeOf(fakeWebSocket, self.WebSocket.prototype);
+			fakeWebSocket.constructor = ctx.fn;
+
+			const trustEvent = (ev: Event) =>
+				new Proxy(ev, {
+					get(target, prop) {
+						if (prop === "isTrusted") return true;
+						return Reflect.get(target, prop);
 					},
-					ArrayBuffer.prototype
-				)
+				});
+
+			const barews = client.bare.createWebSocket(
+				ctx.args[0],
+				ctx.args[1],
+				null,
+				{
+					"User-Agent": self.navigator.userAgent,
+					Origin: client.url.origin,
+				}
 			);
+
+			const state: FakeWebSocketState = {
+				extensions: "",
+				protocol: "",
+				url: ctx.args[0],
+				binaryType: "blob",
+				barews,
+
+				captureListeners: {},
+				listeners: {},
+			};
+
+			barews.addEventListener("open", (ev) => {
+				const fakeev = new Event("open");
+				state.onopen?.(trustEvent(fakeev));
+				fakeWebSocket.dispatchEvent(fakeev);
+			});
+
+			socketmap.set(fakeWebSocket, state);
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Proxy("EventTarget.prototype.addEventListener", {
+		apply(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			if (!ws) return; // it's not a websocket ignore it
+
+			const [type, listener, opts] = ctx.args;
+
+			if (
+				(typeof opts === "object" && opts.capture) ||
+				(typeof opts === "boolean" && opts)
+			) {
+				const listeners = (ws.captureListeners[type] ??= []);
+				listeners.push(listener);
+				ws.captureListeners[type] = listeners;
+			} else {
+				const listeners = (ws.listeners[type] ??= []);
+				listeners.push(listener);
+				ws.listeners[type] = listeners;
+			}
+
+			ctx.return(undefined);
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Proxy("EventTarget.prototype.removeEventListener", {
+		apply(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			if (!ws) return;
+
+			const [type, listener, opts] = ctx.args;
+
+			if (
+				(typeof opts === "object" && opts.capture) ||
+				(typeof opts === "boolean" && opts)
+			) {
+				const listeners = (ws.captureListeners[type] ??= []);
+				const idx = listeners.indexOf(listener);
+				if (idx !== -1) listeners.splice(idx, 1);
+				ws.captureListeners[type] = listeners;
+			} else {
+				const listeners = (ws.listeners[type] ??= []);
+				const idx = listeners.indexOf(listener);
+				if (idx !== -1) listeners.splice(idx, 1);
+				ws.listeners[type] = listeners;
+			}
+
+			ctx.return(undefined);
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.binaryType", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.binaryType;
+		},
+		set(ctx, v: string) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			if (v === "blob" || v === "arraybuffer") ws.binaryType = v;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.bufferedAmount", {
+		get() {
+			return 0;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.extensions", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.extensions;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.onclose", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.onclose;
+		},
+		set(ctx, v: (ev: CloseEvent) => any) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			ws.onclose = v;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.onerror", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.onerror;
+		},
+		set(ctx, v: (ev: Event) => any) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			ws.onerror = v;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.onmessage", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.onmessage;
+		},
+		set(ctx, v: (ev: MessageEvent) => any) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			ws.onmessage = v;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.onopen", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.onopen;
+		},
+		set(ctx, v: (ev: Event) => any) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			ws.onopen = v;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.url", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.url;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.protocol", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.protocol;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Trap("WebSocket.prototype.readyState", {
+		get(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			return ws.barews.readyState;
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Proxy("WebSocket.prototype.send", {
+		apply(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+
+			ctx.return(ws.barews.send(ctx.args[0]));
+		},
+	});
+
+	client.Proxy("WebSocket.prototype.close", {
+		apply(ctx) {
+			const ws = socketmap.get(ctx.this);
+			ctx.return(ws.barews.close(ctx.args[0], ctx.args[1]));
 		},
 	});
 }
diff --git a/src/client/shared/unproxy.ts b/src/client/shared/unproxy.ts
index 058e366..9905c2a 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/unproxy.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/unproxy.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export const order = 3;
 export default function (client: ScramjetClient, self: typeof window) {
 	// an automated approach to cleaning the documentProxy from dom functions
 	// it will trigger an illegal invocation if you pass the proxy to c++ code, we gotta hotswap it out with the real one
+	// admittedly this is pretty slow. worth investigating if there's ways to get back some of the lost performance
 
 	for (const target of [self]) {
 		for (const prop in target) {