diff --git a/lights/request.js b/lights/request.js
index d32c3df..5b50869 100644
--- a/lights/request.js
+++ b/lights/request.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import * as net from 'net';
+import * as ws from "ws";
+import * as net from "net";
 
-const hostname = '192.168.1.219';
+const hostname = "192.168.1.219";
 const port = 29999;
 
 function getBinarySize(string) {
-  return Buffer.byteLength(string, 'utf8');
+  return Buffer.byteLength(string, "utf8");
 }
 
 // export function contactServer(callback, errorCallback) {
@@ -23,28 +24,29 @@ function getBinarySize(string) {
 // }
 
 export default function req(data, callback, errorCallback) {
-  let string_data = JSON.stringify(data);
+  let string_data = data;
   let size = getBinarySize(string_data);
   if (size > 9999) {
     errorCallback("too long");
     return;
   }
 
-  let client = new net.Socket();
-
   let c_port = global.ctx.lights.port || port;
   let c_addr = global.ctx.lights.addr || hostname;
-  client.connect(c_port, c_addr, () => { });
-  client.on('connect', () => {
-    client.write(string_data);
-  })
-  client.on('data', (dat) => {
-    callback(String(dat));
-    client.destroy();
-  })
+  let url = `ws://${c_addr}:${c_port}`;
 
-  client.on('error', (e) => {
-    client.destroy();
+  let client = new ws.WebSocket(url);
+
+  client.on("open", () => {
+    client.send(string_data);
+  });
+  client.on("message", (dat) => {
+    callback(String(dat));
+    client.close();
+  });
+
+  client.on("error", (e) => {
+    client.terminate();
     errorCallback(e);
   });
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb85ce3..52a557e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "eris": "^0.14.0"
+    "eris": "^0.14.0",
+    "ws": "^8.4.0"
   },
   "name": "lights",
   "version": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 15458ed..8982718 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1,32 +1,41 @@
+lockfileVersion: 5.3
+
+specifiers:
+  eris: ^0.14.0
+  ws: ^8.4.0
+
 dependencies:
   eris: 0.14.0
-lockfileVersion: 5.2
+  ws: 8.4.0
+
 packages:
+
   /eris/0.14.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-/W6X0SFR2swtA9oc4ga5Wh1TQcZtPgbUaDDdwYc67fvFUAtwC+V1xzWUZq2yDeJnTfB8Uot9SJWA8Lthe2sDtQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=8.0.0'}
     dependencies:
       ws: 7.3.1
-    dev: false
-    engines:
-      node: '>=8.0.0'
     optionalDependencies:
       opusscript: 0.0.7
       tweetnacl: 1.0.3
-    resolution:
-      integrity: sha512-/W6X0SFR2swtA9oc4ga5Wh1TQcZtPgbUaDDdwYc67fvFUAtwC+V1xzWUZq2yDeJnTfB8Uot9SJWA8Lthe2sDtQ==
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - bufferutil
+      - utf-8-validate
+    dev: false
+
   /opusscript/0.0.7:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-DcBadTdYTUuH9zQtepsLjQn4Ll6rs3dmeFvN+SD0ThPnxRBRm/WC1zXWPg+wgAJimB784gdZvUMA57gDP7FdVg==}
     dev: false
     optional: true
-    resolution:
-      integrity: sha512-DcBadTdYTUuH9zQtepsLjQn4Ll6rs3dmeFvN+SD0ThPnxRBRm/WC1zXWPg+wgAJimB784gdZvUMA57gDP7FdVg==
+
   /tweetnacl/1.0.3:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-6rt+RN7aOi1nGMyC4Xa5DdYiukl2UWCbcJft7YhxReBGQD7OAM8Pbxw6YMo4r2diNEA8FEmu32YOn9rhaiE5yw==}
     dev: false
     optional: true
-    resolution:
-      integrity: sha512-6rt+RN7aOi1nGMyC4Xa5DdYiukl2UWCbcJft7YhxReBGQD7OAM8Pbxw6YMo4r2diNEA8FEmu32YOn9rhaiE5yw==
+
   /ws/7.3.1:
-    dev: false
-    engines:
-      node: '>=8.3.0'
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-D3RuNkynyHmEJIpD2qrgVkc9DQ23OrN/moAwZX4L8DfvszsJxpjQuUq3LMx6HoYji9fbIOBY18XWBsAux1ZZUA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=8.3.0'}
     peerDependencies:
       bufferutil: ^4.0.1
       utf-8-validate: ^5.0.2
@@ -35,7 +44,17 @@ packages:
         optional: true
       utf-8-validate:
         optional: true
-    resolution:
-      integrity: sha512-D3RuNkynyHmEJIpD2qrgVkc9DQ23OrN/moAwZX4L8DfvszsJxpjQuUq3LMx6HoYji9fbIOBY18XWBsAux1ZZUA==
-specifiers:
-  eris: ^0.14.0
+    dev: false
+
+  /ws/8.4.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-IHVsKe2pjajSUIl4KYMQOdlyliovpEPquKkqbwswulszzI7r0SfQrxnXdWAEqOlDCLrVSJzo+O1hAwdog2sKSQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=10.0.0'}
+    peerDependencies:
+      bufferutil: ^4.0.1
+      utf-8-validate: ^5.0.2
+    peerDependenciesMeta:
+      bufferutil:
+        optional: true
+      utf-8-validate:
+        optional: true
+    dev: false