diff --git a/src/lib/common/api.js b/src/lib/common/api.js
index 441acff..b2bfef3 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/api.js
+++ b/src/lib/common/api.js
@@ -284,17 +284,17 @@ api.getJSON = function (options, objOptions, callback) {
 
     objOptions._path = options.path;
 
-    joola.io.socket.emit(routeID, objOptions);
+    joola.io.emit(routeID, objOptions);
     joola.events.emit('rpc:start', 1);
     joola.events.emit('bandwidth', lengthInUtf8Bytes(JSON.stringify(objOptions)));
     var shouldOn = objOptions && (objOptions.realtime || (objOptions.options && Array.isArray(objOptions.options) && objOptions.options.length > 0 && objOptions.options[0].realtime));
     if (objOptions && objOptions.options && objOptions.options.realtime)
       shouldOn = true;
     if (shouldOn) {
-      joola.io.socket.on(routeID + ':done', processResponse);
+      joola.io.on(routeID + ':done', processResponse);
     }
     else {
-      joola.io.socket.once(routeID + ':done', processResponse);
+      joola.io.once(routeID + ':done', processResponse);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/index.js b/src/lib/index.js
index 95055a3..7e767e7 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.js
+++ b/src/lib/index.js
@@ -172,31 +172,32 @@ joola.init = function (options, callback) {
     throw new Error('joola host not specified');
 
   var io = require('socket.io-client');
-  joola.io = io;
-  joola.io.socket = joola.io.connect(joola.options.host);
-  joola.io.socket.on('event', function (data) {
+  joola.io = io.connect(joola.options.host, {'force new connection': true });
+  joola.io.on('error', function (reason) {
+    joola.connected = false;
+    joola.emit('disconnected', reason);
   });
-  joola.io.socket.on('disconnect', function (reason) {
+  joola.io.on('disconnect', function (reason) {
     joola.connected = false;
     joola.emit('disconnected', reason);
   });
-  joola.io.socket.on('connect_error', function (err) {
+  joola.io.on('connect_error', function (err) {
     joola.connected = false;
     if (!joola.online)
       throw new Error('Failed to connect to Joola engine: ' + err);
     joola.emit('disconnected', err);
   });
-  joola.io.socket.on('connect_timeout', function (err) {
+  joola.io.on('connect_timeout', function (err) {
     joola.connected = false;
     if (!joola.online)
       throw new Error('Failed to connect to Joola engine: Timeout');
     joola.emit('disconnected', 'timeout');
   });
-  joola.io.socket.on('connect', function () {
+  joola.io.on('connect', function () {
     joola.connected = true;
     if (!joola.online) {
       joola.online = true;
-      joola.bringOnline(callback);
+      joola.bringOnline(callback); 
     }
     joola.emit('connected');
   });