diff --git a/TODO.goals b/TODO.goals
index e3f90f9..ffdff8b 100644
--- a/TODO.goals
+++ b/TODO.goals
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
++ Add __version__
 Check that setting stream=True makes sure that we receive all server events #45
 Use HTTP headers for Websocket connection #44
 Do not connect to blank namespace if overriding default namespace exists #40
 Pass wait timeout to underlying transports #34
+Check that we have the correct version of websocket #62
+Fall back to next transport #48
+
 Make heartbeat time independent from elapsed time #38
     Check that heartbeats are sent even with short wait time #64
     Revive heartbeat as separate process thanks to sarietta
 Restore namespace as separate process #50
-Check that we have the correct version of websocket #62
-Fall back to next transport #48
 Check that SSL websocket connections work properly #54
 Write a unit test to make sure that the client can disconnect properly #42 #46
 Make sure that on_reconnect works #61
@@ -19,4 +21,3 @@ Run under Python 3 #51
     Use urllib.parse.urlparse
 Use continuous integration with TravisCI
 Credit everyone who took the time to submit an issue or pull request
-Add __version__
diff --git a/experiments/app.js b/experiments/app.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4df4754..0000000
--- a/experiments/app.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// DEBUG=* node app.js
-var app = require('express')();
-var server = require('http').Server(app);
-var io = require('socket.io')(server);
-
-server.listen(9000);
-
-app.get('/', function (req, res) {
-  res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html');
-});
-
-io.on('connection', function (socket) {
-  socket.emit('news', { hello: 'world' });
-  socket.on('my other event', function (data) {
-    console.log(data);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/experiments/client1.py b/experiments/client1.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4880a14..0000000
--- a/experiments/client1.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,217 +0,0 @@
-import json
-import requests
-import time
-
-
-# def decode_payload(payload)
-def get_packets(content):
-    packets = []
-    index = 0
-    content_length = len(content)
-    while index < content_length:
-        index, packet_length = read_packet_length(content, index)
-        index, packet = read_packet(content, index, packet_length)
-        packet_type = int(packet[0])
-        packet_payload = packet[1:]
-        packets.append((packet_type, packet_payload))
-    return packets
-
-
-def read_packet_length(content, index):
-    while ord(content[index]) != 0:
-        index += 1
-    index += 1
-    packet_length_string = ''
-    while ord(content[index]) != 255:
-        packet_length_string += str(ord(content[index]))
-        index += 1
-    return index, int(packet_length_string)
-
-
-def read_packet(content, index, packet_length):
-    while ord(content[index]) == 255:
-        index += 1
-    packet = content[index:index + packet_length]
-    return index + packet_length, packet
-
-
-request_counter = 0
-
-
-def get_timestamp():
-    global request_counter
-    timestamp = '%s-%s' % (int(time.time() * 1000), request_counter)
-    request_counter += 1
-    return timestamp
-
-
-base_url = 'http://localhost:9000'
-url = base_url + '/socket.io/'
-
-
-print '*** Connect'
-session = requests.Session()
-print session.cookies.items()
-response = session.get(url, params={
-    'EIO': 3,
-    'transport': 'polling',
-    't': get_timestamp(),
-})
-print response.url
-print session.cookies.items()
-packets = get_packets(response.content)
-for packet_type, packet in packets:
-    print packet_type, packet
-packet_type, packet = packets[0]
-packet_json = json.loads(packet)
-print packet_json
-print packet_json['pingInterval']
-print packet_json['pingTimeout']
-print packet_json['sid']
-assert packet_type == 0
-
-
-response = session.get(url, params={
-    'EIO': 3,
-    'transport': 'polling',
-    't': get_timestamp(),
-    'sid': packet_json['sid'],
-})
-print response.url
-print session.cookies.items()
-packets = get_packets(response.content)
-for packet_type, packet in packets:
-    print 'engineIO_packet_type = %s' % packet_type
-    print 'socketIO_packet_type = %s' % packet[0]
-    print 'packet = %s' % packet[1:]
-# from IPython import embed; embed()
-
-
-# def wrap_payload
-# def pack_packets
-# def pack_packs
-# def wrap_payload
-def encode_payload(packs):
-    parts = []
-    for packet_type, packet in packs:
-        content = str(packet_type) + str(packet)
-        parts.append(make_header(content) + content)
-    return ''.join(parts)
-
-
-def make_header(content):
-    length_string = str(len(content))
-    print length_string
-    header_digits = [0]
-    for index in xrange(len(length_string)):
-        header_digits.append(ord(length_string[index]) - 48)
-    header_digits.append(255)
-    print '---'
-    for x in header_digits:
-        print str(x)
-    print '---'
-    return ''.join(chr(x) for x in header_digits)
-
-
-# print '***'
-# response = session.get(url, params={
-    # 'EIO': 3,
-    # 'transport': 'polling',
-    # 't': get_timestamp(),
-    # 'sid': packet_json['sid'],
-# })
-# print response.url
-# print response.content
-# packets = get_packets(response.content)
-# for packet_type, packet in packets:
-    # print packet_type, packet
-
-
-print '*** Send event'
-packets = [
-    (4, '2["my other event",{"my":"data"}]'),
-]
-payload = encode_payload(packets)
-print payload
-print session.cookies.items()
-response = session.post(url, params={
-    'EIO': 3,
-    'transport': 'polling',
-    't': get_timestamp(),
-    'sid': packet_json['sid'],
-}, data=payload, headers={
-    'content-type': 'application/octet-stream',
-})
-print response.url
-print response.content
-
-from time import sleep
-sleep(10)
-
-
-print '*** Send event'
-packets = [
-    (4, '2["my other event",{"my":"data"}]'),
-]
-payload = encode_payload(packets)
-print payload
-print session.cookies.items()
-response = session.post(url, params={
-    'EIO': 3,
-    'transport': 'polling',
-    't': get_timestamp(),
-    'sid': packet_json['sid'],
-}, data=payload, headers={
-    'content-type': 'application/octet-stream',
-})
-print response.url
-print response.content
-
-
-print '*** Send ping'
-packets = [
-    (2, ''),
-]
-payload = encode_payload(packets)
-print payload
-response = session.post(url, params={
-    'EIO': 3,
-    'transport': 'polling',
-    't': get_timestamp(),
-    'sid': packet_json['sid'],
-}, data=payload, headers={
-    'content-type': 'application/octet-stream',
-})
-print response.url
-print response.content
-
-
-print '*** Send ping'
-packets = [
-    (2, ''),
-]
-payload = encode_payload(packets)
-print payload
-response = session.post(url, params={
-    'EIO': 3,
-    'transport': 'polling',
-    't': get_timestamp(),
-    'sid': packet_json['sid'],
-}, data=payload, headers={
-    'content-type': 'application/octet-stream',
-})
-print response.url
-print response.content
-
-
-response = session.get(url, params={
-    'EIO': 3,
-    'transport': 'polling',
-    't': get_timestamp(),
-    'sid': packet_json['sid'],
-})
-print response.url
-print session.cookies.items()
-packets = get_packets(response.content)
-for packet_type, packet in packets:
-    print packet_type, packet
diff --git a/experiments/client2.py b/experiments/client2.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 14c0d7a..0000000
--- a/experiments/client2.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-from socketIO_client import SocketIO
-
-
-# def on_news(self, data):
-    # print(data)
-    # self.emit('my other event', {'my': 'data'})
-
-
-s = SocketIO('localhost', 9000)
-s.emit('whee')
-# s.on('news', on_news)
diff --git a/experiments/index.html b/experiments/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 90f066c..0000000
--- a/experiments/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<script src='/socket.io/socket.io.js'></script>
-<script>
-  var socket = io.connect('http://localhost');
-  socket.on('news', function (data) {
-    console.log(data);
-    socket.emit('my other event', { my: 'data' });
-  });
-</script>
diff --git a/experiments/interpretation.log b/experiments/interpretation.log
deleted file mode 100644
index ea51ac8..0000000
Binary files a/experiments/interpretation.log and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/experiments/proxy.js b/experiments/proxy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 756da12..0000000
--- a/experiments/proxy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-var proxy = require('http-proxy').createProxyServer({
-  target: {host: 'localhost', port: 9000}
-});
-var server = require('http').createServer(function(req, res) {
-  console.log('[REQUEST.%s] %s', req.method, req.url);
-  console.log(req['headers']);
-  if (req.method == 'POST') {
-    var body = '';
-    req.on('data', function (data) {
-      body += data;
-    });
-    req.on('end', function () {
-      print_body('[REQUEST.BODY] ', body);
-    });
-  }
-  var _write = res.write;
-  res.write = function(data) {
-    print_body('[RESPONSE.BODY] ', data);
-    _write.call(res, data);
-  }
-  proxy.web(req, res);
-});
-function print_body(header, body) {
-  var text = String(body);
-  console.log(header + text);
-  for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
-    console.log('body[%s] = %s = %s', i, text[i], text.charCodeAt(i));
-  }
-}
-server.listen(8000);
diff --git a/experiments/proxy.log b/experiments/proxy.log
deleted file mode 100644
index 45d0872..0000000
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diff --git a/experiments/socketIO_client/__init__.py b/experiments/socketIO_client/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 52413f9..0000000
--- a/experiments/socketIO_client/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-import json
-import requests
-import time
-
-
-class EngineIO(object):
-
-    _path = 'engine.io'
-    _engine_io_protocol = 3
-    _request_index = 0
-
-    def __init__(self, host, port):
-        url = 'http://%s:%s/%s/' % (host, port, self._path)
-        self.session = requests.Session()
-        response = self.session.get(url, params={
-            'EIO': self._engine_io_protocol,
-            'transport': 'polling',
-            't': self._get_timestamp(),
-        })
-        packs = _decode_content(response.content)
-        packet_type, packet = packs[0]
-        assert packet_type == 0
-        packet_json = json.loads(packet)
-        self._session_id = packet_json['sid']
-        print(packet_json)
-        response = self.session.get(url, params={
-            'EIO': self._engine_io_protocol,
-            'transport': 'polling',
-            't': self._get_timestamp(),
-            'sid': self._session_id,
-        })
-        packs = _decode_content(response.content)
-        for packet_type, packet in packs:
-            print 'engineIO_packet_type = %s' % packet_type
-            print 'socketIO_packet_type = %s' % packet[0]
-            print 'packet = %s' % packet[1:]
-
-    def _get_timestamp(self):
-        timestamp = '%s-%s' % (int(time.time() * 1000), self._request_index)
-        self._request_index += 1
-        return timestamp
-
-    def _message(self, packet):
-        packet_type = 4
-        response = self.session.post(self.url, params={
-            'EIO': self._engine_io_protocol,
-            'transport': 'polling',
-            't': self._get_timestamp(),
-            'sid': self._session_id,
-        }, data=_encode_content([(packet_type, packet)]), headers={
-            'content-type': 'application/octet-stream',
-        })
-
-
-class SocketIO(EngineIO):
-
-    _path = 'socket.io'
-    _socket_io_protocol = 4
-
-    def __init__(self, host, port):
-        super(SocketIO, self).__init__(host, port)
-
-    def on(self, event, callback):
-        pass
-
-    def emit(self, event):
-        packet_type = 2
-        packet = json.dumps([event])
-        self._message(str(packet_type) + packet)
-
-
-def _decode_content(content):
-    packs = []
-    index = 0
-    content_length = len(content)
-    while index < content_length:
-        index, packet_length = _read_packet_length(content, index)
-        index, packet = _read_packet(content, index, packet_length)
-        packet_type = int(packet[0])
-        packet_payload = packet[1:]
-        packs.append((packet_type, packet_payload))
-    return packs
-
-
-def _read_packet_length(content, index):
-    while ord(content[index]) != 0:
-        index += 1
-    index += 1
-    packet_length_string = ''
-    while ord(content[index]) != 255:
-        packet_length_string += str(ord(content[index]))
-        index += 1
-    return index, int(packet_length_string)
-
-
-def _read_packet(content, index, packet_length):
-    while ord(content[index]) == 255:
-        index += 1
-    packet = content[index:index + packet_length]
-    return index + packet_length, packet
-
-
-def _encode_content(packs):
-    pass
diff --git a/serve_tests.js b/serve_tests.js
index 6c2edfc..17eef7a 100644
--- a/serve_tests.js
+++ b/serve_tests.js
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ var main = io.of('').on('connection', function(socket) {
   socket.on('wait_with_disconnect', function() {
     socket.emit('wait_with_disconnect_response');
   });
+  /*
+  socket.on('rapid_fire', function() {
+    for (var i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+      socket.emit('rapid_fire', i);
+    }
+  });
+  */
 });
 
 var chat = io.of('/chat').on('connection', function (socket) {
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 468f360..ea7fb18 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@ detailed-errors = TRUE
 with-coverage = TRUE
 cover-package = socketIO_client
 cover-erase = TRUE
-
-[easy_install]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b42b4a3..c26f2af 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from socketIO_client import __version__
 
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ CHANGES = open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.rst')).read()
 
 setup(
     name='socketIO-client',
-    version='0.5.3.2',
+    version=__version__,
     description='A socket.io client library',
     long_description=README + '\n\n' + CHANGES,
     license='MIT',
diff --git a/socketIO_client/__init__.py b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
index 622dae7..bc98d8a 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/__init__.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from .exceptions import ConnectionError, TimeoutError, PacketError
 from .transports import _get_response, _negotiate_transport, TRANSPORTS
 
 
+__version__ = '0.5.4'
 _SocketIOSession = namedtuple('_SocketIOSession', [
     'id',
     'heartbeat_timeout',
diff --git a/socketIO_client/tests.py b/socketIO_client/tests.py
index dfebecb..542339e 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/tests.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/tests.py
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ class BaseMixin(object):
             'ack_callback_response': (PAYLOAD,),
         })
 
+    """
+    def test_rapid_fire(self):
+        'Capture all server events'
+        namespace = self.socketIO.define(Namespace)
+        self.socketIO.emit('rapid_fire')
+        self.socketIO.wait(30)
+        self.assertEqual(namespace.messages, range(100000))
+    """
+
 
 class Test_WebsocketTransport(TestCase, BaseMixin):
 
@@ -202,6 +211,7 @@ class Namespace(BaseNamespace):
         self.response = None
         self.args_by_event = {}
         self.called_on_disconnect = False
+        self.messages = []
 
     def on_disconnect(self):
         self.called_on_disconnect = True
@@ -217,3 +227,6 @@ class Namespace(BaseNamespace):
 
     def on_wait_with_disconnect_response(self):
         self.disconnect()
+
+    def on_rapid_fire(self, x):
+        self.messages.append(x)
diff --git a/socketIO_client/transports.py b/socketIO_client/transports.py
index b33754a..ebe8d59 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/transports.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/transports.py
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ class _XHR_PollingTransport(_AbstractTransport):
             self._http_session.get,
             self._url,
             params=self._params,
-            timeout=TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS)
+            timeout=TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS,
+            stream=True)
         response_text = response.text
         if not response_text.startswith(BOUNDARY):
             yield response_text