diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b0bc004..1db3eb1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install nodejs
 install:
   - npm install -G socket.io
-  - npm install -G http-proxy
+  - npm install -G yargs
   - pip install -U requests
   - pip install -U six
   - pip install -U websocket-client
   - pip install -U coverage
 before_script:
   - DEBUG=* node socketIO_client/tests/serve.js &
-  - DEBUG=* node socketIO_client/tests/proxy.js &
   - sleep 3
 script: nosetests
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ee301dd..9a20e0b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/invisibleroads/socketIO-client.svg?branch=master
     :target: https://travis-ci.org/invisibleroads/socketIO-client
 
-.. image:: https://www.bountysource.com/badge/tracker?tracker_id=388415
-    :target: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/388415-invisibleroads-socketio-client?utm_source=388415&utm_medium=shield&utm_campaign=TRACKER_BADGE
-
 
 socketIO-client
 ===============
@@ -139,7 +136,8 @@ Specify params, headers, cookies, proxies thanks to the `requests <http://python
     from socketIO_client import SocketIO
     from base64 import b64encode
 
-    SocketIO('localhost', 8000,
+    SocketIO(
+        localhost', 8000,
         params={'q': 'qqq'},
         headers={'Authorization': 'Basic ' + b64encode('username:password')},
         cookies={'a': 'aaa'},
diff --git a/TODO.goals b/TODO.goals
index 9fced70..291ad75 100644
--- a/TODO.goals
+++ b/TODO.goals
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-Add Websocket transport
-    Update proxy to include websocket depending on argument
-    Use prepared request to get headers from http_session
-    Include https://github.com/invisibleroads/socketIO-client/issues/68
-Add test for on_reconnect using sarietta's bash scripts
-Consider logging packets sent and received
+Fix https tests for xhr-polling
+Fix https tests for websocket
 Implement rooms #65
 Implement binary event
 Implement binary ack
diff --git a/socketIO_client/__init__.py b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
index 7518384..01f4931 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/__init__.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from .parsers import (
     format_socketIO_packet_data, parse_socketIO_packet_data,
     get_namespace_path)
 from .symmetries import get_character
-from .transports import XHR_PollingTransport, prepare_http_session, TRANSPORTS
+from .transports import (
+    WebsocketTransport, XHR_PollingTransport, prepare_http_session, TRANSPORTS)
 
 
 __all__ = 'SocketIO', 'SocketIONamespace'
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class EngineIO(LoggingMixin):
         if self._opened:
             return self._transport_instance
         self._engineIO_session = self._get_engineIO_session()
-        self._transport_instance = self._negotiate_transport()
+        self._negotiate_transport()
         self._connect_namespaces()
         self._opened = True
         self._reset_heartbeat()
@@ -79,8 +80,22 @@ class EngineIO(LoggingMixin):
         return parse_engineIO_session(engineIO_packet_data)
 
     def _negotiate_transport(self):
-        self._transport_name = 'xhr-polling'
-        return self._get_transport(self._transport_name)
+        self._transport_instance = self._get_transport('xhr-polling')
+        self.transport_name = 'xhr-polling'
+        is_ws_client = 'websocket' in self._client_transports
+        is_ws_server = 'websocket' in self._engineIO_session.transport_upgrades
+        if is_ws_client and is_ws_server:
+            try:
+                transport = self._get_transport('websocket')
+                transport.send_packet(2, 'probe')
+                for packet_type, packet_data in transport.recv_packet():
+                    if packet_type == 3 and packet_data == b'probe':
+                        transport.send_packet(5, '')
+                        self._transport_instance = transport
+                        self.transport_name = 'websocket'
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        self._debug('[transport selected] %s', self.transport_name)
 
     def _reset_heartbeat(self):
         try:
@@ -88,10 +103,7 @@ class EngineIO(LoggingMixin):
         except AttributeError:
             pass
         ping_interval = self._engineIO_session.ping_interval
-        if self._transport_name.endswith('-polling'):
-            hurry_interval_in_seconds = self._hurry_interval_in_seconds
-        else:
-            hurry_interval_in_seconds = ping_interval
+        hurry_interval_in_seconds = self._hurry_interval_in_seconds
         self._heartbeat_thread = HeartbeatThread(
             send_heartbeat=self._ping,
             relax_interval_in_seconds=ping_interval,
@@ -102,9 +114,9 @@ class EngineIO(LoggingMixin):
         pass
 
     def _get_transport(self, transport_name):
-        self._debug('[transport selected] %s', transport_name)
         SelectedTransport = {
             'xhr-polling': XHR_PollingTransport,
+            'websocket': WebsocketTransport,
         }[transport_name]
         return SelectedTransport(
             self._http_session, self._is_secure, self._url,
@@ -146,7 +158,7 @@ class EngineIO(LoggingMixin):
     @retry
     def _open(self):
         engineIO_packet_type = 0
-        self._transport.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type, '')
+        self._transport_instance.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type)
 
     def _close(self):
         self._wants_to_close = True
@@ -154,34 +166,37 @@ class EngineIO(LoggingMixin):
         if not self._opened:
             return
         engineIO_packet_type = 1
-        self._transport.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type, '')
+        self._transport_instance.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type)
         self._opened = False
 
     @retry
     def _ping(self, engineIO_packet_data=''):
         engineIO_packet_type = 2
-        self._transport.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data)
+        self._transport_instance.send_packet(
+            engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data)
 
     @retry
     def _pong(self, engineIO_packet_data=''):
         engineIO_packet_type = 3
-        self._transport.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data)
+        self._transport_instance.send_packet(
+            engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data)
 
     @retry
     def _message(self, engineIO_packet_data):
         engineIO_packet_type = 4
-        self._transport.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data)
+        self._transport_instance.send_packet(
+            engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data)
         self._debug('[socket.io packet sent] %s', engineIO_packet_data)
 
     @retry
     def _upgrade(self):
         engineIO_packet_type = 5
-        self._transport.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type, '')
+        self._transport_instance.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type)
 
     @retry
     def _noop(self):
         engineIO_packet_type = 6
-        self._transport.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type, '')
+        self._transport_instance.send_packet(engineIO_packet_type)
 
     # React
 
diff --git a/socketIO_client/heartbeats.py b/socketIO_client/heartbeats.py
index db2599d..6823990 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/heartbeats.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/heartbeats.py
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ class HeartbeatThread(Thread):
     def run(self):
         try:
             while not self._halt.is_set():
-                try:
-                    self._send_heartbeat()
-                except TimeoutError:
-                    pass
                 if self._adrenaline.is_set():
                     interval_in_seconds = self._hurry_interval_in_seconds
                 else:
                     interval_in_seconds = self._relax_interval_in_seconds
                 self._rest.wait(interval_in_seconds)
+                try:
+                    self._send_heartbeat()
+                except TimeoutError:
+                    pass
         except ConnectionError:
             pass
 
diff --git a/socketIO_client/parsers.py b/socketIO_client/parsers.py
index c962d77..8da8ee8 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/parsers.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/parsers.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def parse_engineIO_session(engineIO_packet_data):
 def encode_engineIO_content(engineIO_packets):
     content = bytearray()
     for packet_type, packet_data in engineIO_packets:
-        packet_string = encode_string(str(packet_type) + packet_data)
-        content.extend(_make_packet_header(packet_string) + packet_string)
+        packet_text = format_packet_text(packet_type, packet_data)
+        content.extend(_make_packet_prefix(packet_text) + packet_text)
     return content
 
 
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ def decode_engineIO_content(content):
                 content, content_index)
         except IndexError:
             break
-        content_index, packet_string = _read_packet_string(
+        content_index, packet_text = _read_packet_text(
             content, content_index, packet_length)
-        engineIO_packet_type = int(get_character(packet_string, 0))
-        engineIO_packet_data = packet_string[1:]
+        engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data = parse_packet_text(
+            packet_text)
         yield engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data
 
 
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ def parse_socketIO_packet_data(socketIO_packet_data):
     return SocketIOData(path=path, ack_id=ack_id, args=args)
 
 
+def format_packet_text(packet_type, packet_data):
+    return encode_string(str(packet_type) + packet_data)
+
+
+def parse_packet_text(packet_text):
+    packet_type = int(get_character(packet_text, 0))
+    packet_data = packet_text[1:]
+    return packet_type, packet_data
+
+
 def get_namespace_path(socketIO_packet_data):
     if not socketIO_packet_data.startswith(b'/'):
         return ''
@@ -98,8 +108,8 @@ def get_namespace_path(socketIO_packet_data):
     return ''.join(parts)
 
 
-def _make_packet_header(packet_string):
-    length_string = str(len(packet_string))
+def _make_packet_prefix(packet):
+    length_string = str(len(packet))
     header_digits = bytearray([0])
     for i in range(len(length_string)):
         header_digits.append(ord(length_string[i]) - 48)
@@ -120,8 +130,8 @@ def _read_packet_length(content, content_index):
     return content_index, int(packet_length_string)
 
 
-def _read_packet_string(content, content_index, packet_length):
+def _read_packet_text(content, content_index, packet_length):
     while get_byte(content, content_index) == 255:
         content_index += 1
-    packet_string = content[content_index:content_index + packet_length]
-    return content_index + packet_length, packet_string
+    packet_text = content[content_index:content_index + packet_length]
+    return content_index + packet_length, packet_text
diff --git a/socketIO_client/symmetries.py b/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
index b061a20..de9dbfe 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 import six
 try:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse as parse_url
+    from urllib import urlencode as format_query
 except ImportError:
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode as format_query
+try:
     from urlparse import urlparse as parse_url
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse as parse_url
+
+
+def get_character(x, index):
+    return chr(get_byte(x, index))
 
 
 def get_byte(x, index):
     return six.indexbytes(x, index)
 
 
-def get_character(x, index):
-    return chr(six.indexbytes(x, index))
-
-
 def encode_string(x):
     return x.encode('utf-8')
 
diff --git a/socketIO_client/tests/__init__.py b/socketIO_client/tests/__init__.py
index 2ce4856..067617c 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/tests/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from .. import SocketIO, LoggingNamespace, find_callback
 
 
 HOST = 'localhost'
-PORT = 8000
+PORT = 9000
 DATA = 'xxx'
 PAYLOAD = {'xxx': 'yyy'}
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
@@ -159,10 +159,21 @@ class Test_XHR_PollingTransport(BaseMixin, TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(Test_XHR_PollingTransport, self).setUp()
         self.socketIO = SocketIO(HOST, PORT, LoggingNamespace, transports=[
-            'xhr-polling'])
+            'xhr-polling'], verify=False)
+        self.assertEqual(self.socketIO.transport_name, 'xhr-polling')
         self.wait_time_in_seconds = 1
 
 
+class Test_WebsocketTransport(BaseMixin, TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(Test_WebsocketTransport, self).setUp()
+        self.socketIO = SocketIO(HOST, PORT, LoggingNamespace, transports=[
+            'xhr-polling', 'websocket'], verify=False)
+        self.assertEqual(self.socketIO.transport_name, 'websocket')
+        self.wait_time_in_seconds = 0.1
+
+
 class Namespace(LoggingNamespace):
 
     def initialize(self):
diff --git a/socketIO_client/tests/index.html b/socketIO_client/tests/index.html
index df37df0..f3c03f5 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/tests/index.html
+++ b/socketIO_client/tests/index.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
 <script>
-var socket = io('http://localhost');
+var socket = io('//localhost');
 var chat = io('/chat');
 var news = io('/news');
 
diff --git a/socketIO_client/tests/serve.js b/socketIO_client/tests/serve.js
index 40af3e1..eb8a91d 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/tests/serve.js
+++ b/socketIO_client/tests/serve.js
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 // DEBUG=* node serve.js
 
-var app = require('http').createServer(serve).listen(9000);
+var argv = require('yargs').argv;
+if (argv.secure) {
+  var fs = require('fs');
+  var app = require('https').createServer({
+    key: fs.readFileSync('ssl.key'),
+    cert: fs.readFileSync('ssl.crt')
+  }, serve);
+} else {
+  var app = require('http').createServer(serve);
+}
+app.listen(9000);
+
 var io = require('socket.io')(app);
-var fs = require('fs');
 var PAYLOAD = {'xxx': 'yyy'};
 
 io.on('connection', function(socket) {
diff --git a/socketIO_client/tests/ssl.crt b/socketIO_client/tests/ssl.crt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d14941a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/socketIO_client/tests/ssl.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIDbTCCAlWgAwIBAgIJALVDKggptosBMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAME0xCzAJBgNV
+BAYTAlVTMREwDwYDVQQIDAhOZXcgWW9yazERMA8GA1UEBwwITmV3IFlvcmsxGDAW
+BgNVBAoMD0V4YW1wbGUgQ29tcGFueTAeFw0xNTA0MTQyMzE5MDlaFw0xNjA0MTMy
+MzE5MDlaME0xCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMREwDwYDVQQIDAhOZXcgWW9yazERMA8GA1UE
+BwwITmV3IFlvcmsxGDAWBgNVBAoMD0V4YW1wbGUgQ29tcGFueTCCASIwDQYJKoZI
+hvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBALUOviKWvseO7gbqOXOBp+v6lUmReL2xFTiK
+vrbdi9BMUMbl1CE+yiP7JTmSHCFty72xv/iwRgPG3rfUgEOZfuedhYXwl8hsnBzI
+ZK3quQiBMxPzpGOO6w5I2moMI+u45gOFpmf8CySjlcnTsKaaMAAr+8IiP+NpiW3U
+zKYLPtTkGdwBnilFEdLPlL3N5+yZ1zLA9WVMoEVLkg2Jbo5NEDK3JaGh34zxBOxh
+WbhvarAgb8PYBcXJaf9Ctp6M077cr8qIVq/dtBjUQcBNspeDJksuhpMzIRQy0FFX
+Qsso132LUsGBZqF4hVuLiSl5m0kjxxY3SOrNcvcEyLhxHJG+jLMCAwEAAaNQME4w
+HQYDVR0OBBYEFAEu7HcWyPZYVWHp5NhUlmHTirV8MB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFAEu7HcW
+yPZYVWHp5NhUlmHTirV8MAwGA1UdEwQFMAMBAf8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQADggEB
+AJIUPUwx4sYn1aDTukMzcaGu1uElSdeayCe5mOmKd7XBald0PuUFqboWsTKmqELH
+usFDAJNmWS/zCuEuW0huqb1c3orw9IfVFx+oPXAEGFvRmBhKd9UmFpqLmhhRcP25
+RT2By00vN1A1f/XW0H2Rj5pgIBdbKGwzabQVy8RTMmmtiNlQqHwElUzggq+EbS2m
+XwNJ3bMumwrjciZTbMo0MMTStqF5oqacCfvt2vTT1c2IdpiCafPMYqrldXOJddx5
+uJ/Tu75ZHf+pjfg7SRGq5WmoKP36VCKbQJSP6kXcbTMP4KvlWlbmQgDsWvmnA0Nm
+283Ms7he6efOphFh2XHxysU=
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/socketIO_client/tests/ssl.key b/socketIO_client/tests/ssl.key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f37ea41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/socketIO_client/tests/ssl.key
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----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+FtSePXmhBY8J7vq/DAkvISi8g1/A6A10XEsPcO4ga7EL5CtzYWC4Vh14a0tWNGxW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+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/socketIO_client/transports.py b/socketIO_client/transports.py
index dc187cc..71f40df 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/transports.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/transports.py
@@ -1,12 +1,30 @@
 import requests
+import six
+import socket
+import ssl
+import sys
 import time
+import websocket
 
 from .exceptions import ConnectionError, TimeoutError
-from .parsers import decode_engineIO_content, encode_engineIO_content
+from .parsers import (
+    encode_engineIO_content, decode_engineIO_content,
+    format_packet_text, parse_packet_text)
+from .symmetries import format_query, parse_url
+
+
+if not hasattr(websocket, 'create_connection'):
+    sys.exit("""\
+An incompatible websocket library is conflicting with the one we need.
+You can remove the incompatible library and install the correct one
+by running the following commands:
+
+yes | pip uninstall websocket websocket-client
+pip install -U websocket-client""")
 
 
 ENGINEIO_PROTOCOL = 3
-TRANSPORTS = 'websocket', 'xhr-polling'
+TRANSPORTS = 'xhr-polling', 'websocket'
 
 
 class AbstractTransport(object):
@@ -20,7 +38,7 @@ class AbstractTransport(object):
     def recv_packet(self):
         pass
 
-    def send_packet(self, engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data):
+    def send_packet(self, engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data=''):
         pass
 
 
@@ -29,53 +47,115 @@ class XHR_PollingTransport(AbstractTransport):
     def __init__(self, http_session, is_secure, url, engineIO_session=None):
         super(XHR_PollingTransport, self).__init__(
             http_session, is_secure, url, engineIO_session)
-        self.http_url = '%s://%s/' % ('https' if is_secure else 'http', url)
-        self.params = {
-            'EIO': ENGINEIO_PROTOCOL,
-            'transport': 'polling',
-        }
+        self._params = {
+            'EIO': ENGINEIO_PROTOCOL, 'transport': 'polling'}
         if engineIO_session:
-            self.request_index = 1
-            self.kw_get = dict(timeout=engineIO_session.ping_timeout)
-            self.kw_post = dict(headers={
+            self._request_index = 1
+            self._kw_get = dict(timeout=engineIO_session.ping_timeout)
+            self._kw_post = dict(headers={
                 'content-type': 'application/octet-stream',
             })
-            self.params['sid'] = engineIO_session.id
+            self._params['sid'] = engineIO_session.id
         else:
-            self.request_index = 0
-            self.kw_get = {}
-            self.kw_post = {}
+            self._request_index = 0
+            self._kw_get = {}
+            self._kw_post = {}
+        http_scheme = 'https' if is_secure else 'http'
+        self._http_url = '%s://%s/' % (http_scheme, url)
 
     def recv_packet(self):
-        params = dict(self.params)
+        params = dict(self._params)
         params['t'] = self._get_timestamp()
         response = get_response(
             self.http_session.get,
-            self.http_url,
+            self._http_url,
             params=params,
-            **self.kw_get)
+            **self._kw_get)
         for engineIO_packet in decode_engineIO_content(response.content):
-            yield engineIO_packet
+            engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data = engineIO_packet
+            yield engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data
 
-    def send_packet(self, engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data):
-        params = dict(self.params)
+    def send_packet(self, engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data=''):
+        params = dict(self._params)
         params['t'] = self._get_timestamp()
         response = get_response(
             self.http_session.post,
-            self.http_url,
+            self._http_url,
             params=params,
             data=encode_engineIO_content([
                 (engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data),
             ]),
-            **self.kw_post)
+            **self._kw_post)
         assert response.content == b'ok'
 
     def _get_timestamp(self):
-        timestamp = '%s-%s' % (int(time.time() * 1000), self.request_index)
-        self.request_index += 1
+        timestamp = '%s-%s' % (int(time.time() * 1000), self._request_index)
+        self._request_index += 1
         return timestamp
 
 
+class WebsocketTransport(AbstractTransport):
+
+    def __init__(self, http_session, is_secure, url, engineIO_session=None):
+        super(WebsocketTransport, self).__init__(
+            http_session, is_secure, url, engineIO_session)
+        params = dict(http_session.params, **{
+            'EIO': ENGINEIO_PROTOCOL, 'transport': 'websocket'})
+        request = http_session.prepare_request(requests.Request('GET', url))
+        kw = {'header': ['%s: %s' % x for x in request.headers.items()]}
+        if engineIO_session:
+            params['sid'] = engineIO_session.id
+            kw['timeout'] = engineIO_session.ping_timeout
+        ws_url = '%s://%s/?%s' % (
+            'wss' if is_secure else 'ws', url, format_query(params))
+        http_scheme = 'https' if is_secure else 'http'
+        if http_scheme in http_session.proxies:  # Use the correct proxy
+            proxy_url_pack = parse_url(http_session.proxies[http_scheme])
+            kw['http_proxy_host'] = proxy_url_pack.hostname
+            kw['http_proxy_port'] = proxy_url_pack.port
+            if proxy_url_pack.username:
+                kw['http_proxy_auth'] = (
+                    proxy_url_pack.username, proxy_url_pack.password)
+        if http_session.verify:
+            if http_session.cert:  # Specify certificate path on disk
+                if isinstance(http_session.cert, basestring):
+                    kw['ca_certs'] = http_session.cert
+                else:
+                    kw['ca_certs'] = http_session.cert[0]
+        else:  # Do not verify the SSL certificate
+            kw['sslopt'] = {'cert_reqs': ssl.CERT_NONE}
+        try:
+            self._connection = websocket.create_connection(ws_url, **kw)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ConnectionError(e)
+
+    def recv_packet(self):
+        try:
+            packet_text = self._connection.recv()
+        except websocket.WebSocketTimeoutException as e:
+            raise TimeoutError('recv timed out (%s)' % e)
+        except websocket.SSLError as e:
+            raise ConnectionError('recv disconnected (%s)' % e)
+        except websocket.WebSocketConnectionClosedException as e:
+            raise ConnectionError('recv disconnected (%s)' % e)
+        except socket.error as e:
+            raise ConnectionError('recv disconnected (%s)' % e)
+        engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data = parse_packet_text(
+            six.b(packet_text))
+        yield engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data
+
+    def send_packet(self, engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data=''):
+        packet = format_packet_text(engineIO_packet_type, engineIO_packet_data)
+        try:
+            self._connection.send(packet)
+        except websocket.WebSocketTimeoutException as e:
+            raise TimeoutError('send timed out (%s)' % e)
+        except socket.error as e:
+            raise ConnectionError('send disconnected (%s)' % e)
+        except websocket.WebSocketConnectionClosedException as e:
+            raise ConnectionError('send disconnected (%s)' % e)
+
+
 def get_response(request, *args, **kw):
     try:
         response = request(*args, **kw)
@@ -98,7 +178,7 @@ def prepare_http_session(kw):
     http_session.proxies.update(kw.get('proxies', {}))
     http_session.hooks.update(kw.get('hooks', {}))
     http_session.params.update(kw.get('params', {}))
-    http_session.verify = kw.get('verify')
+    http_session.verify = kw.get('verify', True)
     http_session.cert = kw.get('cert')
     http_session.cookies.update(kw.get('cookies', {}))
     return http_session