diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9ab5e3ae5..7bc11e090 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@
     "pako": "^1.0.3",
     "superagent": "^3.0.0",
     "tweetnacl": "^0.14.3",
-    "uws": "^0.11.1"
+    "ws": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "node-opus": "^0.2.0",
-    "opusscript": "^0.0.1"
+    "opusscript": "^0.0.1",
+    "uws": "^0.11.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bufferutil": "^1.2.1",
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
     "node": ">=6.0.0"
   },
   "browser": {
+    "ws": false,
     "uws": false,
     "opusscript": false,
     "node-opus": false,
diff --git a/src/client/voice/VoiceWebSocket.js b/src/client/voice/VoiceWebSocket.js
index 6c7303e27..bafa5dde3 100644
--- a/src/client/voice/VoiceWebSocket.js
+++ b/src/client/voice/VoiceWebSocket.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-const WebSocket = require('uws');
 const Constants = require('../../util/Constants');
 const SecretKey = require('./util/SecretKey');
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
+let WebSocket;
+try {
+  WebSocket = require('uws');
+} catch (err) {
+  WebSocket = require('ws');
+}
+
 /**
  * Represents a Voice Connection's WebSocket
  * @extends {EventEmitter}
diff --git a/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js b/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js
index 16cd3d69d..6493fc4dc 100644
--- a/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js
+++ b/src/client/websocket/WebSocketManager.js
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 const browser = typeof window !== 'undefined';
-const WebSocket = browser ? window.WebSocket : require('uws'); // eslint-disable-line no-undef
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 const Constants = require('../../util/Constants');
 const pako = require('pako');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
 const PacketManager = require('./packets/WebSocketPacketManager');
 
+let WebSocket;
+if (browser) {
+  WebSocket = window.WebSocket; // eslint-disable-line no-undef
+} else {
+  try {
+    WebSocket = require('uws');
+  } catch (err) {
+    WebSocket = require('ws');
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * The WebSocket Manager of the Client
  * @private
@@ -230,6 +241,7 @@ class WebSocketManager extends EventEmitter {
    */
   parseEventData(data) {
     if (data instanceof ArrayBuffer) data = pako.inflate(data, { to: 'string' });
+    else if (data instanceof Buffer) data = zlib.inflateSync(data).toString();
     return JSON.parse(data);
   }