diff --git a/packages/embark-proxy/package.json b/packages/embark-proxy/package.json
index 475ce838c..905afaef2 100644
--- a/packages/embark-proxy/package.json
+++ b/packages/embark-proxy/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "embark-utils": "^4.1.0-beta.5",
     "express": "4.17.1",
     "express-ws": "4.0.0",
-    "ws": "6.1.2"
+    "web3": "1.0.0-beta.37"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "7.2.3",
diff --git a/packages/embark-proxy/src/index.ts b/packages/embark-proxy/src/index.ts
index 9994adc15..1e2206f9f 100644
--- a/packages/embark-proxy/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-proxy/src/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export default class ProxyManager {
   private rpcPort: number;
   private wsPort: number;
   private ready: boolean;
+  private isWs = false;
 
   constructor(private embark: Embark, options: any) {
     this.logger = embark.logger;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export default class ProxyManager {
         return cb(null, this.embark.config.blockchainConfig.endpoint);
       }
       // TODO Check if the proxy can support HTTPS, though it probably doesn't matter since it's local
-      if (this.embark.config.blockchainConfig.wsRPC) {
+      if (this.isWs) {
         return cb(null, buildUrl("ws", this.host, this.wsPort, "ws"));
       }
       cb(null, buildUrl("http", this.host, this.rpcPort, "rpc"));
@@ -68,13 +69,14 @@ export default class ProxyManager {
 
     this.rpcPort = port;
     this.wsPort = port + 1;
+    this.isWs = (/wss?/).test(this.embark.config.blockchainConfig.endpoint);
 
     this.proxy = await new Proxy({events: this.events, plugins: this.plugins, logger: this.logger})
       .serve(
         this.embark.config.blockchainConfig.endpoint,
         this.host,
-        this.embark.config.blockchainConfig.wsRPC ? this.wsPort : this.rpcPort,
-        this.embark.config.blockchainConfig.wsRPC,
+        this.isWs ? this.wsPort : this.rpcPort,
+        this.isWs,
         null,
       );
     return;
diff --git a/packages/embark-proxy/src/proxy.js b/packages/embark-proxy/src/proxy.js
index 10b9c69c9..d28ac956a 100644
--- a/packages/embark-proxy/src/proxy.js
+++ b/packages/embark-proxy/src/proxy.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /* global Buffer exports require */
 import {__} from 'embark-i18n';
-import axios from "axios";
 import {canonicalHost, timer, pingEndpoint, deconstructUrl} from 'embark-utils';
 import express from 'express';
 import expressWs from 'express-ws';
+import Web3 from 'web3';
 import cors from 'cors';
-const WebSocket = require("ws");
 
 const ACTION_TIMEOUT = 5000;
 
@@ -43,6 +42,8 @@ export class Proxy {
       });
     }());
 
+    const web3 = new Web3(endpoint);
+
     const app = express();
     if (ws) {
       expressWs(app);
@@ -53,33 +54,6 @@ export class Proxy {
     app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: true}));
 
     if (ws) {
-      const messages = {};
-      const conn = new WebSocket(endpoint);
-      conn.on("message", (data) => {
-        // Message from the Node
-        let jsonData;
-        try {
-          jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
-        } catch (e) {
-          this.logger.error(__('Error parsing response'), e.message);
-          return;
-        }
-        const msg = messages[jsonData.id];
-        if (!msg) {
-          // Not a request
-          return;
-        }
-        delete messages[jsonData.id];
-        // Send to plugins to possibly modify the response
-        this.emitActionsForResponse(msg.msg, jsonData, (_err, resp) => {
-            // Send back to the caller (web3)
-            msg.ws.send(JSON.stringify(resp.respData));
-          });
-      });
-      conn.on("error", (e) => {
-        this.logger.error(__('Error executing the request on the Node'), JSON.stringify(e));
-      });
-
       app.ws('/', (ws, _wsReq) => {
         ws.on('message', (msg) => {
           let jsonMsg;
@@ -89,33 +63,37 @@ export class Proxy {
             this.logger.error(__('Error parsing request'), e.message);
             return;
           }
-          messages[jsonMsg.id] = {msg: jsonMsg, ws};
           // Modify request
           this.emitActionsForRequest(jsonMsg, (_err, resp) => {
-              // Send the possibly modified request to the Node
-              conn.send(JSON.stringify(resp.reqData));
+            // Send the possibly modified request to the Node
+            web3._requestManager.send(resp.reqData, (err, result) => {
+              if (err) {
+                return this.logger.error(__('Error executing the request on the Node'), JSON.stringify(err));
+              }
+              this.emitActionsForResponse(resp.reqData, {jsonrpc: "2.0", id: resp.reqData.id, result}, (_err, resp) => {
+                // Send back to the caller (web3)
+                ws.send(JSON.stringify(resp.respData));
+              });
             });
+          });
         });
       });
     } else {
       // HTTP
       app.use((req, res) => {
         // Modify request
-       this.emitActionsForRequest(req.body, (_err, resp) => {
-            // Send the possibly modified request to the Node
-            axios.post(endpoint, resp.reqData)
-              .then((response) => {
-                // Send to plugins to possibly modify the response
-                this.emitActionsForResponse(resp.reqData, response.data, (_err, resp) => {
-                    // Send back to the caller (web3)
-                    res.send(resp.respData);
-                  });
-              })
-              .catch((error) => {
-                res.status(500);
-                res.send(error.message);
-              });
+        this.emitActionsForRequest(req.body, (_err, resp) => {
+          // Send the possibly modified request to the Node
+          web3._requestManager.send(resp.reqData, (err, result) => {
+            if (err) {
+              res.status(500).send(err.message || err);
+            }
+            this.emitActionsForResponse(resp.reqData, {jsonrpc: "2.0", id: resp.reqData.id, result}, (_err, resp) => {
+              // Send back to the caller (web3)
+              res.status(200).send(resp.respData);
+            });
           });
+        });
       });
     }