diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
index 9b2b72a..729bec5 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ proc new*(
         client = http
         subscriptions = JsonRpcSubscriptions.new(http,
                                                 pollingInterval = pollingInterval)
-      subscriptions.init()
+      subscriptions.start()
 
   proc awaitClient: Future[RpcClient] {.async:(raises:[JsonRpcProviderError]).} =
     convertError:
diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
index 1cf6882..a3f0810 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type
 template `or`(a: JsonNode, b: typed): JsonNode =
   if a.isNil: b else: a
 
-func init*(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions) =
+func start*(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions) =
   subscriptions.client.onProcessMessage =
     proc(client: RpcClient,
          line: string): Result[bool, string] {.gcsafe, raises: [].} =
diff --git a/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcSubscriptions.nim b/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcSubscriptions.nim
index 4421c26..a402774 100644
--- a/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcSubscriptions.nim
+++ b/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcSubscriptions.nim
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ suite "Web socket subscriptions":
     client = newRpcWebSocketClient()
     await client.connect("ws://localhost:8545")
     subscriptions = JsonRpcSubscriptions.new(client)
-    subscriptions.init()
+    subscriptions.start()
 
   teardown:
     await subscriptions.close()
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ suite "HTTP polling subscriptions":
     await client.connect("http://localhost:8545")
     subscriptions = JsonRpcSubscriptions.new(client,
                                              pollingInterval = 100.millis)
-    subscriptions.init()
+    subscriptions.start()
 
   teardown:
     await subscriptions.close()