diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
index 004c931..6f2f538 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import ../signer
 import ./jsonrpc/rpccalls
 import ./jsonrpc/conversions
 import ./jsonrpc/errors
+import ./jsonrpc/websocket
 
 export basics
 export provider
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ proc connect*(
       await websocket.connect(url)
       provider.client = websocket
       provider.subscriptions = Subscriptions.new(provider, pollingInterval)
+      await provider.subscriptions.useWebsocketUpdates(websocket)
     else:
       let http = newRpcHttpClient(getHeaders = jsonHeaders)
       await http.connect(url)
diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/websocket.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/websocket.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbf4299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/websocket.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import std/json
+import pkg/json_rpc/rpcclient
+import ../../basics
+import ../../subscriptions
+import ./rpccalls
+import ./errors
+
+proc useWebsocketUpdates*(
+  subscriptions: Subscriptions,
+  websocket: RpcWebSocketClient
+) {.async:(raises:[JsonRpcProviderError, CancelledError]).} =
+  var rpcSubscriptionId: JsonNode
+
+  proc processMessage(client: RpcClient, message: string): Result[bool, string] =
+    without message =? parseJson(message).catch:
+      return ok true
+    without rpcMethod =? message{"method"}:
+      return ok true
+    if rpcMethod.getStr() != "eth_subscription":
+      return ok true
+    without rpcParameter =? message{"params"}{"subscription"}:
+      return ok true
+    if rpcParameter != rpcSubscriptionId:
+      return ok true
+
+    subscriptions.update()
+
+    ok false # do not process further using json-rpc default handler
+
+  assert websocket.onProcessMessage.isNil
+  websocket.onProcessMessage = processMessage
+
+  convertError:
+    rpcSubscriptionId = await websocket.eth_subscribe("newHeads")
diff --git a/ethers/subscriptions/blocksubscriber.nim b/ethers/subscriptions/blocksubscriber.nim
index 305cd93..f1e6cc3 100644
--- a/ethers/subscriptions/blocksubscriber.nim
+++ b/ethers/subscriptions/blocksubscriber.nim
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ func new*(
   BlockSubscriber(
     provider: provider,
     processor: processor,
-    pollingInterval: pollingInterval
+    pollingInterval: pollingInterval,
+    wake: newAsyncEvent()
   )
 
 proc sleep(subscriber: BlockSubscriber) {.async:(raises:[CancelledError]).} =
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ proc start*(
   if subscriber.looping.isNil:
     subscriber.lastSeen = await subscriber.provider.getBlockNumber()
     subscriber.lastProcessed = subscriber.lastSeen
-    subscriber.wake = newAsyncEvent()
+    subscriber.wake.clear()
     subscriber.looping = subscriber.loop()
 
 proc stop*(subscriber: BlockSubscriber) {.async:(raises:[]).} =