diff --git a/json_rpc/clients/websocketclient.nim b/json_rpc/clients/websocketclient.nim
index 13f7424..caf145a 100644
--- a/json_rpc/clients/websocketclient.nim
+++ b/json_rpc/clients/websocketclient.nim
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ when useNews:
       headers["Origin"] = "http://localhost"
     client.transport = await newWebSocket(uri, headers)
     client.uri = uri
+    client.loop = processData(client)
 else:
   proc connect*(
       client: RpcWebSocketClient, uri: string,
@@ -129,7 +130,6 @@ else:
     )
     client.transport = ws
     client.uri = uri
-
     client.loop = processData(client)
 
 method close*(client: RpcWebSocketClient) {.async.} =
diff --git a/tests/all.nim b/tests/all.nim
index 215aee7..a5c83e3 100644
--- a/tests/all.nim
+++ b/tests/all.nim
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ import
   ../json_rpc/clients/config
 
 import
-  testrpcmacro, testethcalls, testhttp
-
-when not useNews:
-  # TODO The websock server doesn't interop properly
-  #      with the news client at the moment
-  import testserverclient
+  testrpcmacro, testethcalls, testhttp, testserverclient
 
 when not useNews:
   # The proxy implementation is based on websock