diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
index 406965a..cbd1f52 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ type
     provider: JsonRpcProvider
     address: ?Address
   JsonRpcProviderError* = object of ProviderError
-  SubscriptionHandler = proc(id, arguments: JsonNode): Future[void] {.gcsafe, upraises:[].}
+  JsonRpcSubscription* = ref object of Subscription
+    subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions
+    id: JsonNode
 
 proc raiseProviderError(message: string) {.upraises: [JsonRpcProviderError].} =
   var message = message
@@ -74,12 +76,14 @@ proc new*(_: type JsonRpcProvider,
                                                pollingInterval = pollingInterval)
 
   proc awaitClient: Future[RpcClient] {.async.} =
-    await initialized
-    return client
+    convertError:
+      await initialized
+      return client
 
   proc awaitSubscriptions: Future[JsonRpcSubscriptions] {.async.} =
-    await initialized
-    return subscriptions
+    convertError:
+      await initialized
+      return subscriptions
 
   initialized = initialize()
   JsonRpcProvider(client: awaitClient(), subscriptions: awaitSubscriptions())
@@ -168,14 +172,22 @@ method subscribe*(provider: JsonRpcProvider,
                  Future[Subscription] {.async.} =
   convertError:
     let subscriptions = await provider.subscriptions
-    return await subscriptions.subscribeLogs(filter, onLog)
+    let id = await subscriptions.subscribeLogs(filter, onLog)
+    return JsonRpcSubscription(subscriptions: subscriptions, id: id)
 
 method subscribe*(provider: JsonRpcProvider,
                   onBlock: BlockHandler):
                  Future[Subscription] {.async.} =
   convertError:
     let subscriptions = await provider.subscriptions
-    return await subscriptions.subscribeBlocks(onBlock)
+    let id = await subscriptions.subscribeBlocks(onBlock)
+    return JsonRpcSubscription(subscriptions: subscriptions, id: id)
+
+method unsubscribe(subscription: JsonRpcSubscription) {.async.} =
+  convertError:
+    let subscriptions = subscription.subscriptions
+    let id = subscription.id
+    await subscriptions.unsubscribe(id)
 
 method close*(provider: JsonRpcProvider) {.async.} =
   convertError:
diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
index f74e3e3..8d0d6d6 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
@@ -12,27 +12,24 @@ type
   JsonRpcSubscriptions* = ref object of RootObj
     client: RpcClient
     callbacks: Table[JsonNode, SubscriptionCallback]
-  JsonRpcSubscription = ref object of Subscription
-    subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions
-    id: JsonNode
   SubscriptionCallback = proc(id, arguments: JsonNode) {.gcsafe, upraises:[].}
 
 method subscribeBlocks*(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions,
                         onBlock: BlockHandler):
-                       Future[JsonRpcSubscription]
+                       Future[JsonNode]
                        {.async, base.} =
   raiseAssert "not implemented"
 
 method subscribeLogs*(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions,
                       filter: Filter,
                       onLog: LogHandler):
-                     Future[JsonRpcSubscription]
+                     Future[JsonNode]
                      {.async, base.} =
   raiseAssert "not implemented"
 
-method unsubscribe(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions,
-                   id: JsonNode)
-                  {.async, base.} =
+method unsubscribe*(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions,
+                    id: JsonNode)
+                   {.async, base.} =
   raiseAssert "not implemented"
 
 method close*(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions) {.async, base.} =
@@ -40,11 +37,6 @@ method close*(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions) {.async, base.} =
   for id in ids:
     await subscriptions.unsubscribe(id)
 
-method unsubscribe(subscription: JsonRpcSubscription) {.async.} =
-  let subscriptions = subscription.subscriptions
-  let id = subscription.id
-  await subscriptions.unsubscribe(id)
-
 proc getCallback(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions,
                  id: JsonNode): ?SubscriptionCallback =
   try:
@@ -72,26 +64,26 @@ proc new*(_: type JsonRpcSubscriptions,
 
 method subscribeBlocks(subscriptions: WebSocketSubscriptions,
                        onBlock: BlockHandler):
-                      Future[JsonRpcSubscription]
+                      Future[JsonNode]
                       {.async.} =
   proc callback(id, arguments: JsonNode) =
     if blck =? Block.fromJson(arguments["result"]).catch:
       asyncSpawn onBlock(blck)
   let id = await subscriptions.client.eth_subscribe("newHeads")
   subscriptions.callbacks[id] = callback
-  return JsonRpcSubscription(subscriptions: subscriptions, id: id)
+  return id
 
 method subscribeLogs(subscriptions: WebSocketSubscriptions,
                      filter: Filter,
                      onLog: LogHandler):
-                    Future[JsonRpcSubscription]
+                    Future[JsonNode]
                     {.async.} =
   proc callback(id, arguments: JsonNode) =
     if log =? Log.fromJson(arguments["result"]).catch:
       onLog(log)
   let id = await subscriptions.client.eth_subscribe("logs", filter)
   subscriptions.callbacks[id] = callback
-  return JsonRpcSubscription(subscriptions: subscriptions, id: id)
+  return id
 
 method unsubscribe(subscriptions: WebSocketSubscriptions,
                    id: JsonNode)
@@ -137,7 +129,7 @@ method close*(subscriptions: PollingSubscriptions) {.async.} =
 
 method subscribeBlocks(subscriptions: PollingSubscriptions,
                        onBlock: BlockHandler):
-                      Future[JsonRpcSubscription]
+                      Future[JsonNode]
                       {.async.} =
 
   proc getBlock(hash: BlockHash) {.async.} =
@@ -153,12 +145,12 @@ method subscribeBlocks(subscriptions: PollingSubscriptions,
 
   let id = await subscriptions.client.eth_newBlockFilter()
   subscriptions.callbacks[id] = callback
-  return JsonRpcSubscription(subscriptions: subscriptions, id: id)
+  return id
 
 method subscribeLogs(subscriptions: PollingSubscriptions,
                      filter: Filter,
                      onLog: LogHandler):
-                    Future[JsonRpcSubscription]
+                    Future[JsonNode]
                     {.async.} =
 
   proc callback(id, change: JsonNode) =
@@ -167,7 +159,7 @@ method subscribeLogs(subscriptions: PollingSubscriptions,
 
   let id = await subscriptions.client.eth_newFilter(filter)
   subscriptions.callbacks[id] = callback
-  return JsonRpcSubscription(subscriptions: subscriptions, id: id)
+  return id
 
 method unsubscribe(subscriptions: PollingSubscriptions,
                    id: JsonNode)
diff --git a/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcSubscriptions.nim b/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcSubscriptions.nim
index 2a053f4..2540556 100644
--- a/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcSubscriptions.nim
+++ b/testmodule/providers/jsonrpc/testJsonRpcSubscriptions.nim
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ template subscriptionTests(subscriptions, client) =
     check eventually latestBlock.number.isSome
     check latestBlock.hash.isSome
     check latestBlock.timestamp > 0.u256
-    await subscription.unsubscribe()
+    await subscriptions.unsubscribe(subscription)
 
   test "stops listening to new blocks when unsubscribed":
     var count = 0
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ template subscriptionTests(subscriptions, client) =
     let subscription = await subscriptions.subscribeBlocks(callback)
     discard await client.call("evm_mine", newJArray())
     check eventually count > 0
-    await subscription.unsubscribe()
+    await subscriptions.unsubscribe(subscription)
     count = 0
     discard await client.call("evm_mine", newJArray())
     await sleepAsync(100.millis)