diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96d2fe7..55c7cee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ use elefren::prelude::*;
 use elefren::helpers::toml; // requires `features = ["toml"]`
 use elefren::helpers::cli;
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let mastodon = if let Ok(data) = toml::from_file("mastodon-data.toml") {
         Mastodon::from(data)
     } else {
         register()?
     };
 
-    let you = mastodon.verify_credentials()?;
+    let you = mastodon.verify_credentials().await?;
 
     println!("{:#?}", you);
 
@@ -80,25 +81,21 @@ use elefren::entities::event::Event;
 
 use std::error::Error;
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
-    let data = Data {
-      base: "".into(),
-      client_id: "".into(),
-      client_secret: "".into(),
-      redirect: "".into(),
-      token: "".into(),
-    };
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
+    let client = Mastodon::from(Data::default());
 
-    let client = Mastodon::from(data);
-
-    for event in client.streaming_user()? {
-        match event {
-            Event::Update(ref status) => { /* .. */ },
-            Event::Notification(ref notification) => { /* .. */ },
-            Event::Delete(ref id) => { /* .. */ },
-            Event::FiltersChanged => { /* .. */ },
-        }
-    }
+    client.stream_user()
+        .await?
+        .try_for_each(|event| {
+            match event {
+                Event::Update(ref status) => { /* .. */ },
+                Event::Notification(ref notification) => { /* .. */ },
+                Event::Delete(ref id) => { /* .. */ },
+                Event::FiltersChanged => { /* .. */ },
+            }
+        })
+        .await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 754d274..cbe85a0 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use serde_urlencoded::ser::Error as UrlEncodedError;
 use tomlcrate::de::Error as TomlDeError;
 #[cfg(feature = "toml")]
 use tomlcrate::ser::Error as TomlSerError;
-use tungstenite::{error::Error as WebSocketError, Message as WebSocketMessage};
 use url::ParseError as UrlError;
 
 /// Convience type over `std::result::Result` with `Error` as the error type.
@@ -62,16 +61,12 @@ pub enum Error {
     Envy(EnvyError),
     /// Error serializing to a query string
     SerdeQs(SerdeQsError),
-    /// WebSocket error
-    WebSocket(WebSocketError),
     /// An integer conversion was attempted, but the value didn't fit into the
     /// target type.
     ///
     /// At the time of writing, this can only be triggered when a file is
     /// larger than the system's usize allows.
     IntConversion(TryFromIntError),
-    /// A stream message was received that wasn't recognized
-    UnrecognizedStreamMessage(WebSocketMessage),
     /// Other errors
     Other(String),
 }
@@ -100,14 +95,12 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
             #[cfg(feature = "env")]
             Error::Envy(ref e) => e,
             Error::SerdeQs(ref e) => e,
-            Error::WebSocket(ref e) => e,
             Error::IntConversion(ref e) => e,
             Error::Client(..) | Error::Server(..) => return None,
             Error::ClientIdRequired => return None,
             Error::ClientSecretRequired => return None,
             Error::AccessTokenRequired => return None,
             Error::MissingField(_) => return None,
-            Error::UnrecognizedStreamMessage(_) => return None,
             Error::Other(..) => return None,
         })
     }
@@ -157,10 +150,8 @@ from! {
     HeaderParseError => HeaderParseError,
     #[cfg(feature = "env")] EnvyError => Envy,
     SerdeQsError => SerdeQs,
-    WebSocketError => WebSocket,
     String => Other,
     TryFromIntError => IntConversion,
-    WebSocketMessage => UnrecognizedStreamMessage,
 }
 
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/src/event_stream.rs b/src/event_stream.rs
index 963025d..9f5c11d 100644
--- a/src/event_stream.rs
+++ b/src/event_stream.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use tokio_util::io::StreamReader;
 /// Return a stream of events from the given response by parsing Server-Sent
 /// Events as they come in.
 ///
-/// See https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/streaming/ for more info
+/// See <https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/streaming/> for more info
 pub fn event_stream(
     response: Response,
     location: String,
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ pub fn event_stream(
         let (ref mut lines_iter, ref location) = this;
         let mut lines = vec![];
         while let Some(line) = lines_iter.next_line().await? {
-            debug!(message = line, location = &location; "received websocket message");
+            debug!(message = line, location = &location; "received message");
             let line = line.trim().to_string();
             if line.starts_with(":") || line.is_empty() {
                 continue;
             }
             lines.push(line);
             if let Ok(event) = make_event(&lines) {
-                info!(event = as_serde!(event), location = location; "received websocket event");
+                info!(event = as_serde!(event), location = location; "received event");
                 lines.clear();
                 return Ok(Some((event, this)));
             } else {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fn make_event(lines: &[String]) -> Result<Event> {
         data = message.payload;
     }
     let event: &str = &event;
-    trace!(event = event, payload = data; "websocket message parsed");
+    trace!(event = event, payload = data; "SSE message parsed");
     Ok(match event {
         "notification" => {
             let data = data
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b778e96..0ada43a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 //! let data = Data::default();
 //! let client = Mastodon::from(data);
 //! tokio_test::block_on(async {
-//!     let stream = client.streaming_user().await.unwrap();
+//!     let stream = client.stream_user().await.unwrap();
 //!     stream.try_for_each(|event| async move {
 //!         match event {
 //!             Event::Update(ref status) => { /* .. */ },