diff --git a/src/main/java/net/silentclient/client/emotes/socket/EmoteSocket.java b/src/main/java/net/silentclient/client/emotes/socket/EmoteSocket.java
index 1015ac7..263b235 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/silentclient/client/emotes/socket/EmoteSocket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/silentclient/client/emotes/socket/EmoteSocket.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.silentclient.client.emotes.socket;
 
 import io.socket.client.IO;
 import io.socket.client.Socket;
+import io.socket.engineio.client.transports.WebSocket;
 import net.silentclient.client.Client;
 import net.silentclient.client.emotes.EmoteManager;
 import net.silentclient.client.utils.NotificationUtils;
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ public class EmoteSocket {
 
     public EmoteSocket() {
         try {
-            this.socket = IO.socket(new URI("https://emotes.silentclient.net:443"));
+            IO.Options options = new IO.Options();
+            options.transports = new String[] { WebSocket.NAME };
+
+            this.socket = IO.socket(new URI("https://emotes.silentclient.net:443"), options);
         } catch (Exception err) {
             Client.logger.catching(err);
         }