diff --git a/Sources/DiscordKit/GatewayClient.swift b/Sources/DiscordKit/GatewayClient.swift
index 3ec5593..b7dc276 100644
--- a/Sources/DiscordKit/GatewayClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/DiscordKit/GatewayClient.swift
@@ -5,18 +5,38 @@ import FoundationNetworking
 
 struct GatewayClient {
     let gatewayURL: URL
+    let ws: URLSessionWebSocketTask
 
-    func openConnection() async throws {
-        let ws = URLSession.shared.webSocketTask(with: gatewayURL.appending(component: "?v=10&encoding=json"))
+    init(gatewayURL: URL) {
+        self.gatewayURL = gatewayURL
+        ws = URLSession.shared.webSocketTask(with: gatewayURL.appending(component: "?v=10&encoding=json"))
+    }
+
+    func openConnection() {
+        listen()
         ws.resume()
-        let message =  try await ws.receive()
-        guard case .string(let str) = message else { throw GatewayError.invalidMessage }
-        print(str)
-        let json = JSONDecoder()
-        let gwMessage = try json.decode(GatewayMessage.self, from: Data(str.utf8))
-        dump(gwMessage)
-        guard case .hello(let hello) = gwMessage.d else { print("whoops"); return }
-        dump(hello)
+        RunLoop.current.run()
+    }
+
+    func listen() {
+        ws.receive { result in
+            defer { listen() }
+            do {
+                if case .failure(let err) = result { throw err }
+                guard case .success(let message) = result else { return }
+                guard case .string(let str) = message else { throw GatewayError.invalidMessage }
+                let json = JSONDecoder()
+                let gwMessage = try json.decode(GatewayMessage.self, from: Data(str.utf8))
+                switch gwMessage.d {
+                    case .hello(let hello):
+                        dump(hello)
+                    case .none:
+                        return
+                }
+            } catch {
+                print(error)
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 }