diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 079fe51..79d7e0f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install nodejs; node --version
 install:
   - pip install -U coverage requests six websocket-client
-  - npm install -G socket.io
+  - npm install -G socket.io@1
 before_script:
   - DEBUG=* node socketIO_client/tests/serve.js &
   - sleep 1
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6bd2be7..d1de2ea 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,42 +4,54 @@
 
 socketIO-client
 ===============
-Here is a `socket.io <http://socket.io>`_ client library for Python.  You can use it to write test code for your socket.io server.
+Here is a `socket.io <http://socket.io>`_ client library for Python. You can use it to write test code for your socket.io server.
 
-Please note that this version implements `socket.io protocol 1.x <https://github.com/automattic/socket.io-protocol>`_, which is not backwards compatible.  If you want to communicate using `socket.io protocol 0.9 <https://github.com/learnboost/socket.io-spec>`_ (which is compatible with `gevent-socketio <https://github.com/abourget/gevent-socketio>`_), please use `socketIO-client 0.5.7.2 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/socketIO-client/0.5.7.2>`_.
+Please note that this version implements `socket.io protocol 1 <https://github.com/automattic/socket.io-protocol>`_, which is not backwards compatible. If you want to communicate using `socket.io protocol 0 <https://github.com/learnboost/socket.io-spec>`_ (which is compatible with `gevent-socketio <https://github.com/abourget/gevent-socketio>`_), please use `socketIO-client 0.5.7.4 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/socketIO-client/0.5.7.4>`_.
 
 
 Installation
 ------------
 Install the package in an isolated environment. ::
 
-    VIRTUAL_ENV=$HOME/.virtualenv
-
-    # Prepare isolated environment
+    VIRTUAL_ENV=$HOME/.virtualenvs/crosscompute
     virtualenv $VIRTUAL_ENV
-
-    # Activate isolated environment
     source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate
+    pip install -U socketIO-client==0.8.0
+
+
+Test
+----
+Install additional packages if you want to run the tests. ::
 
-    # Install package
-    pip install -U socketIO-client
+    VIRTUAL_ENV=$HOME/.virtualenvs/crosscompute
+    export NODE_PATH=$VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/node_modules
+    export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=$VIRTUAL_ENV
+    npm install -g socket.io@1
+
+Launch test server and run tests.::
+
+    cd ~/Documents
+    git clone https://github.com/invisibleroads/socketIO-client
+    git checkout -t 0.8.0
+    cd socketIO-client
+    DEBUG=* node tests/serve.js  # Start socket.io server in terminal one
+    nosetests  # Run tests in terminal two
 
 
 Usage
 -----
 Activate isolated environment. ::
 
-    VIRTUAL_ENV=$HOME/.virtualenv
+    VIRTUAL_ENV=$HOME/.virtualenvs/crosscompute
     source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate
+    export NODE_PATH=$VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/node_modules
+    export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=$VIRTUAL_ENV
 
-Launch your socket.io server. ::
-
-    cd $(python -c "import os, socketIO_client;\
-        print(os.path.dirname(socketIO_client.__file__))")
+Start your socket.io server. ::
 
+    npm install -g http-proxy
     DEBUG=* node tests/serve.js  # Start socket.io server in terminal one
     DEBUG=* node tests/proxy.js  # Start proxy server in terminal two
-    nosetests                    # Run tests in terminal three
 
 For debugging information, run these commands first. ::
 
@@ -170,17 +182,19 @@ Connect via SSL (https://github.com/invisibleroads/socketIO-client/issues/54). :
     socketIO = SocketIO('https://127.0.0.1', verify='server.crt', cert=(
         'client.crt', 'client.key'))
 
-Specify params, headers, cookies, proxies thanks to the `requests <http://python-requests.org>`_ library. ::
+Specify params, headers, cookies, proxies thanks to the `requests <http://docs.python-requests.org>`_ library. ::
 
     from socketIO_client import SocketIO
-    from base64 import b64encode
 
-    SocketIO(
-        '127.0.0.1', 8000,
-        params={'q': 'qqq'},
-        headers={'Authorization': 'Basic ' + b64encode('username:password')},
-        cookies={'a': 'aaa'},
-        proxies={'https': 'https://proxy.example.com:8080'})
+    SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000, params={
+        'q': 'qqq',
+    }, headers={
+        'Authorization': 'Bearer xyz',
+    }, cookies={
+        'a': 'aaa',
+    }, proxies={
+        'https': 'https://proxy.example.com:8080',
+    })
 
 Wait forever. ::
 
@@ -191,8 +205,8 @@ Wait forever. ::
 
 Don't wait forever. ::
 
-    from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
     from socketIO_client import SocketIO
+    from socketIO_client.exceptions import ConnectionError
 
     try:
         socket = SocketIO('127.0.0.1', 8000, wait_for_connection=False)
@@ -208,12 +222,60 @@ This software is available under the MIT License.
 
 Credits
 -------
-- `Guillermo Rauch <https://github.com/rauchg>`_ wrote the `socket.io specification <https://github.com/automattic/socket.io-protocol>`_.
-- `Hiroki Ohtani <https://github.com/liris>`_ wrote `websocket-client <https://github.com/liris/websocket-client>`_.
-- `Roderick Hodgson <https://github.com/roderickhodgson>`_ wrote a `prototype for a Python client to a socket.io server <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6692908/formatting-messages-to-send-to-socket-io-node-js-server-from-python-client>`_.
-- `Alexandre Bourget <https://github.com/abourget>`_ wrote `gevent-socketio <https://github.com/abourget/gevent-socketio>`_, which is a socket.io server written in Python.
-- `Paul Kienzle <https://github.com/pkienzle>`_, `Zac Lee <https://github.com/zratic>`_, `Josh VanderLinden <https://github.com/codekoala>`_, `Ian Fitzpatrick <https://github.com/ifitzpatrick>`_, `Lucas Klein <https://github.com/lukasklein>`_, `Rui Chicoria <https://github.com/rchicoria>`_, `Travis Odom <https://github.com/burstaholic>`_, `Patrick Huber <https://github.com/stackmagic>`_, `Brad Campbell <https://github.com/bradjc>`_, `Daniel <https://github.com/dabidan>`_, `Sean Arietta <https://github.com/sarietta>`_, `Sacha Stafyniak <https://github.com/stafyniaksacha>`_ submitted code to expand support of the socket.io protocol.
-- `Bernard Pratz <https://github.com/guyzmo>`_, `Francis Bull <https://github.com/franbull>`_ wrote prototypes to support xhr-polling and jsonp-polling.
-- `Joe Palmer <https://github.com/softforge>`_ sponsored development.
-- `Eric Chen <https://github.com/taiyangc>`_, `Denis Zinevich <https://github.com/dzinevich>`_, `Thiago Hersan <https://github.com/thiagohersan>`_, `Nayef Copty <https://github.com/nayefc>`_, `Jörgen Karlsson <https://github.com/jorgen-k>`_, `Branden Ghena <https://github.com/brghena>`_, `Tim Landscheidt <https://github.com/scfc>`_, `Matt Porritt <https://github.com/mattporritt>`_, `Matt Dainty <https://github.com/bodgit>`_, `Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis <https://github.com/thor27>`_, `Felix König <https://github.com/Felk>`_, `George Wilson <https://github.com/wilsonge>`_, `Andreas Strikos <https://github.com/astrikos>`_, `Alessio Sergi <https://github.com/asergi>`_ `Claudio Yacarini <https://github.com/cyacarinic>`_, `Khairi Hafsham <https://github.com/khairihafsham>`_, `Robbie Clarken <https://github.com/RobbieClarken>`_ suggested ways to make the connection more robust.
-- `Merlijn van Deen <https://github.com/valhallasw>`_, `Frederic Sureau <https://github.com/fredericsureau>`_, `Marcus Cobden <https://github.com/leth>`_, `Drew Hutchison <https://github.com/drewhutchison>`_, `wuurrd <https://github.com/wuurrd>`_, `Adam Kecer <https://github.com/amfg>`_, `Alex Monk <https://github.com/Krenair>`_, `Vishal P R <https://github.com/vishalwy>`_, `John Vandenberg <https://github.com/jayvdb>`_, `Thomas Grainger <https://github.com/graingert>`_, `Daniel Quinn <https://github.com/danielquinn>`_, `Adric Worley <https://github.com/AdricEpic>`_, `Adam Roses Wight <https://github.com/adamwight>`_, `Jan Včelák <https://github.com/fcelda>`_ proposed changes that make the library more friendly and practical for you!
+- `Guillermo Rauch <https://github.com/rauchg>`_
+  wrote the `socket.io specification <https://github.com/automattic/socket.io-protocol>`_.
+- `Hiroki Ohtani <https://github.com/liris>`_
+  wrote `websocket-client <https://github.com/liris/websocket-client>`_.
+- `Roderick Hodgson <https://github.com/roderickhodgson>`_
+  wrote a `prototype for a Python client to a socket.io server <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6692908/formatting-messages-to-send-to-socket-io-node-js-server-from-python-client>`_.
+- `Alexandre Bourget <https://github.com/abourget>`_
+  wrote `gevent-socketio <https://github.com/abourget/gevent-socketio>`_, which is a socket.io server written in Python.
+- `Joe Palmer <https://github.com/softforge>`_
+  sponsored development.
+- `Paul Kienzle <https://github.com/pkienzle>`_,
+  `Zac Lee <https://github.com/zratic>`_,
+  `Josh VanderLinden <https://github.com/codekoala>`_,
+  `Ian Fitzpatrick <https://github.com/ifitzpatrick>`_,
+  `Lucas Klein <https://github.com/lukasklein>`_,
+  `Rui Chicoria <https://github.com/rchicoria>`_,
+  `Travis Odom <https://github.com/burstaholic>`_,
+  `Patrick Huber <https://github.com/stackmagic>`_,
+  `Brad Campbell <https://github.com/bradjc>`_,
+  `Daniel <https://github.com/dabidan>`_,
+  `Sean Arietta <https://github.com/sarietta>`_,
+  `Sacha Stafyniak <https://github.com/stafyniaksacha>`_
+  submitted code to expand support of the socket.io protocol.
+- `Bernard Pratz <https://github.com/guyzmo>`_,
+  `Francis Bull <https://github.com/franbull>`_ wrote prototypes to support xhr-polling and jsonp-polling.
+- `Eric Chen <https://github.com/taiyangc>`_,
+  `Denis Zinevich <https://github.com/dzinevich>`_,
+  `Thiago Hersan <https://github.com/thiagohersan>`_,
+  `Nayef Copty <https://github.com/nayefc>`_,
+  `Jörgen Karlsson <https://github.com/jorgen-k>`_,
+  `Branden Ghena <https://github.com/brghena>`_,
+  `Tim Landscheidt <https://github.com/scfc>`_,
+  `Khairi Hafsham <https://github.com/khairihafsham>`_,
+  `Matt Porritt <https://github.com/mattporritt>`_,
+  `Matt Dainty <https://github.com/bodgit>`_,
+  `Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis <https://github.com/thor27>`_,
+  `Felix König <https://github.com/Felk>`_,
+  `George Wilson <https://github.com/wilsonge>`_,
+  `Andreas Strikos <https://github.com/astrikos>`_,
+  `Alessio Sergi <https://github.com/asergi>`_ `Claudio Yacarini <https://github.com/cyacarinic>`_,
+  `Robbie Clarken <https://github.com/RobbieClarken>`_
+  suggested ways to make the connection more robust.
+- `Merlijn van Deen <https://github.com/valhallasw>`_,
+  `Frederic Sureau <https://github.com/fredericsureau>`_,
+  `Marcus Cobden <https://github.com/leth>`_,
+  `Drew Hutchison <https://github.com/drewhutchison>`_,
+  `wuurrd <https://github.com/wuurrd>`_,
+  `Adam Kecer <https://github.com/amfg>`_,
+  `Alex Monk <https://github.com/Krenair>`_,
+  `Vishal P R <https://github.com/vishalwy>`_,
+  `John Vandenberg <https://github.com/jayvdb>`_,
+  `Thomas Grainger <https://github.com/graingert>`_,
+  `Daniel Quinn <https://github.com/danielquinn>`_,
+  `Adric Worley <https://github.com/AdricEpic>`_,
+  `Adam Roses Wight <https://github.com/adamwight>`_,
+  `Jan Včelák <https://github.com/fcelda>`_
+  proposed changes that make the library more friendly and practical for you!
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ed1811e..b3b9679 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 
 
 HERE = dirname(abspath(__file__))
-LOAD_TEXT = lambda name: io.open(join(HERE, name), encoding='UTF-8').read()
-DESCRIPTION = '\n\n'.join(LOAD_TEXT(_) for _ in [
+DESCRIPTION = '\n\n'.join(io.open(
+    join(HERE, _), encoding='utf-8',
+).read() for _ in [
     'README.rst',
     'CHANGES.rst',
 ])
 setup(
     name='socketIO-client',
-    version='0.7.2',
+    version='0.8.0',
     description='A socket.io client library',
     long_description=DESCRIPTION,
     license='MIT',
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@
     author_email='rhh@crosscompute.com',
     url='https://github.com/invisibleroads/socketIO-client',
     install_requires=[
-        'requests>=2.7.0',
-        'six',
-        'websocket-client',
+        'requests>=2.18.2',
+        'six>=1.10.0',
+        'websocket-client>=0.44.0',
     ],
     tests_require=[
         'nose',
diff --git a/socketIO_client/__init__.py b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
index 5b935f0..4bfb464 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/__init__.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
     WebsocketTransport, XHR_PollingTransport, prepare_http_session, TRANSPORTS)
 
 
-__all__ = 'SocketIO', 'SocketIONamespace'
-__version__ = '0.7.2'
+__all__ = [
+    'SocketIO',
+    'SocketIONamespace',
+]
 BaseNamespace = SocketIONamespace
 LoggingNamespace = LoggingSocketIONamespace
 
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ class SocketIO(EngineIO):
     SocketIO(
         '127.0.0.1', 8000,
         params={'q': 'qqq'},
-        headers={'Authorization': 'Basic ' + b64encode('username:password')},
+        headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer xyz'},
         cookies={'a': 'aaa'},
         proxies={'https': 'https://proxy.example.com:8080'})
     """
diff --git a/socketIO_client/exceptions.py b/socketIO_client/exceptions.py
index ed2b4d2..a16697c 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/exceptions.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/exceptions.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ class ConnectionError(SocketIOError):
     pass
 
 
-class TimeoutError(SocketIOError):
+class PacketError(SocketIOError):
     pass
 
 
-class PacketError(SocketIOError):
+class TimeoutError(SocketIOError):
     pass
diff --git a/socketIO_client/heartbeats.py b/socketIO_client/heartbeats.py
index a039e73..8ff92a2 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/heartbeats.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/heartbeats.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-from invisibleroads_macros.log import get_log
 from threading import Thread, Event
 
 from .exceptions import ConnectionError, TimeoutError
-
-
-L = get_log(__name__)
+from .logs import L
 
 
 class HeartbeatThread(Thread):
diff --git a/socketIO_client/logs.py b/socketIO_client/logs.py
index d2c3119..7284235 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/logs.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/logs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import time
-from invisibleroads_macros.log import get_log
+
+from .symmetries import get_log
 
 
 L = get_log('socketIO-client')
diff --git a/socketIO_client/symmetries.py b/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
index 852fc98..d792898 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
@@ -2,22 +2,34 @@
 
 
 try:
-    from ssl import SSLError
-except ImportError:
-    class SSLError(Exception):
-        pass
+    from logging import NullHandler
+except ImportError:  # Python 2.6
+    from logging import Handler
+
+    class NullHandler(Handler):
+
+        def emit(self, record):
+            pass
+finally:
+    from logging import getLogger
 
 
 try:
     memoryview = memoryview
 except NameError:
-    memoryview = buffer
+    memoryview = buffer  # noqa
 
 
 def get_byte(x, index):
     return indexbytes(x, index)
 
 
+def get_log(name):
+    log = getLogger(name)
+    log.addHandler(NullHandler())
+    return log
+
+
 def get_character(x, index):
     return chr(get_byte(x, index))
 
diff --git a/socketIO_client/transports.py b/socketIO_client/transports.py
index 85baa06..c43ed0c 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/transports.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/transports.py
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 
 yes | pip uninstall websocket websocket-client
 pip install -U websocket-client""")
+else:
+    from websocket._ssl_compat import SSLError
 
 from .exceptions import ConnectionError, TimeoutError
 from .parsers import (
     encode_engineIO_content, decode_engineIO_content,
     format_packet_text, parse_packet_text)
-from .symmetries import SSLError, memoryview
+from .symmetries import memoryview
 
 
 ENGINEIO_PROTOCOL = 3