diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c229f5a..42d4233 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.3.0",
     "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.4.0",
     "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.9.2",
-    "grunt-karma": "~0.8.0",
+    "karma": "^0.13.0",
+    "grunt-karma": "~0.12.1",
     "grunt-ng-constant": "~0.4.8",
     "grunt-newer": "~0.6.1",
     "jshint-stylish": "~0.1.5",
diff --git a/src/socketBackend.js b/src/socketBackend.js
index aa3e5fa..2fdf8e5 100644
--- a/src/socketBackend.js
+++ b/src/socketBackend.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function createSailsBackend($browser, $window, $injector, $q, $timeout){
     connection.subscribe = function(event,handler){
         var callback = tick($window.io.socket,handler);
         $window.io.socket.on(event,callback);
-        return angular.bind($window.io.socket, $window.io.socket.removeListener, event, callback);
+        return angular.bind($window.io.socket, $window.io.socket.off, event, callback);
     }
 
     return connection;