diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 58d4803d..aefdc16d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2288,6 +2288,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "tungstenite",
  "ureq",
+ "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/test_client/Cargo.toml b/test_client/Cargo.toml
index 00c2d843..e002f6bb 100644
--- a/test_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ ureq = "2"
 flexi_logger = { version = "0.23.1", features = ["colors"] }
 log = "0.4"
 base64 = "0.13"
-miette = { version = "3", features = ["fancy"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+miette = { version = "3", features = ["fancy"] }
+url = "2.2.2"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test_client/src/main.rs b/test_client/src/main.rs
index 75909a93..c9e71a30 100644
--- a/test_client/src/main.rs
+++ b/test_client/src/main.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use log::{debug, info, trace, warn};
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Report, Result, WrapErr};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use std::env::var;
-use tungstenite::http::Request;
 use tungstenite::{connect, Message};
+use url::Url;
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     Logger::try_with_str(&var("LOG").unwrap_or_else(|_| String::from("test_client=info,warn")))
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let ws_url = get_endpoint(&nc_url, &username, &password)?;
     info!("Found push server at {}", ws_url);
 
-    let ws_request = Request::get(ws_url)
-        .body(())
+    let ws_url = Url::parse(&ws_url)
         .into_diagnostic()
         .wrap_err("Invalid websocket url")?;
-    let (mut socket, _response) = connect(ws_request)
+    let (mut socket, _response) = connect(ws_url)
         .into_diagnostic()
         .wrap_err("Can't connect to server")?;