diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts b/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
index 06361135c..0b14f7e25 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ export class DiscordenoShard {
     url.searchParams.set('v', this.gatewayConfig.version.toString())
     url.searchParams.set('encoding', 'json')
 
-    const socket: NodeWebSocket = process?.versions !== undefined ? new NodeWebSocket(url.toString()) : new WebSocket(url.toString())
+    const socket: NodeWebSocket =
+      globalThis.window !== undefined && Reflect.has(globalThis.window, 'Deno') ? new WebSocket(url.toString()) : new NodeWebSocket(url.toString())
     this.socket = socket
 
     // TODO: proper event handling