diff --git a/packages/bot/src/bot.ts b/packages/bot/src/bot.ts
index 02a3016fb..9b267e27d 100644
--- a/packages/bot/src/bot.ts
+++ b/packages/bot/src/bot.ts
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ export function createBot(options: CreateBotOptions): Bot {
     // Set up helpers below.
     helpers: {} as BotHelpers,
     async start() {
-      // @ts-expect-error should this work
-      if (typeof Deno !== 'undefined') {
-        // @ts-expect-error should this work
-        const katsura = await import('https://x.nest.land/katsura@1.3.9/src/discordenoFixes/gatewaySocket.ts')
-
-        await katsura(bot.gateway)
-      }
-
       if (!options.gateway?.connection) {
         bot.gateway.connection = await bot.rest.getSessionInfo()
       }
diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts b/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
index 3fb47e0bd..06361135c 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ import type {
 import { GatewayCloseEventCodes, GatewayIntents, GatewayOpcodes } from '@discordeno/types'
 import { Collection, LeakyBucket, camelize, delay, logger } from '@discordeno/utils'
 import { inflateSync } from 'node:zlib'
-import WebSocket from 'ws'
+import NodeWebSocket from 'ws'
 import type { RequestMemberRequest } from './manager.js'
 import type { BotStatusUpdate, ShardEvents, ShardGatewayConfig, ShardHeart, ShardSocketRequest, StatusUpdate, UpdateVoiceState } from './types.js'
 import { ShardSocketCloseCodes, ShardState } from './types.js'
 
+declare let WebSocket: any
+
 export class DiscordenoShard {
   /** The id of the shard */
   id: number
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ export class DiscordenoShard {
   /** Current session id of the shard if present. */
   sessionId?: string
   /** This contains the WebSocket connection to Discord, if currently connected. */
-  socket?: WebSocket
+  socket?: NodeWebSocket
   /** Current internal state of the this. */
   state = ShardState.Offline
   /** The url provided by discord to use when resuming a connection for this this. */
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ export class DiscordenoShard {
 
   /** Close the socket connection to discord if present. */
   close(code: number, reason: string): void {
-    if (this.socket?.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) return
+    if (this.socket?.readyState !== NodeWebSocket.OPEN) return
 
     this.socket?.close(code, reason)
   }
@@ -129,13 +131,13 @@ export class DiscordenoShard {
     url.searchParams.set('v', this.gatewayConfig.version.toString())
     url.searchParams.set('encoding', 'json')
 
-    const socket = new WebSocket(url.toString())
+    const socket: NodeWebSocket = process?.versions !== undefined ? new NodeWebSocket(url.toString()) : new WebSocket(url.toString())
     this.socket = socket
 
     // TODO: proper event handling
-    socket.onerror = (event) => console.log({ error: event, shardId: this.id })
-    socket.onclose = async (event) => await this.handleClose(event)
-    socket.onmessage = async (message) => await this.handleMessage(message)
+    socket.onerror = (event: NodeWebSocket.ErrorEvent) => console.log({ error: event, shardId: this.id })
+    socket.onclose = async (event: NodeWebSocket.CloseEvent) => await this.handleClose(event)
+    socket.onmessage = async (message: NodeWebSocket.MessageEvent) => await this.handleMessage(message)
 
     return await new Promise((resolve) => {
       socket.onopen = () => {
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ export class DiscordenoShard {
 
   /** Check whether the connection to Discord is currently open. */
   isOpen(): boolean {
-    return this.socket?.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN
+    return this.socket?.readyState === NodeWebSocket.OPEN
   }
 
   /** Attempt to resume the previous shards session with the gateway. */
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ export class DiscordenoShard {
   }
 
   /** Handle a gateway connection close. */
-  async handleClose(close: WebSocket.CloseEvent): Promise<void> {
+  async handleClose(close: NodeWebSocket.CloseEvent): Promise<void> {
     //   gateway.debug("GW CLOSED", { shardId, payload: event });
 
     this.stopHeartbeating()
@@ -485,7 +487,7 @@ export class DiscordenoShard {
   }
 
   /** Handle an incoming gateway message. */
-  async handleMessage(message: WebSocket.MessageEvent): Promise<void> {
+  async handleMessage(message: NodeWebSocket.MessageEvent): Promise<void> {
     let preProcessMessage = message.data
 
     // If message compression is enabled,