diff --git a/cmd/internal/statsapi/websocket.go b/cmd/internal/statsapi/websocket.go
index 29b348f..4d84063 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/statsapi/websocket.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/statsapi/websocket.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type GamedayWebsocket struct {
 	*websocket.Conn
 }
 
-func NewGamedayWebsocket(gamePk string) (GamedayWebsocket, error) {
+func NewGamedayWebsocket(gamePk string) (*GamedayWebsocket, error) {
 	ws := GamedayWebsocket{
 		baseURL: url.URL{
 			Scheme: "wss",
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewGamedayWebsocket(gamePk string) (GamedayWebsocket, error) {
 	}
 
 	err := ws.init(gamePk)
-	return ws, err
+	return &ws, err
 }
 
 func (g *GamedayWebsocket) init(gamePk string) error {
diff --git a/cmd/subscribe.go b/cmd/subscribe.go
index b6a0202..474e669 100644
--- a/cmd/subscribe.go
+++ b/cmd/subscribe.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func newWebsocket(gamePk string) (*statsapi.GamedayWebsocket, <-chan error, erro
 	ch := make(chan error)
 	go ws.KeepAlive(10*time.Second, ch)
 
-	return &ws, ch, err
+	return ws, ch, err
 }
 
 func handleUnexpectedClose(gamePk string) (*statsapi.GamedayWebsocket, []byte, error) {