diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/ClientWebSocketWrapper.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/ClientWebSocketWrapper.cs
index 9f754573936..467aea200a4 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/ClientWebSocketWrapper.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/ClientWebSocketWrapper.cs
@@ -5,20 +5,30 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
-	public struct ClientWebSocketWrapper
+	public class ClientWebSocketWrapper
 	{
 		private ClientWebSocket? _w;
+		
+		private List<string> _receivedMessages;
+
+		Uri _uri;
 
 		/// <summary>calls <see cref="ClientWebSocket.State"/> getter (unless closed/disposed, then <see cref="WebSocketState.Closed"/> is always returned)</summary>
 		public WebSocketState State => _w?.State ?? WebSocketState.Closed;
 
-		public ClientWebSocketWrapper(Uri uri, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null)
+		public ClientWebSocketWrapper(Uri uri, int bufferSize, int maxMessages)
 		{
+			_uri = uri;
 			_w = new ClientWebSocket();
-			_w.ConnectAsync(uri, cancellationToken ?? CancellationToken.None).Wait();
+			_receivedMessages = new List<string>();
+			try{
+				Connect(bufferSize, maxMessages).Wait();
+			}
+			catch(Exception ex){}
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>calls <see cref="ClientWebSocket.CloseAsync"/></summary>
@@ -26,24 +36,32 @@ public ClientWebSocketWrapper(Uri uri, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = nu
 		public Task Close(WebSocketCloseStatus closeStatus, string statusDescription, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null)
 		{
 			if (_w == null) throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(_w));
-			var task = _w.CloseAsync(closeStatus, statusDescription, cancellationToken ?? CancellationToken.None);
+			var task = _w.CloseOutputAsync(closeStatus, statusDescription, cancellationToken ?? CancellationToken.None);
 			_w.Dispose();
 			_w = null;
 			return task;
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>calls <see cref="ClientWebSocket.ReceiveAsync"/></summary>
-		public Task<WebSocketReceiveResult> Receive(ArraySegment<byte> buffer, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null)
-			=> _w?.ReceiveAsync(buffer, cancellationToken ?? CancellationToken.None)
-				?? throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(_w));
+		public async Task Receive(int bufferSize, int maxMessages){
+			var buffer = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[bufferSize]);
+			while (_w != null && _w.State == WebSocketState.Open)
+			{
+				WebSocketReceiveResult result;
+				result = await _w.ReceiveAsync(buffer, CancellationToken.None);
+				if (maxMessages == 0 || _receivedMessages.Count < maxMessages)
+					_receivedMessages.Add(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer.Array,0,result.Count));
+			}
+		}
 
-		/// <summary>calls <see cref="ClientWebSocket.ReceiveAsync"/></summary>
-		public string Receive(int bufferCap, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null)
-		{
-			if (_w == null) throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(_w));
-			var buffer = new byte[bufferCap];
-			var result = Receive(new ArraySegment<byte>(buffer), cancellationToken ?? CancellationToken.None).Result;
-			return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, result.Count);
+		public async Task Connect(int bufferSize, int maxMessages){
+			if (_w == null){
+				_w = new ClientWebSocket();
+			}
+			if(_w != null && _w.State != WebSocketState.Open){
+				_w.ConnectAsync(_uri, CancellationToken.None).Wait();
+				Receive(bufferSize, maxMessages);
+			}
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>calls <see cref="ClientWebSocket.SendAsync"/></summary>
@@ -62,5 +80,13 @@ public Task Send(string message, bool endOfMessage, CancellationToken? cancellat
 				cancellationToken ?? CancellationToken.None
 			);
 		}
+
+		public string GetMessage()
+		{
+			if (_receivedMessages == null || _receivedMessages.Count == 0) return "";
+			string returnThis = _receivedMessages[0];
+			_receivedMessages.RemoveAt(0);
+			return returnThis;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Interfaces/ICommApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Interfaces/ICommApi.cs
index 3d40a598f75..38eb1f02641 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Interfaces/ICommApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Interfaces/ICommApi.cs
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ public interface ICommApi : IExternalApi
 
 		SocketServer? Sockets { get; }
 
-#if ENABLE_WEBSOCKETS
 		WebSocketServer WebSockets { get; }
-#endif
 
 		string? HttpTest();
 
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/WebSocketServer.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/WebSocketServer.cs
index da6a34a5100..457f9006ffe 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/WebSocketServer.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/WebSocketServer.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
 	public sealed class WebSocketServer
 	{
-		public ClientWebSocketWrapper Open(Uri uri, CancellationToken? cancellationToken = null) => new ClientWebSocketWrapper(uri, cancellationToken);
+		public ClientWebSocketWrapper Open(Uri uri, int bufferSize, int maxMessages) => new ClientWebSocketWrapper(uri, bufferSize, maxMessages);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/CommonLibs/CommLuaLibrary.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/CommonLibs/CommLuaLibrary.cs
index bc44d08d1cb..333163a33b8 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/CommonLibs/CommLuaLibrary.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/CommonLibs/CommLuaLibrary.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Net.WebSockets;
 
 using NLua;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
@@ -254,20 +256,22 @@ private void CheckHttp()
 			}
 		}
 
-#if ENABLE_WEBSOCKETS
-		[LuaMethod("ws_open", "Opens a websocket and returns the id so that it can be retrieved later.")]
+		[LuaMethod("ws_open", "Opens a websocket and returns the id so that it can be retrieved later. If an id is provided, reconnects to the ")]
 		[LuaMethodExample("local ws_id = comm.ws_open(\"wss://echo.websocket.org\");")]
-		public string WebSocketOpen(string uri)
+		public string WebSocketOpen(string uri, string guid = null, int bufferSize = 1024, int maxMessages = 20)
 		{
 			var wsServer = APIs.Comm.WebSockets;
+			var localGuid = guid == null ? new Guid() : Guid.Parse(guid);
 			if (wsServer == null)
 			{
-				Log("WebSocket server is somehow not available");
+				Log("WebSocket server is not available");
 				return null;
 			}
-			var guid = new Guid();
-			_websockets[guid] = wsServer.Open(new Uri(uri));
-			return guid.ToString();
+			if (guid == null)
+				_websockets[localGuid] = wsServer.Open(new Uri(uri),bufferSize, maxMessages);
+			else
+				_websockets[localGuid].Connect(bufferSize, maxMessages);
+			return localGuid.ToString();
 		}
 
 		[LuaMethod("ws_send", "Send a message to a certain websocket id (boolean flag endOfMessage)")]
@@ -280,11 +284,11 @@ public void WebSocketSend(
 			if (_websockets.TryGetValue(Guid.Parse(guid), out var wrapper)) wrapper.Send(content, endOfMessage);
 		}
 
-		[LuaMethod("ws_receive", "Receive a message from a certain websocket id and a maximum number of bytes to read")]
-		[LuaMethodExample("local ws = comm.ws_receive(ws_id, str_len);")]
-		public string WebSocketReceive(string guid, int bufferCap)
+		[LuaMethod("ws_receive", "Get a receive message from a certain websocket id")]
+		[LuaMethodExample("local ws = comm.ws_receive(ws_id);")]
+		public string WebSocketReceive(string guid)
 			=> _websockets.TryGetValue(Guid.Parse(guid), out var wrapper)
-				? wrapper.Receive(bufferCap)
+				? wrapper.GetMessage()
 				: null;
 
 		[LuaMethod("ws_get_status", "Get a websocket's status")]
@@ -298,11 +302,10 @@ public string WebSocketReceive(string guid, int bufferCap)
 		[LuaMethodExample("local ws_status = comm.ws_close(ws_id, close_status);")]
 		public void WebSocketClose(
 			string guid,
-			WebSocketCloseStatus status,
+			int status,
 			string closeMessage)
 		{
-			if (_websockets.TryGetValue(Guid.Parse(guid), out var wrapper)) wrapper.Close(status, closeMessage);
+			if (_websockets.TryGetValue(Guid.Parse(guid), out var wrapper)) wrapper.Close((WebSocketCloseStatus)status, closeMessage);
 		}
-#endif
 	}
 }
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