diff --git a/libraries/app/application.cpp b/libraries/app/application.cpp
index c652a798..bcbe6659 100644
--- a/libraries/app/application.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/application.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ namespace detail {
 
       void new_connection( const fc::http::websocket_connection_ptr& c )
       {
-         auto wsc = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(c, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
+         auto wsc = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(*c, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
          auto login = std::make_shared<graphene::app::login_api>( std::ref(*_self) );
          login->enable_api("database_api");
 
diff --git a/libraries/plugins/delayed_node/delayed_node_plugin.cpp b/libraries/plugins/delayed_node/delayed_node_plugin.cpp
index 2db7fa9b..f9db2ccd 100644
--- a/libraries/plugins/delayed_node/delayed_node_plugin.cpp
+++ b/libraries/plugins/delayed_node/delayed_node_plugin.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void delayed_node_plugin::plugin_set_program_options(bpo::options_description& c
 
 void delayed_node_plugin::connect()
 {
-   my->client_connection = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(my->client.connect(my->remote_endpoint), GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
+   my->client_connection = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(*my->client.connect(my->remote_endpoint), GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
    my->database_api = my->client_connection->get_remote_api<graphene::app::database_api>(0);
    my->client_connection_closed = my->client_connection->closed.connect([this] {
       connection_failed();
diff --git a/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp b/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
index d68f25b8..9cb8750d 100644
--- a/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/cli_wallet/main.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
       fc::http::websocket_client client;
       idump((wdata.ws_server));
       auto con  = client.connect( wdata.ws_server );
-      auto apic = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(con, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
+      auto apic = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(*con, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
 
       auto remote_api = apic->get_remote_api< login_api >(1);
       edump((wdata.ws_user)(wdata.ws_password) );
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
          _websocket_server->on_connection([&wapi]( const fc::http::websocket_connection_ptr& c ){
             std::cout << "here... \n";
             wlog("." );
-            auto wsc = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(c, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
+            auto wsc = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(*c, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
             wsc->register_api(wapi);
             c->set_session_data( wsc );
          });
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
       if( options.count("rpc-tls-endpoint") )
       {
          _websocket_tls_server->on_connection([&]( const fc::http::websocket_connection_ptr& c ){
-            auto wsc = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(c, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
+            auto wsc = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(*c, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
             wsc->register_api(wapi);
             c->set_session_data( wsc );
          });
diff --git a/tests/cli/main.cpp b/tests/cli/main.cpp
index 8fd5b5f4..cfde25d6 100644
--- a/tests/cli/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/cli/main.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public:
       wallet_data.ws_password = "";
       websocket_connection  = websocket_client.connect( wallet_data.ws_server );
 
-      api_connection = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(websocket_connection, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
+      api_connection = std::make_shared<fc::rpc::websocket_api_connection>(*websocket_connection, GRAPHENE_MAX_NESTED_OBJECTS);
 
       remote_login_api = api_connection->get_remote_api< graphene::app::login_api >(1);
       BOOST_CHECK(remote_login_api->login( wallet_data.ws_user, wallet_data.ws_password ) );