diff --git a/lib/application.js b/lib/application.js
index 9520afd0f8..4d3b86f3dd 100644
--- a/lib/application.js
+++ b/lib/application.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var Proto = require('uberproto');
+var Proto = require('uberproto').extend({
+  create: null
+});
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
 var mixins = require('./mixins');
@@ -8,11 +10,6 @@ var stripSlashes = function (name) {
   return name.replace(/^\/|\/$/g, '');
 };
 
-// We do not want to support Uberproto's create functionality
-// Since our service methods have a method with the same name
-Proto._create = Proto.create;
-delete Proto.create;
-
 module.exports = {
   init: function () {
     _.extend(this, {
diff --git a/lib/mixins/promise.js b/lib/mixins/promise.js
index 6588599231..4449250614 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/promise.js
+++ b/lib/mixins/promise.js
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ var makeWrapper = function() {
 
 module.exports = function (service) {
   if (typeof service.mixin === 'function') {
-    var mixin = _.transform(_.pick(service, this.methods), function(result, num, key) {
-      result[key] = makeWrapper();
+    var mixin = _.transform(_.pick(service, this.methods), function(result, value, key) {
+      if(typeof value === 'function') {
+        result[key] = makeWrapper();
+      }
     });
 
     service.mixin(mixin);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a871e57d49..9322334fc5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "express": "^4.0.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.0.2",
     "feathers-errors": ">=0.2.0",
-    "lodash": "^2.4.1",
+    "lodash": "^3.1.0",
     "primus": "^2.4.0",
     "primus-emitter": "^3.0.2",
     "rubberduck": "^1.0.0",
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     "q": "^1.0.1",
     "request": "^2.x",
     "socket.io-client": "^1.0.0",
-    "sockjs": "^0.3.9",
-    "sockjs-client-node": "^0.1.1"
+    "ws": "^0.7.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/mixins/event.test.js b/test/mixins/event.test.js
index 744b6bb9af..dbf20dc7a0 100644
--- a/test/mixins/event.test.js
+++ b/test/mixins/event.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var _ = require('lodash');
 var Proto = require('uberproto');
 var mixinEvent = require('../../lib/mixins/event');
 var EventMixin = mixinEvent.Mixin;
-var create = Proto._create;
+var create = Proto.create;
 
 describe('Event mixin', function () {
   it('initializes', function () {
diff --git a/test/mixins/promise.test.js b/test/mixins/promise.test.js
index 6bd63f7df9..e8e1927ea4 100644
--- a/test/mixins/promise.test.js
+++ b/test/mixins/promise.test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 var assert = require('assert');
 var Proto = require('uberproto');
-var create = Proto._create;
+var create = Proto.create;
 var q = require('q');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
diff --git a/test/providers/primus.test.js b/test/providers/primus.test.js
index 0cd851032e..56a236329b 100644
--- a/test/providers/primus.test.js
+++ b/test/providers/primus.test.js
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ describe('Primus provider', function () {
   var server, socket, app,
     socketParams = {
       user: { name: 'David' },
-      provider: 'sockjs'
+      provider: 'websockets'
     };
 
   before(function () {
     app = feathers()
       .configure(feathers.primus({
-        transformer: 'sockjs'
+        transformer: 'websockets'
       }, function(primus) {
         socket = new primus.Socket('http://localhost:7888');