diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab33695..cbe9c4d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.13.4] - 2024-09-05
+
+### Fix 🍕
+
+- `use_websocket` now returns a signal for the websocket instance so the user can actually use it. Before it always
+  returned `None`.
+
 ## [0.13.3] - 2024-09-02
 
 ### Fix 🍕
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 449515f..cc4fd30 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "leptos-use"
-version = "0.13.3"
+version = "0.13.4"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Marc-Stefan Cassola"]
 categories = ["gui", "web-programming"]
diff --git a/src/use_websocket.rs b/src/use_websocket.rs
index ea9ce38..25473fc 100644
--- a/src/use_websocket.rs
+++ b/src/use_websocket.rs
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ where
 
     let (ready_state, set_ready_state) = create_signal(ConnectionReadyState::Closed);
     let (message, set_message) = create_signal(None);
-    let ws_ref: StoredValue<Option<WebSocket>> = store_value(None);
+    let ws_signal = RwSignal::new(None::<WebSocket>);
 
     let reconnect_timer_ref: StoredValue<Option<TimeoutHandle>> = store_value(None);
 
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ where
 
                 if !manually_closed_ref.get_value()
                     && !reconnect_limit.is_exceeded_by(reconnect_times_ref.get_value())
-                    && ws_ref
-                        .get_value()
+                    && ws_signal
+                        .get_untracked()
                         .map_or(false, |ws: WebSocket| ws.ready_state() != WebSocket::OPEN)
                 {
                     reconnect_timer_ref.set_value(
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ where
             Some(Rc::new(move || {
                 reconnect_timer_ref.set_value(None);
 
-                if let Some(web_socket) = ws_ref.get_value() {
+                if let Some(web_socket) = ws_signal.get_untracked() {
                     let _ = web_socket.close();
                 }
 
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ where
                     onclose_closure.forget();
                 }
 
-                ws_ref.set_value(Some(web_socket));
+                ws_signal.set(Some(web_socket));
             }))
         });
     }
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ where
     let send_str = {
         Box::new(move |data: &str| {
             if ready_state.get_untracked() == ConnectionReadyState::Open {
-                if let Some(web_socket) = ws_ref.get_value() {
+                if let Some(web_socket) = ws_signal.get_untracked() {
                     let _ = web_socket.send_with_str(data);
                 }
             }
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ where
     // Send bytes
     let send_bytes = move |data: &[u8]| {
         if ready_state.get_untracked() == ConnectionReadyState::Open {
-            if let Some(web_socket) = ws_ref.get_value() {
+            if let Some(web_socket) = ws_signal.get_untracked() {
                 let _ = web_socket.send_with_u8_array(data);
             }
         }
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ where
 
         move || {
             manually_closed_ref.set_value(true);
-            if let Some(web_socket) = ws_ref.get_value() {
+            if let Some(web_socket) = ws_signal.get_untracked() {
                 let _ = web_socket.close();
             }
         }
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ where
     UseWebSocketReturn {
         ready_state: ready_state.into(),
         message: message.into(),
-        ws: ws_ref.get_value(),
+        ws: ws_signal.into(),
         open,
         close,
         send,
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ where
     /// Latest message received from `WebSocket`.
     pub message: Signal<Option<Rx>>,
     /// The `WebSocket` instance.
-    pub ws: Option<WebSocket>,
+    pub ws: Signal<Option<WebSocket>>,
     /// Opens the `WebSocket` connection
     pub open: OpenFn,
     /// Closes the `WebSocket` connection