diff --git a/sam/websocket/session.go b/sam/websocket/session.go
index 5605dbd98..123c51bf8 100644
--- a/sam/websocket/session.go
+++ b/sam/websocket/session.go
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ type (
 
 		subs *Subscriptions
 
-		send   chan interface{}
-		stop   chan interface{}
-		detach chan string
+		send chan []byte
+		stop chan []byte
 
 		remoteAddr string
 
@@ -36,9 +35,8 @@ func (Session) New(ctx context.Context, conn *websocket.Conn) *Session {
 		ctx:    ctx,
 		config: config,
 		subs:   Subscriptions{}.New(),
-		send:   make(chan interface{}, 512),
-		stop:   make(chan interface{}, 1),
-		detach: make(chan string, 64),
+		send:   make(chan []byte, 512),
+		stop:   make(chan []byte, 1),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +74,10 @@ func (sess *Session) readLoop() error {
 
 		if err := sess.dispatch(raw); err != nil {
 			// @todo: log error?
-			sess.send <- outgoing.NewError(err)
+			sess.send <- func() []byte {
+				b, _ := outgoing.NewError(err).EncodeMessage()
+				return b
+			}()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -89,18 +90,17 @@ func (sess *Session) writeLoop() error {
 		sess.Close() // break readLoop
 	}()
 
-	write := func(mt int, msg interface{}) error {
+	write := func(msg []byte) error {
 		sess.conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(sess.config.writeTimeout))
-
-		switch msg := msg.(type) {
-		case outgoing.MessageEncoder:
-			return sess.conn.WriteJSON(msg)
-		case []byte:
-			return sess.conn.WriteMessage(mt, msg)
-		default:
-			return sess.conn.WriteMessage(mt, nil)
+		if msg != nil {
+			return sess.conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, msg)
 		}
+		return nil
+	}
 
+	ping := func() error {
+		sess.conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(sess.config.writeTimeout))
+		return sess.conn.WriteMessage(websocket.PingMessage, nil)
 	}
 
 	for {
@@ -111,21 +111,17 @@ func (sess *Session) writeLoop() error {
 				return nil
 			}
 
-			if err := write(websocket.TextMessage, msg); err != nil {
+			if err := write(msg); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "writeLoop send")
 			}
+
 		case msg := <-sess.stop:
 			// Shutdown requested, don't care if the message is delivered
-			if msg != nil {
-				write(websocket.TextMessage, msg)
-			}
+			write(msg)
 			return nil
 
-		case topic := <-sess.detach:
-			sess.subs.Delete(topic)
-
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			if err := write(websocket.PingMessage, nil); err != nil {
+			if err := ping(); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "writeLoop ping")
 			}
 		}