diff --git a/src/tardismachine.ts b/src/tardismachine.ts
index 7c1b3fe..237ba74 100644
--- a/src/tardismachine.ts
+++ b/src/tardismachine.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import findMyWay from 'find-my-way'
 import http from 'http'
 import { clearCache, init } from 'tardis-dev'
-import { App, TemplatedApp, WebSocket } from 'uWebSockets.js'
+import { App, DISABLED, TemplatedApp, WebSocket } from 'uWebSockets.js'
 import { replayHttp, replayNormalizedHttp } from './http'
 import { replayNormalizedWS, replayWS, streamNormalizedWS } from './ws'
 
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ export class TardisMachine {
     } as any
 
     this._wsServer = App().ws('/*', {
-      upgrade: (res, req, context) => {
+      compression: DISABLED,
+      maxPayloadLength: 512 * 1024,
+      idleTimeout: 24 * 60 * 60,
+      maxBackpressure: 5 * 1024 * 1024,
+      closeOnBackpressureLimit: true,
+      upgrade: (res: any, req: any, context: any) => {
         res.upgrade(
           { req },
           req.getHeader('sec-websocket-key'),
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ export class TardisMachine {
           ws.onclose()
         }
       }
-    })
+    } as any)
   }
 
   public async start(port: number) {
diff --git a/test/tardismachine.test.ts b/test/tardismachine.test.ts
index 4818a02..aad565b 100644
--- a/test/tardismachine.test.ts
+++ b/test/tardismachine.test.ts
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ describe('tardis-machine', () => {
         ]
 
         const options = await Promise.all(
-          EXCHANGES.filter((e) => e !== 'binance-jersey').map(async (exchange) => {
+          EXCHANGES.filter((e) => e !== 'binance-jersey' && e !== 'huobi-dm-options' && e !== 'star-atlas').map(async (exchange) => {
             const exchangeDetails = await getExchangeDetails(exchange)
             const dataTypes: any[] = ['trade', 'trade_bar_10ms', 'book_change', 'book_snapshot_3_0ms']
 
@@ -672,7 +672,9 @@ class SimpleWebsocketClient {
   private isClosed = false
   constructor(url: string, onMessageCB: (message: string) => void, onOpen: () => void = () => {}) {
     this._socket = new WebSocket(url)
-    this._socket.on('message', onMessageCB)
+    this._socket.on('message', function (message: Buffer) {
+      onMessageCB(message.toString())
+    })
     this._socket.on('open', onOpen)
     this._socket.on('error', (err) => {
       console.log('SimpleWebsocketClient Error', err)