diff --git a/app/routers/websockets.py b/app/routers/websockets.py
index ee04cfe..8a2feef 100644
--- a/app/routers/websockets.py
+++ b/app/routers/websockets.py
@@ -27,28 +27,29 @@ html = """
         <ul id='messages'>
         </ul>
         <script>
-            var client_id = Date.now()
+            var client_id = Date.now();
             document.querySelector("#ws-id").textContent = client_id;
-            // var ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:5005/ws/${client_id}`);
-            var ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:5005/ws`);
-            //var ws = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:8000/ws");
-            //var ws = new WebSocket("ws://fastapi.localhost/ws");
+            var ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:5005/ws/${client_id}`);
+            // var ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:5005/ws`);
+            // var ws = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:8000/ws");
+            // var ws = new WebSocket("ws://fastapi.localhost/ws");
             ws.onmessage = function(event) {
-                var messages = document.getElementById('messages')
-                var message = document.createElement('li')
-                var content = document.createTextNode(event.data)
-                message.appendChild(content)
-                messages.appendChild(message)
+                var messages = document.getElementById('messages');
+                var message = document.createElement('li');
+                var content = document.createTextNode(event.data);
+                message.appendChild(content);
+                messages.appendChild(message);
             };
             function sendMessage(event) {
-                var input = document.getElementById("messageText")
+                console.log('*** sendMessage() ***');
+                var input = document.getElementById("messageText");
                 var data = { 'client_id': client_id, 'message': input.value };
                 var data_json_str = JSON.stringify(data);
                 ws.send(data_json_str);
 
-                //ws.send(input.value)
-                input.value = ''
-                event.preventDefault()
+                //ws.send(input.value);
+                input.value = '';
+                event.preventDefault();
             }
         </script>
     </body>
@@ -63,8 +64,12 @@ async def get(response: Response = Response):
     return HTMLResponse(html)
 
 
-@router.websocket("/ws")
-async def websocket_endpoint(websocket: WebSocket, response: Response = Response):
+@router.websocket("/ws/{client_id}")
+async def websocket_endpoint(
+        websocket: WebSocket,
+        client_id: int,
+        response: Response = Response,
+        ):
     log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     log.debug(locals())
 
@@ -75,8 +80,9 @@ async def websocket_endpoint(websocket: WebSocket, response: Response = Response
 
 
 async def redis_connector(
-    websocket: WebSocket, redis_uri: str = "redis://localhost:6379"
-):
+        websocket: WebSocket,
+        redis_url: str = "redis://localhost:6379",
+        ):
     log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     log.debug(locals())
 
@@ -108,7 +114,11 @@ async def redis_connector(
             # TODO this needs handling better
             log.error(exc)
 
-    redis = await aioredis.create_pool(redis_uri)
+    # redis = await aioredis.create_pool(redis_url)
+    # Redis client bound to pool of connections (auto-reconnecting).
+    redis = aioredis.from_url(
+        redis_url, encoding="utf-8", decode_responses=True
+    )
 
     consumer_task = consumer_handler(websocket, redis)
     producer_task = producer_handler(redis, websocket)
@@ -119,5 +129,5 @@ async def redis_connector(
     for task in pending:
         log.debug(f"Canceling task: {task}")
         task.cancel()
-    redis.close()
-    await redis.wait_closed()
+    await redis.close()
+    # await redis.wait_closed()