diff --git a/agent/bitwarden/websocket.go b/agent/bitwarden/websocket.go
index a50d76e..cd3b2ad 100644
--- a/agent/bitwarden/websocket.go
+++ b/agent/bitwarden/websocket.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package bitwarden
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -71,13 +72,13 @@ func connectToWebsocket(ctx context.Context, vault *vault.Vault, cfg *config.Con
 	interrupt := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(interrupt, os.Interrupt)
 
-	url, err := url.Parse(cfg.ConfigFile.ApiUrl)
+	url, err := url.Parse(cfg.ConfigFile.NotificationsUrl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	token, err := cfg.GetToken()
-	var websocketURL = "wss://" + url.Host + "/notifications/hub?access_token=" + token.AccessToken
+	var websocketURL = "wss://" + url.Host + url.Path + "/hub?access_token=" + token.AccessToken
 	c, _, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.Dial(websocketURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -87,11 +88,14 @@ func connectToWebsocket(ctx context.Context, vault *vault.Vault, cfg *config.Con
 	websocketLog.Info("Connected to websocket server...")
 
 	done := make(chan struct{})
+	//handshake required for official bitwarden implementation
+	c.WriteMessage(1, []byte(`{"protocol":"messagepack","version":1}`))
 
 	go func() {
 		defer close(done)
 		for {
-			_, message, err := c.ReadMessage()
+			mt, message, err := c.ReadMessage()
+			fmt.Println(mt)
 			if err != nil {
 				websocketLog.Error("Error reading websocket message %s", err)
 				return
diff --git a/agent/config/config.go b/agent/config/config.go
index 2ac6293..6b080ec 100644
--- a/agent/config/config.go
+++ b/agent/config/config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	WebsocketDisabled     bool
 	ApiURI                string
 	IdentityURI           string
+	NotificationsURI      string
 	SingleProcess         bool
 	DeviceUUID            string
 	User                  string
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 type ConfigFile struct {
 	IdentityUrl                 string
 	ApiUrl                      string
+	NotificationsUrl            string
 	DeviceUUID                  string
 	ConfigKeyHash               string
 	EncryptedToken              string
@@ -75,8 +77,9 @@ func DefaultConfig() Config {
 	return Config{
 		memguard.NewBuffer(32),
 		ConfigFile{
-			IdentityUrl:                 "https://identity.bitwarden.com/",
-			ApiUrl:                      "https://identity.bitwarden.com/",
+			IdentityUrl:                 "https://vault.bitwarden.com/identity",
+			ApiUrl:                      "https://vault.bitwarden.com/api",
+			NotificationsUrl:            "https://notifications.bitwarden.com",
 			DeviceUUID:                  deviceUUID.String(),
 			ConfigKeyHash:               "",
 			EncryptedToken:              "",
diff --git a/agent/unixsocketagent.go b/agent/unixsocketagent.go
index 12401bf..b45d7b9 100644
--- a/agent/unixsocketagent.go
+++ b/agent/unixsocketagent.go
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ func StartUnixAgent(path string, runtimeConfig config.RuntimeConfig) error {
 	var vault = vault.NewVault(&keyring)
 	cfg, err := config.ReadConfig(runtimeConfig)
 	if err != nil {
-		var cfg = config.DefaultConfig()
+		cfg = config.DefaultConfig()
+		cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig = runtimeConfig
 		cfg.WriteConfig()
 	}
 	cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig = runtimeConfig
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ func StartUnixAgent(path string, runtimeConfig config.RuntimeConfig) error {
 	if cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.IdentityURI != "" {
 		cfg.ConfigFile.IdentityUrl = cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.IdentityURI
 	}
+	if cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.NotificationsURI != "" {
+		cfg.ConfigFile.NotificationsUrl = cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.NotificationsURI
+	}
 	if cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.DeviceUUID != "" {
 		cfg.ConfigFile.DeviceUUID = cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.DeviceUUID
 	}
diff --git a/agent/virtualagent.go b/agent/virtualagent.go
index d65766a..b2f2f69 100644
--- a/agent/virtualagent.go
+++ b/agent/virtualagent.go
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ func StartVirtualAgent(runtimeConfig config.RuntimeConfig) (chan []byte, chan []
 	if cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.IdentityURI != "" {
 		cfg.ConfigFile.IdentityUrl = cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.IdentityURI
 	}
+	if cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.NotificationsURI != "" {
+		cfg.ConfigFile.NotificationsUrl = cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.NotificationsURI
+	}
 	if cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.DeviceUUID != "" {
 		cfg.ConfigFile.DeviceUUID = cfg.ConfigFile.RuntimeConfig.DeviceUUID
 	}