diff --git a/example/example.js b/example/example.js
index 3a4cd23..fadffaa 100644
--- a/example/example.js
+++ b/example/example.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let mqtt = new Client({id:'example-mqtt-client', topics:'lights'})
 
   console.log(await mqtt.connect())
   await mqtt.send({cmd:'lights/on', status:'sent to topics lights'})
-  // await mqtt.send('topic2', {cmd:'test', status:'sent to topic2 explicitly but not listening'})
+  await mqtt.send('topic2', {cmd:'test', status:'sent to topic2 explicitly but not listening'})
   // await mqtt.subscribe('topic2')
   // await mqtt.send('topic2', {cmd:'test', status:'sent to topic2 with subscription'})
   // now can send via some mqtt client
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6ee871..88e0971 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/mqtt",
-  "version": "0.1.8",
+  "version": "0.1.9",
   "description": "mqtt client with json payloads and mqtt custom broker",
   "main": "src",
   "scripts": {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-changeme#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "@uci-utils/logger": "0.0.13",
-    "async-mqtt": "^2.2.0",
+    "async-mqtt": "^1.0",
     "better-try-catch": "^0.6.2",
     "is-plain-object": "^2.0.4",
     "lodash.merge": "^4.6.1",
diff --git a/src/client.js b/src/client.js
index ed0b62d..4c4fbd1 100644
--- a/src/client.js
+++ b/src/client.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { connect } from 'async-mqtt'
+import { promisify } from 'util'
 import merge from 'lodash.merge'
 import btc from 'better-try-catch'
 import union from 'lodash.union'
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class MQTTClient {
       name: 'mqtt',
       id: this.id
     })
-    this.url = opts.url || ''
+    this.url = opts.url || null
     // subscription topics can be string of commna delimited or array of strings see object see mqtt.js docs
     this.topics = Array.isArray(opts.topics)
       ? opts.topics
@@ -52,7 +53,10 @@ class MQTTClient {
         this.url,
         this.opts
       )
+      // version 2.0 and up messes this up.  Need to look at another way
+      // maybe better not to merge but have mqtt client be a property of class
       this._extend(mqtt, 'subscribe,unsubscribe') // merge mqtt client into class extend with given functions
+      this.close = promisify(this.end).bind(this)
       let timeout = this.opts.connectTimeout || 5000
       setTimeout(() => {
         reject({msg:'ending mqtt connection attempt, no broker', url:this.url, opts:this.opts})
@@ -213,6 +217,7 @@ class MQTTClient {
       temp[func] = this[func]
     })
     merge(this, obj)
+
     funcs.forEach(func => {
       this['_' + func] = this[func]
       this[func] = temp[func]