diff --git a/rpc/websocket/server.go b/rpc/websocket/server.go
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+/*
+  This file is part of go-ethereum
+
+  go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  go-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with go-ethereum.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package websocket
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+
+	ws "code.google.com/p/go.net/websocket"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event/filter"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/xeth"
+)
+
+var wslogger = logger.NewLogger("RPC-WS")
+
+type WebSocketServer struct {
+	eth           *eth.Ethereum
+	filterManager *filter.FilterManager
+	port          int
+	doneCh        chan bool
+	listener      net.Listener
+}
+
+func NewWebSocketServer(eth *eth.Ethereum, port int) (*WebSocketServer, error) {
+	sport := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port)
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", sport)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	filterManager := filter.NewFilterManager(eth.EventMux())
+	go filterManager.Start()
+
+	return &WebSocketServer{eth,
+		filterManager,
+		port,
+		make(chan bool),
+		l,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (self *WebSocketServer) handlerLoop() {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-self.doneCh:
+			wslogger.Infoln("Shutdown RPC-WS server")
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (self *WebSocketServer) Stop() {
+	close(self.doneCh)
+}
+
+func (self *WebSocketServer) Start() {
+	wslogger.Infof("Starting RPC-WS server on port %d", self.port)
+	go self.handlerLoop()
+
+	api := rpc.NewEthereumApi(xeth.NewJSXEth(self.eth))
+	h := self.apiHandler(api)
+	http.Handle("/ws", h)
+
+	err := http.Serve(self.listener, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		wslogger.Errorln("Error on RPC-WS interface:", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *WebSocketServer) apiHandler(xeth *rpc.EthereumApi) http.Handler {
+	fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		h := sockHandler(xeth)
+		s := ws.Server{Handler: h}
+		s.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+	}
+
+	return http.HandlerFunc(fn)
+}
+
+func sockHandler(xeth *rpc.EthereumApi) ws.Handler {
+	fn := func(conn *ws.Conn) {
+		for {
+			// FIX wslogger does not output to console
+			wslogger.Debugln("Handling request")
+			var reqParsed rpc.RpcRequest
+
+			if err := ws.JSON.Receive(conn, &reqParsed); err != nil {
+				wslogger.Debugln(rpc.ErrorParseRequest)
+				ws.JSON.Send(conn, rpc.RpcErrorResponse{JsonRpc: reqParsed.JsonRpc, ID: reqParsed.ID, Error: true, ErrorText: rpc.ErrorParseRequest})
+				continue
+			}
+
+			var response interface{}
+			reserr := xeth.GetRequestReply(&reqParsed, &response)
+			if reserr != nil {
+				wslogger.Errorln(reserr)
+				ws.JSON.Send(conn, rpc.RpcErrorResponse{JsonRpc: reqParsed.JsonRpc, ID: reqParsed.ID, Error: true, ErrorText: reserr.Error()})
+				continue
+			}
+
+			wslogger.Debugf("Generated response: %T %s", response, response)
+			ws.JSON.Send(conn, rpc.RpcSuccessResponse{JsonRpc: reqParsed.JsonRpc, ID: reqParsed.ID, Error: false, Result: response})
+		}
+	}
+	return fn
+}