diff --git a/websocketproxy.go b/websocketproxy.go
index 63d39ba..bd50e08 100644
--- a/websocketproxy.go
+++ b/websocketproxy.go
@@ -16,15 +16,51 @@ import (
 var (
 	// DefaultUpgrader specifies the parameters for upgrading an HTTP
 	// connection to a WebSocket connection.
-	DefaultUpgrader = &websocket.Upgrader{
-		ReadBufferSize:  1024,
-		WriteBufferSize: 1024,
+	DefaultUpgrader = &WSProxyUpgrader{
+		websocket.Upgrader{
+			ReadBufferSize:  1024,
+			WriteBufferSize: 1024,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// DefaultDialer is a dialer with all fields set to the default zero values.
 	DefaultDialer = websocket.DefaultDialer
 )
 
+// IUpgrader interface define the Upgrade method which is different from
+// websocket.Upgrader's by returning interface IConn instead of Conn.IUpgrader
+// This allows users of the lib to see traffic and close the websocket
+type IUpgrader interface {
+	Upgrade(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request, http.Header) (IConn, error)
+}
+
+// WSProxyUpgrader is used a default upgrader which wraps the websocket's Upgrader
+type WSProxyUpgrader struct {
+	websocket.Upgrader
+}
+
+// Upgrade is called when the proxy upgrades an http connection to a websocket
+func (wsu *WSProxyUpgrader) Upgrade(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, requestHeaders http.Header) (IConn, error) {
+	c, e := wsu.Upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, requestHeaders)
+	return c, e
+}
+
+// IConn has all function in use by the websocket traffic back and forth
+// It is returned from the Upgrade method of the IUpgrade interface
+// when using the webscoketproxy, one can provide implementation of IUpgrader,
+// That returns own implementation of IConn and the observe or modify it.
+// and also can get notified when the proxy closes the web socket
+type IConn interface {
+	// ReadMessage is called when reading message sent from the client
+	ReadMessage() (int, []byte, error)
+
+	// WriteMessage is called when writing message to the client
+	WriteMessage(int, []byte) error
+
+	// Close is called when calling close of the connection
+	Close() error
+}
+
 // WebsocketProxy is an HTTP Handler that takes an incoming WebSocket
 // connection and proxies it to another server.
 type WebsocketProxy struct {
@@ -33,6 +69,8 @@ type WebsocketProxy struct {
 	// which will be forwarded to another server.
 	Director func(incoming *http.Request, out http.Header)
 
+	Rewriter func(msg []byte) []byte
+
 	// Backend returns the backend URL which the proxy uses to reverse proxy
 	// the incoming WebSocket connection. Request is the initial incoming and
 	// unmodified request.
@@ -40,7 +78,7 @@ type WebsocketProxy struct {
 
 	// Upgrader specifies the parameters for upgrading a incoming HTTP
 	// connection to a WebSocket connection. If nil, DefaultUpgrader is used.
-	Upgrader *websocket.Upgrader
+	Upgrader IUpgrader
 
 	//  Dialer contains options for connecting to the backend WebSocket server.
 	//  If nil, DefaultDialer is used.
@@ -177,7 +215,7 @@ func (w *WebsocketProxy) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 
 	errClient := make(chan error, 1)
 	errBackend := make(chan error, 1)
-	replicateWebsocketConn := func(dst, src *websocket.Conn, errc chan error) {
+	replicateWebsocketConn := func(dst, src IConn, errc chan error) {
 		for {
 			msgType, msg, err := src.ReadMessage()
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/websocketproxy_test.go b/websocketproxy_test.go
index b90e02b..8927ddc 100644
--- a/websocketproxy_test.go
+++ b/websocketproxy_test.go
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ var (
 func TestProxy(t *testing.T) {
 	// websocket proxy
 	supportedSubProtocols := []string{"test-protocol"}
-	upgrader := &websocket.Upgrader{
-		ReadBufferSize:  4096,
-		WriteBufferSize: 4096,
-		CheckOrigin: func(r *http.Request) bool {
-			return true
+	upgrader := &WSProxyUpgrader{
+		websocket.Upgrader{
+			ReadBufferSize:  4096,
+			WriteBufferSize: 4096,
+			CheckOrigin: func(r *http.Request) bool {
+				return true
+			},
+			Subprotocols: supportedSubProtocols,
 		},
-		Subprotocols: supportedSubProtocols,
 	}
-
 	u, _ := url.Parse(backendURL)
 	proxy := NewProxy(u)
 	proxy.Upgrader = upgrader
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func TestProxy(t *testing.T) {
 		mux2 := http.NewServeMux()
 		mux2.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			// Don't upgrade if original host header isn't preserved
-			if r.Host !=  "127.0.0.1:7777" {
+			if r.Host != "127.0.0.1:7777" {
 				log.Printf("Host header set incorrectly.  Expecting 127.0.0.1:7777 got %s", r.Host)
 				return
 			}