diff --git a/livekit-api/livekit/api/_twirp_client.py b/livekit-api/livekit/api/_twirp_client.py
index 55deab8b..09f726ab 100644
--- a/livekit-api/livekit/api/_twirp_client.py
+++ b/livekit-api/livekit/api/_twirp_client.py
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ class TwirpErrorCode:
 class TwirpClient:
     def __init__(self, host: str, pkg: str, prefix: str = DEFAULT_PREFIX) -> None:
         parse_res = urlparse(host)
-        host = f"http://{parse_res.netloc}/{parse_res.path}"
+        scheme = parse_res.scheme
+        if scheme.startswith("ws"):
+            scheme = scheme.replace("ws", "http")
+
+        host = f"{scheme}://{parse_res.netloc}/{parse_res.path}"
         self.host = host.rstrip("/")
         self.pkg = pkg
         self.prefix = prefix
diff --git a/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py b/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
index b3f47562..ae736254 100644
--- a/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
+++ b/livekit-api/livekit/api/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.2"
+__version__ = "0.1.3"