diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 439c13f..5fdbb65 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "coverage-publish": "aegir coverage --provider coveralls"
   },
   "browser": {
-    "pull-ws/server": false
+    "src/listener": "./src/listener.browser.js"
   },
   "pre-push": [
     "lint",
diff --git a/src/listener.browser.js b/src/listener.browser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..916c9a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/listener.browser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+'use strict'
+
+module.exports = function () {
+  throw new Error('WebSocket Servers can not be created in the browser!')
+}
diff --git a/test/browser.js b/test/browser.js
index 7deecf6..bc4e9db 100644
--- a/test/browser.js
+++ b/test/browser.js
@@ -75,3 +75,7 @@ describe('libp2p-websockets', () => {
     })
   })
 })
+
+it('.createServer throws in browser', () => {
+  expect(new WS().createListener).to.throw()
+})