diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae24d970..811f61ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ Here is what the client API looks like.
 ix::WebSocket webSocket;
 
 std::string url("ws://localhost:8080/");
-webSocket.configure(url);
+webSocket.setUrl(url);
+
+// Optional heart beat, sent every 45 seconds when there isn't any traffic
+// to make sure that load balancers do not kill an idle connection.
+webSocket.setHeartBeatPeriod(45);
 
 // Setup a callback to be fired when a message or an event (open, close, error) is received
 webSocket.setOnMessageCallback(
diff --git a/test/IXWebSocketHeartBeatTest.cpp b/test/IXWebSocketHeartBeatTest.cpp
index 5e03d930..52f37175 100644
--- a/test/IXWebSocketHeartBeatTest.cpp
+++ b/test/IXWebSocketHeartBeatTest.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Websocket_heartbeat", "[heartbeat]")
     {
         ix::setupWebSocketTrafficTrackerCallback();
 
-        int port = 8091;
+        int port = 8092;
         ix::WebSocketServer server(port);
         std::atomic<int> serverReceivedPingMessages(0);
         REQUIRE(startServer(server, serverReceivedPingMessages));