diff --git a/lib/client/websocket-tracker.js b/lib/client/websocket-tracker.js
index 66dd760..3dbeb50 100644
--- a/lib/client/websocket-tracker.js
+++ b/lib/client/websocket-tracker.js
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ WebSocketTracker.prototype._onSocketData = function (data) {
     return
   }
 
-  if (data.action === common.ACTIONS.ANNOUNCE || data.offer || data.answer) {
+  if (data.action === 'announce' || data.offer || data.answer) {
     self._onAnnounceResponse(data)
-  } else if (data.action === common.ACTIONS.SCRAPE) {
+  } else if (data.action === 'scrape') {
     self._onScrapeResponse(data)
   } else {
     throw new Error('invalid action in WS response: ' + data.action)
@@ -245,9 +245,7 @@ WebSocketTracker.prototype._onAnnounceResponse = function (data) {
 
 WebSocketTracker.prototype._onScrapeResponse = function (data) {
   var self = this
-  // NOTE: the unofficial spec says to use the 'files' key, 'host' has been
-  // seen in practice
-  data = data.files || data.host || {}
+  data = data.files || {}
 
   var keys = Object.keys(data)
   if (keys.length === 0) {
diff --git a/lib/server/parse-websocket.js b/lib/server/parse-websocket.js
index 9139964..720639e 100644
--- a/lib/server/parse-websocket.js
+++ b/lib/server/parse-websocket.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function parseWebSocketRequest (socket, opts, params) {
 
   params.type = 'ws'
   params.socket = socket
-  if (params.action === 'announce' || params.answer || params.offers) {
+  if (params.action === 'announce' || params.offers || params.answer) {
     params.action = common.ACTIONS.ANNOUNCE
 
     if (typeof params.info_hash !== 'string' || params.info_hash.length !== 20) {
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ function parseWebSocketRequest (socket, opts, params) {
         }
         return common.binaryToHex(binaryInfoHash)
       })
-    } else {
-      params.info_hash = common.binaryToHex(params.info_hash)
     }
   } else {
     throw new Error('invalid action in WS request: ' + params.action)
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 3ee3d5b..c33e834 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ Server.prototype._onWebSocketRequest = function (socket, opts, params) {
   self._onRequest(params, function (err, response) {
     if (err) {
       socket.send(JSON.stringify({
-        action: params.action,
+        action: params.action === common.ACTIONS.ANNOUNCE ? 'announce' : 'scrape',
         'failure reason': err.message,
         info_hash: common.hexToBinary(params.info_hash)
       }), socket.onSend)
@@ -337,22 +337,18 @@ Server.prototype._onWebSocketRequest = function (socket, opts, params) {
     }
     if (self.destroyed) return
 
-    var hashes
-    if (typeof params.info_hash === 'string') hashes = [ params.info_hash ]
-    else hashes = params.info_hash
-    hashes.forEach(function (info_hash) {
-      if (socket.infoHashes.indexOf(info_hash) === -1) {
-        socket.infoHashes.push(info_hash)
-      }
-    })
+    response.action = params.action === common.ACTIONS.ANNOUNCE ? 'announce' : 'scrape'
 
-    var peers = response.peers
-    delete response.peers
+    var peers
+    if (response.action === 'announce') {
+      peers = response.peers
+      delete response.peers
 
-    // WebSocket tracker should have a shorter interval – default: 2 minutes
-    response.interval = Math.ceil(self.intervalMs / 1000 / 5)
+      response.info_hash = common.hexToBinary(params.info_hash)
 
-    response.info_hash = common.hexToBinary(params.info_hash)
+      // WebSocket tracker should have a shorter interval – default: 2 minutes
+      response.interval = Math.ceil(self.intervalMs / 1000 / 5)
+    }
 
     socket.send(JSON.stringify(response), socket.onSend)
     debug('sent response %s to %s', JSON.stringify(response), params.peer_id)