diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index db7b792..24aed94 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ module.exports = function install(Vue, {debug = false, host = null, port = 8098}
         showToast: (message) => require('nativescript-toast').makeText(message).show(),
         io() {
           const address = `http://${getServerIpAddress(host, port)}`
-          const SocketIO = require('nativescript-socket.io')
-          debug && SocketIO.enableDebug()
-          return SocketIO.connect(address)
+          const SocketIO = require('nativescript-socketio').SocketIO
+          let socketIO = new SocketIO(address, { debug: debug })
+          socketIO.connect()
+          return socketIO
         }
       })
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b39a3d..7cdb971 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/nativescript-vue/nativescript-vue-devtools#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "nativescript-toast": "*",
-    "nativescript-socket.io": "*",
+    "nativescript-socketio": "*",
     "tns-core-modules": "*",
     "@vue/devtools": "*"
   }