diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 264a55a..5ee742e 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "com.remotedisplay.player"
         minSdk = 26
         targetSdk = 34
-        versionCode = 10
-        versionName = "1.7.7"
+        versionCode = 11
+        versionName = "1.7.8"
     }
 
     signingConfigs {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/service/WebSocketService.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/service/WebSocketService.kt
index b1ee42d..c0c3fbf 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/service/WebSocketService.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/remotedisplay/player/service/WebSocketService.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class WebSocketService : Service() {
     // (or a transient state error during disconnect) used to surface as an unhandled
     // exception on the Socket.IO IO thread and crash the whole app.
     private fun Socket.safeOn(event: String, handler: (Array<Any?>) -> Unit): Socket {
-        return on(event) { args ->
+        on(event) { args ->
             try {
                 @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
                 handler(args as Array<Any?>)
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class WebSocketService : Service() {
                 Log.e("WebSocketService", "Listener for '$event' failed: ${e.message}", e)
             }
         }
+        return this
     }
 
     fun connect(serverUrl: String? = null) {