diff --git a/packages/web3-providers/lib/providers/AbstractSocketProvider.js b/packages/web3-providers/lib/providers/AbstractSocketProvider.js
index d166c8f42fd..46c71340a57 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers/lib/providers/AbstractSocketProvider.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers/lib/providers/AbstractSocketProvider.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 */
 /**
  * @file AbstractSocketProvider
- * @author Samuel Furter <samuel@ethereum.org>, Fabian Vogelsteller <fabian@ethereum.org>
+ * @author Samuel Furter <samuel@ethereum.org>
  * @date 2018
  */
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export default class AbstractSocketProvider extends EventEmitter {
 
                 delete this.subscriptions[subscriptionId];
 
-                this.subscriptions[this.getSubscriptionEvent(this.subscriptions[key].id)].id = subscriptionId;
+                this.subscriptions[key].id = subscriptionId;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/web3-providers/src/factories/ProvidersModuleFactory.js b/packages/web3-providers/src/factories/ProvidersModuleFactory.js
index 565ae23f764..55bb6e56592 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers/src/factories/ProvidersModuleFactory.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers/src/factories/ProvidersModuleFactory.js
@@ -125,17 +125,12 @@ export default class ProvidersModuleFactory {
 
         // runtime is of type node
         if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && process.versions != null && process.versions.node != null) {
-            let authToken;
-
             let headers = options.headers || {};
-
             const urlObject = new URL(url);
 
-            if (urlObject.username && urlObject.password) {
-                authToken = Buffer.from(`${urlObject.username}:${urlObject.password}`).toString('base64');
+            if (!headers.authorization && urlObject.username && urlObject.password) {
+                const authToken = Buffer.from(`${urlObject.username}:${urlObject.password}`).toString('base64');
                 headers.authorization = `Basic ${authToken}`;
-            } else if (urlObject.auth) {
-                headers.authorization = Buffer.from(urlObject.auth, 'base64');
             }
 
             connection = new W3CWebsocket(url, options.protocol, null, headers, null, options.clientConfig);
diff --git a/packages/web3-providers/src/providers/WebsocketProvider.js b/packages/web3-providers/src/providers/WebsocketProvider.js
index 94d724f64cb..ed415ac0a39 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers/src/providers/WebsocketProvider.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers/src/providers/WebsocketProvider.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default class WebsocketProvider extends AbstractSocketProvider {
      * @param {CloseEvent} closeEvent
      */
     onClose(closeEvent) {
-        if (closeEvent.code !== 1000) {
+        if (closeEvent.code !== 1000 || closeEvent.wasClean === false) {
             this.reconnect();
 
             return;
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ export default class WebsocketProvider extends AbstractSocketProvider {
                     this.connection._client.config
                 );
             } else {
-                const protocol = this.connection.protocol || undefined;
-                connection = new this.connection.constructor(this.host, protocol);
+                connection = new this.connection.constructor(this.host, this.connection.protocol || undefined);
             }
 
             this.connection = connection;
diff --git a/packages/web3-providers/tests/src/providers/WebsocketProviderTest.js b/packages/web3-providers/tests/src/providers/WebsocketProviderTest.js
index 0588808385c..dfc72142193 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers/tests/src/providers/WebsocketProviderTest.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers/tests/src/providers/WebsocketProviderTest.js
@@ -143,6 +143,43 @@ describe('WebsocketProviderTest', () => {
         5020
     );
 
+    it(
+        'calls onClose with wasClean false',
+        (done) => {
+            const event = {code: 1000, wasClean: false};
+
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual('message');
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[0][1]).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[1][0]).toEqual('open');
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[1][1]).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[2][0]).toEqual('open');
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[2][1]).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[3][0]).toEqual('close');
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[3][1]).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[4][0]).toEqual('error');
+                expect(socketMock.addEventListener.mock.calls[4][1]).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+
+                expect(socketMock.host).toEqual('host');
+
+                expect(socketMock.protocol).toEqual('protocol');
+
+                expect(socketMock.removeEventListener).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+                expect(websocketProvider.connection).toBeInstanceOf(Websocket);
+
+                done();
+            }, 5010);
+
+            websocketProvider.onClose(event);
+        },
+        5020
+    );
+
     it(
         'calls reconnect with an WebSocket connection',
         (done) => {