diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index aeae414..d3e487c 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 - fixed issue where non-iterable _meta doesnt make it through to the client on websocket connections
 - made _meta non-enumerable for websockets and eventemitter
 
-2.9.3 2016-07-11
-----------------
+2.9.3 2.9.4 2016-07-11
+----------------------
 
 - adjusted back to making _meta enumerable, as this causes issues in happner, also _meta is useful in a lot of instances
diff --git a/lib/services/pubsub/service.js b/lib/services/pubsub/service.js
index 3aba69a..39cfe28 100644
--- a/lib/services/pubsub/service.js
+++ b/lib/services/pubsub/service.js
@@ -225,16 +225,7 @@ PubSubService.prototype.formatReturnItem = function (item, local) {
   if (!item.data) item.data = {};
 
   var returnItem = item.data;
-
-  if (local){
-    //means we are returning this item to an intra-proc client
-    //so the data is not serialized via JSON, and thus the _meta
-    //will successfully cross over.
-    Object.defineProperty(returnItem, '_meta', {
-      value:item._meta
-    })
-  }else returnItem._meta = item._meta;//the websocket client handles the response, and formats the return values (makes _meta non-enumerable)
-
+  returnItem._meta = item._meta;
 
   return returnItem;
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index adededd..24987b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "happn",
   "description": "pub/sub api as a service using primus and mongo & redis or nedb, can work as cluster, single process or embedded using nedb, use in production at your own risk",
-  "version": "2.9.3",
+  "version": "2.9.4",
   "main": "./lib/index",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha --expose-gc silence.js test",