diff --git a/lib/io.js b/lib/io.js
index b5fb1e75c..63a353fb9 100644
--- a/lib/io.js
+++ b/lib/io.js
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@
 
     io.EventEmitter = process.EventEmitter;
 
+    /**
+     * Expose SocketNamespace
+     *
+     * @api private
+     */
+
+     io.SocketNamespace = require('./namespace').SocketNamespace;
+
     /**
      * Expose Transport
      *
@@ -102,12 +110,24 @@
 
     io.Transport = require('./transport').Transport;
 
+    /**
+     * Default enabled transports
+     *
+     * @api public
+     */
+
+    io.transports = ['websocket', 'xhr-polling'];
+
     /**
      * Expose all transports
+     *
+     * @api public
      */
 
+    io.Transport.XHR = require('./transports/xhr').XHR;
+
     io.transports.forEach(function (t) {
-      //io.Transport[t] = require('./transports/node/' + t);
+      io.Transport[t] = require('./transports/' + t)[t];
     });
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/socket.js b/lib/socket.js
index 00016bbcc..c1496c8bc 100644
--- a/lib/socket.js
+++ b/lib/socket.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * MIT Licensed
  */
 
-(function (exports, io) {
+(function (exports, io, global) {
 
   /**
    * Expose constructor.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     this.options = {
         port: 80
       , secure: false
-      , document: document
+      , document: 'document' in global ? document : false
       , resource: 'socket.io'
       , transports: io.transports
       , 'connect timeout': 10000
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         (!this.isXDomain() || io.util.ua.hasCORS)) {
       var self = this;
 
-      io.util.on(window, 'beforeunload', function () {
+      io.util.on(global, 'beforeunload', function () {
         self.disconnectSync();
       }, false);
     }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     } else {
       var xhr = io.util.request();
 
-      xhr.open('GET', url);
+      xhr.open('GET', url, true);
       xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
         if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
           xhr.onreadystatechange = empty;
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@
    */
 
   Socket.prototype.isXDomain = function () {
+    // if node
+    return false;
+    // end node
+
     var locPort = window.location.port || 80;
     return this.options.host !== document.domain || this.options.port != locPort;
   };
@@ -509,4 +513,5 @@
 })(
     'undefined' != typeof io ? io : module.exports
   , 'undefined' != typeof io ? io : module.parent.exports
+  , this
 );
diff --git a/lib/transports/websocket.js b/lib/transports/websocket.js
index d1a005ed9..a1da5f9dc 100644
--- a/lib/transports/websocket.js
+++ b/lib/transports/websocket.js
@@ -165,6 +165,20 @@
 
   io.transports.push('websocket');
 
+  // if node
+  var WebSocket = require('websocket-client').WebSocket;
+
+  /**
+   * It's available
+   *
+   * @api public
+   */
+
+  WS.check = function () {
+    return true;
+  };
+  // end node
+
 })(
     'undefined' != typeof io ? io.Transport : module.exports
   , 'undefined' != typeof io ? io : module.parent.exports
diff --git a/lib/transports/xhr-polling.js b/lib/transports/xhr-polling.js
index 289febeba..1677ce82e 100644
--- a/lib/transports/xhr-polling.js
+++ b/lib/transports/xhr-polling.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * MIT Licensed
  */
 
-(function (exports, io) {
+(function (exports, io, global) {
 
   /**
    * Expose constructor.
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 
   io.util.inherit(XHRPolling, io.Transport.XHR);
 
+  /**
+   * Merge the properties from XHR transport
+   */
+
+  io.util.merge(XHRPolling, io.Transport.XHR);
+
   /**
    * Transport name
    *
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@
 
     this.xhr = this.request();
 
-    if (window.XDomainRequest && this.xhr instanceof XDomainRequest) {
+    if (global.XDomainRequest && this.xhr instanceof XDomainRequest) {
       this.xhr.onload = this.xhr.onerror = onload;
     } else {
       this.xhr.onreadystatechange = stateChange;
@@ -145,4 +151,5 @@
 })(
     'undefined' != typeof io ? io.Transport : module.exports
   , 'undefined' != typeof io ? io : module.parent.exports
+  , this
 );
diff --git a/lib/transports/xhr.js b/lib/transports/xhr.js
index b01ae4408..40b33f535 100644
--- a/lib/transports/xhr.js
+++ b/lib/transports/xhr.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * MIT Licensed
  */
 
-(function (exports, io) {
+(function (exports, io, global) {
 
   /**
    * Expose constructor.
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 
     this.sendXHR = this.request('POST');
 
-    if (window.XDomainRequest && this.sendXHR instanceof XDomainRequest) {
+    if (global.XDomainRequest && this.sendXHR instanceof XDomainRequest) {
       this.sendXHR.onload = this.sendXHR.onerror = onload;
     } else {
       this.sendXHR.onreadystatechange = stateChange;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     var req = io.util.request(this.socket.isXDomain())
       , query = io.util.query(this.socket.options.query, + 't=' + +new Date);
 
-    req.open(method || 'GET', this.prepareUrl() + query);
+    req.open(method || 'GET', this.prepareUrl() + query, true);
 
     if (method == 'POST') {
       try {
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 
     return false;
   };
-  
+
   /**
    * Check if the XHR transport supports corss domain requests.
    * 
@@ -209,4 +209,5 @@
 })(
     'undefined' != typeof io ? io.Transport : module.exports
   , 'undefined' != typeof io ? io : module.parent.exports
+  , this
 );
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 5a5d3bd44..06d66aa0a 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * MIT Licensed
  */
 
-(function (exports) {
+(function (exports, global) {
 
   /**
    * Utilities namespace.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       , host = uri.host
       , port = uri.port;
 
-    if ('undefined' != typeof document) {
+    if ('document' in global) {
       host = host || document.domain;
       port = port || (protocol == 'https'
         && document.location.protocol !== 'https:' ? 443 : document.location.port);
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@
   var pageLoaded = false;
 
   util.load = function (fn) {
-    if (document.readyState === 'complete' || pageLoaded) {
+    if ('document' in global && document.readyState === 'complete' || pageLoaded) {
       return fn();
     }
 
-    util.on(window, 'load', fn, false);
+    util.on(global, 'load', fn, false);
   };
 
   /**
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   util.on = function (element, event, fn, capture) {
     if (element.attachEvent) {
       element.attachEvent('on' + event, fn);
-    } else {
+    } else if (element.addEventListener) {
       element.addEventListener(event, fn, capture);
     }
   };
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@
    */
 
   util.request = function (xdomain) {
+    // if node
+    var XMLHttpRequest = require('xmlhttprequest').XMLHttpRequest;
+    return new XMLHttpRequest();
+    // end node
+
     if ('undefined' != typeof window) {
       if (xdomain && window.XDomainRequest) {
         return new XDomainRequest();
@@ -355,4 +360,7 @@
   util.ua.webkit = 'undefined' != typeof navigator
     && /webkit/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
 
-})('undefined' != typeof window ? io : module.exports);
+})(
+    'undefined' != typeof window ? io : module.exports
+  , this
+);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fa28f668..2a6a4e7d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     }
   , "dependencies": {
         "uglify-js": "1.0.6"
+      , "websocket-client": "1.0.0"
+      , "xmlhttprequest": "1.2.2"
     }
   , "devDependencies": {
         "expresso": "0.7.7"
diff --git a/test/util.test.js b/test/util.test.js
index 8e52e1ecf..30db5a63c 100644
--- a/test/util.test.js
+++ b/test/util.test.js
@@ -62,12 +62,8 @@
     },
 
     'request': function () {
-      if ('undefined' == typeof window) {
-        should.equal(io.util.request(), null);
-      } else {
-        var type = typeof io.util.request();
-        type.should().eql('object');
-      }
+      var type = typeof io.util.request();
+      type.should().eql('object');
     },
 
     'is array': function () {