diff --git a/examples/client_ws.py b/examples/client_ws.py
index f4e7e1e8ca0..74505170edb 100755
--- a/examples/client_ws.py
+++ b/examples/client_ws.py
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@
     from asyncio import selectors
 
 
-def start_client(loop, url):
+async def start_client(loop, url):
     name = input('Please enter your name: ')
 
-    # send request
-    ws = yield from aiohttp.ws_connect(url, autoclose=False, autoping=False)
-
     # input reader
     def stdin_callback():
         line = sys.stdin.buffer.readline().decode('utf-8')
@@ -51,7 +48,9 @@ async def dispatch():
 
                 break
 
-    yield from dispatch()
+    # send request
+    async with aiohttp.ws_connect(url, autoclose=False, autoping=False) as ws:
+        await dispatch()
 
 
 ARGS = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -71,9 +70,8 @@ async def dispatch():
 
     url = 'http://{}:{}'.format(args.host, args.port)
 
-    loop = asyncio.SelectorEventLoop(selectors.SelectSelector())
-    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
     loop.add_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT, loop.stop)
-    asyncio.Task(start_client(loop, url))
+    loop.create_task(start_client(loop, url))
     loop.run_forever()