diff --git a/lib/lirc.rb b/lib/lirc.rb
index d17dd24..a2fe693 100644
--- a/lib/lirc.rb
+++ b/lib/lirc.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ require 'socket'
 
 module LIRC
 	class Client
-		def initializer dev = nil
+		def initialize dev = nil
 			dev ||= "/dev/lircd"
-			@sock = UNIXSocket.open dev
+			@sock = UNIXSocket.new dev
 		end
 
 		def next