diff --git a/client/coral-framework/services/subscriptions.js b/client/coral-framework/services/subscriptions.js
index f514ea18b..818a6fb33 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/services/subscriptions.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/services/subscriptions.js
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import {print} from 'graphql-tag/printer';
 
 // quick way to add the subscribe and unsubscribe functions to the network interface
-const addGraphQLSubscriptions = (networkInterface, wsClient) => Object.assign(networkInterface, {
-  subscribe: (request, handler) => wsClient.subscribe({
-    query: print(request.query),
-    variables: request.variables,
-  }, handler),
-  unsubscribe: (id) => {
-    wsClient.unsubscribe(id);
-  },
-});
+const addGraphQLSubscriptions = (networkInterface, wsClient) => {
+  return Object.assign(networkInterface, {
+    subscribe: (request, handler) => wsClient.subscribe({
+      query: print(request.query),
+      variables: request.variables,
+    }, handler),
+    unsubscribe: (id) => {
+      wsClient.unsubscribe(id);
+    },
+  });
+};
 
 export default addGraphQLSubscriptions;