diff --git a/client/ws_client.go b/client/ws_client.go
index 00e4222a..4d975f8e 100644
--- a/client/ws_client.go
+++ b/client/ws_client.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 type WSClient struct {
-	QuitService
+	BaseService
 	Address  string // IP:PORT or /path/to/socket
 	Endpoint string // /websocket/url/endpoint
 	Dialer   func(string, string) (net.Conn, error)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func NewWSClient(remoteAddr, endpoint string) *WSClient {
 		ResultsCh: make(chan json.RawMessage, wsResultsChannelCapacity),
 		ErrorsCh:  make(chan error, wsErrorsChannelCapacity),
 	}
-	wsClient.QuitService = *NewQuitService(log, "WSClient", wsClient)
+	wsClient.BaseService = *NewBaseService(log, "WSClient", wsClient)
 	return wsClient
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (wsc *WSClient) String() string {
 }
 
 func (wsc *WSClient) OnStart() error {
-	wsc.QuitService.OnStart()
+	wsc.BaseService.OnStart()
 	err := wsc.dial()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (wsc *WSClient) dial() error {
 }
 
 func (wsc *WSClient) OnStop() {
-	wsc.QuitService.OnStop()
+	wsc.BaseService.OnStop()
 	// ResultsCh/ErrorsCh is closed in receiveEventsRoutine.
 }
 
diff --git a/server/handlers.go b/server/handlers.go
index 2b2bb90c..dbc5c6e7 100644
--- a/server/handlers.go
+++ b/server/handlers.go
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ const (
 // contains listener id, underlying ws connection,
 // and the event switch for subscribing to events
 type wsConnection struct {
-	QuitService
+	BaseService
 
 	remoteAddr  string
 	baseConn    *websocket.Conn
@@ -285,13 +285,13 @@ func NewWSConnection(baseConn *websocket.Conn, funcMap map[string]*RPCFunc, evsw
 		funcMap:    funcMap,
 		evsw:       evsw,
 	}
-	wsc.QuitService = *NewQuitService(log, "wsConnection", wsc)
+	wsc.BaseService = *NewBaseService(log, "wsConnection", wsc)
 	return wsc
 }
 
 // wsc.Start() blocks until the connection closes.
 func (wsc *wsConnection) OnStart() error {
-	wsc.QuitService.OnStart()
+	wsc.BaseService.OnStart()
 
 	// Read subscriptions/unsubscriptions to events
 	go wsc.readRoutine()
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func (wsc *wsConnection) OnStart() error {
 }
 
 func (wsc *wsConnection) OnStop() {
-	wsc.QuitService.OnStop()
+	wsc.BaseService.OnStop()
 	wsc.evsw.RemoveListener(wsc.remoteAddr)
 	wsc.readTimeout.Stop()
 	wsc.pingTicker.Stop()