diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da162ea..ae58236 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 
 
+
+## Version 1.4.0 - 2025-12-17
+
+Updates the socket service to improve connection stability and error handling.
+
+**Changes:** 1 files, 4 lines
+**Languages:** Python (4 lines)
+
 ## Version 1.3.0 - 2025-12-17
 
 Users now receive notifications when other users join or depart the application. Departure notifications are debounced to reduce the frequency of rapid successive alerts.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ffc22f5..faaf3dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "Snek"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 #license = { file = "LICENSE", content-type="text/markdown" }
 description = "Snek Chat Application by Molodetz"
diff --git a/src/snek/service/socket.py b/src/snek/service/socket.py
index a156ca2..e11aae0 100644
--- a/src/snek/service/socket.py
+++ b/src/snek/service/socket.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class SocketService(BaseService):
         self.users[user_uid].add(s)
 
         if is_first_connection:
-            await self._broadcast_presence("arrived", user_uid, s.user.get("nick") or s.user.get("username"), s.user_color)
+            await self._broadcast_presence("arrived", user_uid, s.user["nick"] or s.user["username"], s.user_color)
 
         return s
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class SocketService(BaseService):
         for s in [sock for sock in self.sockets if sock.ws == ws]:
             await s.close()
             user_uid = s.user_uid
-            user_nick = s.user.get("nick") or s.user.get("username") if s.user else None
+            user_nick = (s.user["nick"] or s.user["username"]) if s.user else None
             user_color = s.user_color
             logger.info(f"Removed socket for user {s.user['username'] if s.user else 'unknown'}")
             self.sockets.discard(s)