diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Exceptions/UnknownAppId.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Exceptions/UnknownAppId.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 71a20d0..0000000
--- a/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Exceptions/UnknownAppId.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Exceptions;
-
-class UnknownAppId extends PusherException
-{
-    public function __construct(string $appId)
-    {
-        $this->message = "Could not find app key {$appId}";
-        $this->code = 4001;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Exceptions/UnknownAppKey.php b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Exceptions/UnknownAppKey.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc1de78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/Pusher/Exceptions/UnknownAppKey.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Exceptions;
+
+class UnknownAppKey extends PusherException
+{
+    public function __construct(string $appKey)
+    {
+        $this->message = "Could not find app key {$appKey}";
+        $this->code = 4001;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LaravelEcho/WebSocket/PusherServer.php b/src/LaravelEcho/WebSocket/PusherServer.php
index b5fe28e..8d6adce 100644
--- a/src/LaravelEcho/WebSocket/PusherServer.php
+++ b/src/LaravelEcho/WebSocket/PusherServer.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\WebSocket;
 
 use BeyondCode\LaravelWebsockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Exceptions\PusherException;
-use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Exceptions\UnknownAppId;
+use BeyondCode\LaravelWebSockets\LaravelEcho\Pusher\Exceptions\UnknownAppKey;
 use Exception;
 use Ratchet\ConnectionInterface;
 use Ratchet\RFC6455\Messaging\MessageInterface;
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class PusherServer extends WebSocketController
                 $exception->getPayload()
             ));
         }
+        dump($exception);
     }
 
     protected function verifyConnection(ConnectionInterface $connection)
@@ -58,12 +59,12 @@ class PusherServer extends WebSocketController
         $queryParameters = [];
         parse_str($request->getUri()->getQuery(), $queryParameters);
 
-        $connection->appId = $queryParameters['appId'];
-
         // Todo: Lookup app-id for multi-tenancy support
-        if ($connection->appId !== config('broadcasting.connections.pusher.app_id')) {
-            throw new UnknownAppId($connection->appId);
+        if ($queryParameters['appKey'] !== config('broadcasting.connections.pusher.key')) {
+            throw new UnknownAppKey($queryParameters['appKey']);
         }
+
+        $connection->appId = config('broadcasting.connections.pusher.app_id');
     }
 
     protected function establishConnection(ConnectionInterface $connection)
diff --git a/src/Router.php b/src/Router.php
index 5a7c046..2e0342a 100644
--- a/src/Router.php
+++ b/src/Router.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Router
     public function echo()
     {
         //TODO: add origin checker middleware
-        $this->get('/app/{appId}', LaravelEcho\WebSocket\PusherServer::class);
+        $this->get('/app/{appKey}', LaravelEcho\WebSocket\PusherServer::class);
 
         // TODO: fleshen out http API
         $this->get('/apps/{appId}/status', LaravelEcho\Http\Controllers\StatusController::class);