diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
index 5d0c9b886..fec6b23cf 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/BaseSocketClient.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         internal BaseSocketClient(DiscordSocketConfig config, DiscordRestApiClient client)
             : base(config, client) => BaseConfig = config;
         private static DiscordSocketApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordSocketConfig config)
-            => new DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config._websocketRequestQueue,
+            => new DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config.WebsocketRequestQueue,
                 rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision,
 				useSystemClock: config.UseSystemClock);
 
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
index edbc15fef..13eacc6eb 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordShardedClient.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
             };
         }
         private static API.DiscordSocketApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordSocketConfig config)
-            => new API.DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config._websocketRequestQueue,
+            => new API.DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config.WebsocketRequestQueue,
                 rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision);
 
         internal override async Task OnLoginAsync(TokenType tokenType, string token)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
index b046ce03c..18ebda07d 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
             _largeGuilds = new ConcurrentQueue<ulong>();
         }
         private static API.DiscordSocketApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordSocketConfig config)
-            => new API.DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config._websocketRequestQueue, config.GatewayHost,
+            => new API.DiscordSocketApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, config.WebSocketProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent, config.WebsocketRequestQueue, config.GatewayHost,
                 rateLimitPrecision: config.RateLimitPrecision);
         /// <inheritdoc />
         internal override void Dispose(bool disposing)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
index ed745d7de..69935231f 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         /// </summary>
         public GatewayLimits GatewayLimits { get; set; } = new GatewayLimits();
 
-        internal RequestQueue _websocketRequestQueue;
+        internal RequestQueue WebsocketRequestQueue { get; } = new RequestQueue();
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a default configuration.
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         {
             WebSocketProvider = DefaultWebSocketProvider.Instance;
             UdpSocketProvider = DefaultUdpSocketProvider.Instance;
-            _websocketRequestQueue = new RequestQueue();
         }
 
         internal DiscordSocketConfig Clone() => MemberwiseClone() as DiscordSocketConfig;