diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/websocket_handler.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/websocket_handler.ex
index 94e4595d8..cf923ded8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/websocket_handler.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/websocket_handler.ex
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ def init(%{qs: qs} = req, state) do
     else
       {:error, :bad_topic} ->
         Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__} bad topic #{inspect(req)}")
-        {:ok, req} = :cowboy_req.reply(404, req)
+        req = :cowboy_req.reply(404, req)
         {:ok, req, state}
 
       {:error, :unauthorized} ->
         Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__} authentication error: #{inspect(req)}")
-        {:ok, req} = :cowboy_req.reply(401, req)
+        req = :cowboy_req.reply(401, req)
         {:ok, req, state}
     end
   end
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ def websocket_handle(:pong, state) do
     {:ok, %{state | timer: timer()}}
   end
 
-  # We never receive messages.
+  # We only receive pings for now
+  def websocket_handle(:ping, state), do: {:ok, state}
+
   def websocket_handle(frame, state) do
     Logger.error("#{__MODULE__} received frame: #{inspect(frame)}")
     {:ok, state}
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ def websocket_info(:tick, state) do
     {:reply, :ping, %{state | timer: nil, count: 0}, :hibernate}
   end
 
+  # State can be `[]` only in case we terminate before switching to websocket,
+  # we already log errors for these cases in `init/1`, so just do nothing here
+  def terminate(_reason, _req, []), do: :ok
+
   def terminate(reason, _req, state) do
     Logger.debug(
       "#{__MODULE__} terminating websocket connection for user #{
diff --git a/test/integration/mastodon_websocket_test.exs b/test/integration/mastodon_websocket_test.exs
index ea17e9feb..76fbc8bda 100644
--- a/test/integration/mastodon_websocket_test.exs
+++ b/test/integration/mastodon_websocket_test.exs
@@ -99,30 +99,30 @@ test "accepts valid tokens", state do
     test "accepts the 'user' stream", %{token: token} = _state do
       assert {:ok, _} = start_socket("?stream=user&access_token=#{token.token}")
 
-      assert capture_log(fn ->
-               assert {:error, {401, _}} = start_socket("?stream=user")
-               Process.sleep(30)
-             end) =~ ":badarg"
+      capture_log(fn ->
+        assert {:error, {401, _}} = start_socket("?stream=user")
+        Process.sleep(30)
+      end)
     end
 
     test "accepts the 'user:notification' stream", %{token: token} = _state do
       assert {:ok, _} = start_socket("?stream=user:notification&access_token=#{token.token}")
 
-      assert capture_log(fn ->
-               assert {:error, {401, _}} = start_socket("?stream=user:notification")
-               Process.sleep(30)
-             end) =~ ":badarg"
+      capture_log(fn ->
+        assert {:error, {401, _}} = start_socket("?stream=user:notification")
+        Process.sleep(30)
+      end)
     end
 
     test "accepts valid token on Sec-WebSocket-Protocol header", %{token: token} do
       assert {:ok, _} = start_socket("?stream=user", [{"Sec-WebSocket-Protocol", token.token}])
 
-      assert capture_log(fn ->
-               assert {:error, {401, _}} =
-                        start_socket("?stream=user", [{"Sec-WebSocket-Protocol", "I am a friend"}])
+      capture_log(fn ->
+        assert {:error, {401, _}} =
+                 start_socket("?stream=user", [{"Sec-WebSocket-Protocol", "I am a friend"}])
 
-               Process.sleep(30)
-             end) =~ ":badarg"
+        Process.sleep(30)
+      end)
     end
   end
 end