diff --git a/src/websocket-client.ts b/src/websocket-client.ts
index 55fbf37..4e145a2 100644
--- a/src/websocket-client.ts
+++ b/src/websocket-client.ts
@@ -109,11 +109,78 @@ export class WebsocketClient extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Only used if we fetch exchange time before attempting auth.
-   * Disabled by default.
+   * Subscribe to topics & track/persist them. They will be automatically resubscribed to if the connection drops/reconnects.
+   * @param wsTopics topic or list of topics
+   * @param isPrivateTopic optional - the library will try to detect private topics, you can use this to mark a topic as private (if the topic isn't recognised yet)
+   */
+  public subscribe(wsTopics: WsTopic[] | WsTopic, isPrivateTopic?: boolean) {
+    const topics = Array.isArray(wsTopics) ? wsTopics : [wsTopics];
+
+    topics.forEach((topic) =>
+      this.wsStore.addTopic(
+        getWsKeyForTopic(this.options.market, topic, isPrivateTopic),
+        topic
+      )
+    );
+
+    // attempt to send subscription topic per websocket
+    this.wsStore.getKeys().forEach((wsKey: WsKey) => {
+      // if connected, send subscription request
+      if (
+        this.wsStore.isConnectionState(wsKey, WsConnectionStateEnum.CONNECTED)
+      ) {
+        return this.requestSubscribeTopics(wsKey, [
+          ...this.wsStore.getTopics(wsKey),
+        ]);
+      }
+
+      // start connection process if it hasn't yet begun. Topics are automatically subscribed to on-connect
+      if (
+        !this.wsStore.isConnectionState(
+          wsKey,
+          WsConnectionStateEnum.CONNECTING
+        ) &&
+        !this.wsStore.isConnectionState(
+          wsKey,
+          WsConnectionStateEnum.RECONNECTING
+        )
+      ) {
+        return this.connect(wsKey);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Unsubscribe from topics & remove them from memory. They won't be re-subscribed to if the connection reconnects.
+   * @param wsTopics topic or list of topics
+   * @param isPrivateTopic optional - the library will try to detect private topics, you can use this to mark a topic as private (if the topic isn't recognised yet)
+   */
+  public unsubscribe(wsTopics: WsTopic[] | WsTopic, isPrivateTopic?: boolean) {
+    const topics = Array.isArray(wsTopics) ? wsTopics : [wsTopics];
+    topics.forEach((topic) =>
+      this.wsStore.deleteTopic(
+        getWsKeyForTopic(this.options.market, topic, isPrivateTopic),
+        topic
+      )
+    );
+
+    this.wsStore.getKeys().forEach((wsKey: WsKey) => {
+      // unsubscribe request only necessary if active connection exists
+      if (
+        this.wsStore.isConnectionState(wsKey, WsConnectionStateEnum.CONNECTED)
+      ) {
+        this.requestUnsubscribeTopics(wsKey, [
+          ...this.wsStore.getTopics(wsKey),
+        ]);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @private Only used if we fetch exchange time before attempting auth. Disabled by default.
    * I've removed this for ftx and it's working great, tempted to remove this here
    */
-  prepareRESTClient(): void {
+  private prepareRESTClient(): void {
     switch (this.options.market) {
       case 'inverse': {
         this.restClient = new InverseClient(
@@ -509,7 +576,7 @@ export class WebsocketClient extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Send WS message to subscribe to topics.
+   * @private Use the `subscribe(topics)` method to subscribe to topics. Send WS message to subscribe to topics.
    */
   private requestSubscribeTopics(wsKey: WsKey, topics: string[]) {
     if (!topics.length) {
@@ -544,7 +611,7 @@ export class WebsocketClient extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Send WS message to unsubscribe from topics.
+   * @private Use the `unsubscribe(topics)` method to unsubscribe from topics. Send WS message to unsubscribe from topics.
    */
   private requestUnsubscribeTopics(wsKey: WsKey, topics: string[]) {
     if (!topics.length) {
@@ -814,74 +881,6 @@ export class WebsocketClient extends EventEmitter {
     );
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Add topic/topics to WS subscription list
-   * @param wsTopics topic or list of topics
-   * @param isPrivateTopic optional - the library will try to detect private topics, you can use this to mark a topic as private (if the topic isn't recognised yet)
-   */
-  public subscribe(wsTopics: WsTopic[] | WsTopic, isPrivateTopic?: boolean) {
-    const topics = Array.isArray(wsTopics) ? wsTopics : [wsTopics];
-
-    topics.forEach((topic) =>
-      this.wsStore.addTopic(
-        getWsKeyForTopic(this.options.market, topic, isPrivateTopic),
-        topic
-      )
-    );
-
-    // attempt to send subscription topic per websocket
-    this.wsStore.getKeys().forEach((wsKey: WsKey) => {
-      // if connected, send subscription request
-      if (
-        this.wsStore.isConnectionState(wsKey, WsConnectionStateEnum.CONNECTED)
-      ) {
-        return this.requestSubscribeTopics(wsKey, [
-          ...this.wsStore.getTopics(wsKey),
-        ]);
-      }
-
-      // start connection process if it hasn't yet begun. Topics are automatically subscribed to on-connect
-      if (
-        !this.wsStore.isConnectionState(
-          wsKey,
-          WsConnectionStateEnum.CONNECTING
-        ) &&
-        !this.wsStore.isConnectionState(
-          wsKey,
-          WsConnectionStateEnum.RECONNECTING
-        )
-      ) {
-        return this.connect(wsKey);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Remove topic/topics from WS subscription list
-   * @param wsTopics topic or list of topics
-   * @param isPrivateTopic optional - the library will try to detect private topics, you can use this to mark a topic as private (if the topic isn't recognised yet)
-   */
-  public unsubscribe(wsTopics: WsTopic[] | WsTopic, isPrivateTopic?: boolean) {
-    const topics = Array.isArray(wsTopics) ? wsTopics : [wsTopics];
-    topics.forEach((topic) =>
-      this.wsStore.deleteTopic(
-        getWsKeyForTopic(this.options.market, topic, isPrivateTopic),
-        topic
-      )
-    );
-
-    this.wsStore.getKeys().forEach((wsKey: WsKey) => {
-      // unsubscribe request only necessary if active connection exists
-      if (
-        this.wsStore.isConnectionState(wsKey, WsConnectionStateEnum.CONNECTED)
-      ) {
-        this.requestUnsubscribeTopics(wsKey, [
-          ...this.wsStore.getTopics(wsKey),
-        ]);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
   /** @deprecated use "market: 'spotv3" client */
   public subscribePublicSpotTrades(symbol: string, binary?: boolean) {
     if (this.options.market !== 'spot') {