diff --git a/examples/quill/index.html b/examples/quill/index.html
index d0aea5a7..bec4cccc 100644
--- a/examples/quill/index.html
+++ b/examples/quill/index.html
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   <!-- quill does not include dist files! We are using the hosted version instead -->
   <!--link rel="stylesheet" href="../bower_components/quill/dist/quill.snow.css" /-->
   <link href="https://cdn.quilljs.com/1.0.4/quill.snow.css" rel="stylesheet">
-  <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/KaTeX/0.5.1/katex.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
-  <link href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.2.0/styles/monokai-sublime.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
+  <link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/KaTeX/0.5.1/katex.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
+  <link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.2.0/styles/monokai-sublime.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
   <style>
     #quill-container {
       border: 1px solid gray;
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 
-  <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/KaTeX/0.5.1/katex.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
-  <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.2.0/highlight.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/KaTeX/0.5.1/katex.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.2.0/highlight.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
   <script src="https://cdn.quilljs.com/1.0.4/quill.js"></script>
   <!-- quill does not include dist files! We are using the hosted version instead (see above)
   <script src="../bower_components/quill/dist/quill.js"></script>
   -->
-  <script src="../bower_components/yjs/y.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../y.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../y-array/y-array.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../y-richtext/dist/y-richtext.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../y-memory/y-memory.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../y-websockets-client/y-websockets-client.js"></script>
   <script src="./index.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/examples/quill/index.js b/examples/quill/index.js
index 13cb6487..f472cb7b 100644
--- a/examples/quill/index.js
+++ b/examples/quill/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Y({
   },
   connector: {
     name: 'websockets-client',
-    room: 'richtext-example-quill-1.0-test'
+    room: 'richtext-example-quill-1.0-test',
+    url: 'http://localhost:1234'
   },
   sourceDir: '/bower_components',
   share: {
diff --git a/src/Connector.js b/src/Connector.js
index 7957abc0..6c28a9ae 100644
--- a/src/Connector.js
+++ b/src/Connector.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export default function extendConnector (Y/* :any */) {
     /*
       You received a raw message, and you know that it is intended for Yjs. Then call this function.
     */
-    async receiveMessage (sender, buffer) {
+    receiveMessage (sender, buffer) {
       if (!(buffer instanceof ArrayBuffer || buffer instanceof Uint8Array)) {
         throw new Error('Expected Message to be an ArrayBuffer or Uint8Array!')
       }
@@ -244,31 +244,29 @@ export default function extendConnector (Y/* :any */) {
       if (messageType === 'sync step 1' || messageType === 'sync step 2') {
         let auth = decoder.readVarUint()
         if (senderConn.auth == null) {
+          senderConn.processAfterAuth.push([sender, buffer])
+
           // check auth
-          let authPermissions = await this.checkAuth(auth, this.y, sender)
-          senderConn.auth = authPermissions
-          this.y.emit('userAuthenticated', {
-            user: senderConn.uid,
-            auth: authPermissions
-          })
-          senderConn.syncStep2.promise.then(() => {
+          return this.checkAuth(auth, this.y, sender).then(authPermissions => {
+            senderConn.auth = authPermissions
+            this.y.emit('userAuthenticated', {
+              user: senderConn.uid,
+              auth: authPermissions
+            })
+            return senderConn.syncStep2.promise
+          }).then(() => {
             if (senderConn.processAfterAuth == null) {
-              return
-            }
-            for (let i = 0; i < senderConn.processAfterAuth.length; i++) {
-              let m = senderConn.processAfterAuth[i]
-              this.receiveMessage(m[0], m[1])
+              return Promise.resolve()
             }
+            let messages = senderConn.processAfterAuth
             senderConn.processAfterAuth = null
+            return Promise.all(messages.map(m =>
+              this.receiveMessage(m[0], m[1])
+            ))
           })
         }
       }
 
-      if (senderConn.auth == null) {
-        senderConn.processAfterAuth.push([sender, buffer])
-        return
-      }
-
       if (messageType === 'sync step 1' && (senderConn.auth === 'write' || senderConn.auth === 'read')) {
         // cannot wait for sync step 1 to finish, because we may wait for sync step 2 in sync step 1 (->lock)
         computeMessageSyncStep1(decoder, encoder, this, senderConn, sender)
@@ -278,7 +276,7 @@ export default function extendConnector (Y/* :any */) {
       } else if (messageType === 'update' && senderConn.auth === 'write') {
         return computeMessageUpdate(decoder, encoder, this, senderConn, sender)
       } else {
-        console.error('Unable to receive message')
+        Promise.reject('Unable to receive message')
       }
     }
     _setSyncedWith (user) {
diff --git a/src/MessageHandler.js b/src/MessageHandler.js
index 47a58f6d..2ae138b7 100644
--- a/src/MessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/MessageHandler.js
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ export function formatYjsMessageType (buffer) {
   return decoder.readVarString()
 }
 
-export async function logMessageUpdate (decoder, strBuilder) {
+export function logMessageUpdate (decoder, strBuilder) {
   let len = decoder.readUint32()
   for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
     strBuilder.push(JSON.stringify(Y.Struct.binaryDecodeOperation(decoder)) + '\n')
   }
 }
 
-export async function computeMessageUpdate (decoder, encoder, conn) {
+export function computeMessageUpdate (decoder, encoder, conn) {
   if (conn.y.db.forwardAppliedOperations) {
     let messagePosition = decoder.pos
     let len = decoder.readUint32()
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function logMessageSyncStep1 (decoder, strBuilder) {
   logSS(decoder, strBuilder)
 }
 
-export async function computeMessageSyncStep1 (decoder, encoder, conn, senderConn, sender) {
+export function computeMessageSyncStep1 (decoder, encoder, conn, senderConn, sender) {
   let protocolVersion = decoder.readVarUint()
   let preferUntransformed = decoder.readUint8() === 1
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export async function computeMessageSyncStep1 (decoder, encoder, conn, senderCon
   if (conn.role === 'slave') {
     sendSyncStep1(conn, sender)
   }
-  await conn.y.db.whenTransactionsFinished()
+  return conn.y.db.whenTransactionsFinished()
 }
 
 export function logSS (decoder, strBuilder) {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export function logMessageSyncStep2 (decoder, strBuilder) {
   logDS(decoder, strBuilder)
 }
 
-export async function computeMessageSyncStep2 (decoder, encoder, conn, senderConn, sender) {
+export function computeMessageSyncStep2 (decoder, encoder, conn, senderConn, sender) {
   var db = conn.y.db
   let defer = senderConn.syncStep2
 
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ export async function computeMessageSyncStep2 (decoder, encoder, conn, senderCon
   db.requestTransaction(function * () {
     yield * this.applyDeleteSet(decoder)
   })
-  await db.whenTransactionsFinished()
-  conn._setSyncedWith(sender)
-  defer.resolve()
+  return db.whenTransactionsFinished().then(() => {
+    conn._setSyncedWith(sender)
+    defer.resolve()
+  })
 }