diff --git a/lib/drinkup.ex b/lib/drinkup.ex
index c66ad6d..6fab269 100644
--- a/lib/drinkup.ex
+++ b/lib/drinkup.ex
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ defmodule Drinkup.Firehose do
       |> URI.append_query(URI.encode_query(%{cursor: cursor}))
       |> URI.to_string()
 
-    WebSockex.start_link(url, __MODULE__, %{cursor: cursor})
+    WebSockex.start_link(url, __MODULE__, 0)
   end
 
   def handle_connect(conn, state) do
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ defmodule Drinkup.Firehose do
     with {:ok, header, next} <- CAR.DagCbor.decode(msg),
          {:ok, payload, _} <- CAR.DagCbor.decode(next),
          {%{"op" => @op_regular, "t" => type}, _} <- {header, payload},
-         message <- from_payload(type, payload) do
+         true <- type == "#info" || valid_seq?(state, payload["seq"]),
+         message <-
+           from_payload(type, payload) do
       case message do
         %Firehose.Commit{} = commit ->
           IO.inspect(commit.ops, label: commit.repo)
@@ -42,22 +44,32 @@ defmodule Drinkup.Firehose do
         msg ->
           IO.inspect(msg)
       end
+
+      {:ok, payload["seq"] || state}
     else
+      false ->
+        Logger.error("Got out of sequence or invalid `seq` from Firehose")
+        {:ok, state}
+
       {%{"op" => @op_error, "t" => type}, payload} ->
         Logger.error("Got error from Firehose: #{inspect({type, payload})}")
+        {:ok, state}
 
       {:error, reason} ->
         Logger.warning("Failed to decode frame from Firehose: #{inspect(reason)}")
+        {:ok, state}
     end
-
-    {:ok, state}
   end
 
   def handle_frame({:text, msg}, state) do
-    Logger.warning("Got unexpected text frame from Firehose #{inspect(msg)}")
+    Logger.warning("Got unexpected text frame from Firehose: #{inspect(msg)}")
     {:ok, state}
   end
 
+  @spec valid_seq?(integer(), any()) :: boolean()
+  defp valid_seq?(last_seq, seq) when is_integer(seq), do: seq > last_seq
+  defp valid_seq?(_last_seq, _seq), do: false
+
   @spec from_payload(String.t(), map()) ::
           Firehose.Commit.t()
           | Firehose.Sync.t()
@@ -65,10 +77,10 @@ defmodule Drinkup.Firehose do
           | Firehose.Account.t()
           | Firehose.Info.t()
           | nil
-  def from_payload("#commit", payload), do: Firehose.Commit.from(payload)
-  def from_payload("#sync", payload), do: Firehose.Sync.from(payload)
-  def from_payload("#identity", payload), do: Firehose.Identity.from(payload)
-  def from_payload("#account", payload), do: Firehose.Account.from(payload)
-  def from_payload("#info", payload), do: Firehose.Info.from(payload)
-  def from_payload(_type, _payload), do: nil
+  defp from_payload("#commit", payload), do: Firehose.Commit.from(payload)
+  defp from_payload("#sync", payload), do: Firehose.Sync.from(payload)
+  defp from_payload("#identity", payload), do: Firehose.Identity.from(payload)
+  defp from_payload("#account", payload), do: Firehose.Account.from(payload)
+  defp from_payload("#info", payload), do: Firehose.Info.from(payload)
+  defp from_payload(_type, _payload), do: nil
 end