diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index b407eb3..2edf086 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -9,5 +9,16 @@
                  [org.clojure/core.async "0.1.346.0-17112a-alpha"]
                  [net.thegeez/clj-browserchannel-server "0.1.0"]]
 
-  :source-paths   ["src/clj"]
-  :resource-paths ["src/cljs"])
+  :source-paths   ["target/generated/src/clj" "src/clj"]
+  :resource-paths ["target/generated/src/cljs" "src/cljs"]
+
+  :profiles {:dev {:plugins [[com.keminglabs/cljx "0.5.0"]]}}
+
+  :cljx {:builds [{:source-paths ["src/cljx"]
+                   :output-path "target/generated/src/clj"
+                   :rules :clj}
+                  {:source-paths ["src/cljx"]
+                   :output-path "target/generated/src/cljs"
+                   :rules :cljs}]}
+
+  :prep-tasks [["cljx" "once"]])
diff --git a/src/clj/clj_browserchannel_messaging/server.clj b/src/clj/clj_browserchannel_messaging/server.clj
index a264ff5..d06f2b8 100644
--- a/src/clj/clj_browserchannel_messaging/server.clj
+++ b/src/clj/clj_browserchannel_messaging/server.clj
@@ -2,40 +2,14 @@
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [send])
   (:require [clojure.edn :as edn]
             [clojure.core.async :refer [chan pub sub <! put! go-loop]]
-            [net.thegeez.browserchannel :as browserchannel]))
+            [net.thegeez.browserchannel :as browserchannel]
+            [clj-browserchannel-messaging.utils :refer [run-middleware get-handlers encode-message decode-message]]))
 
 (defonce ^:private handler-middleware (atom nil))
 
 (defonce incoming-messages (chan))
 (defonce incoming-messages-pub (pub incoming-messages :topic))
 
-(defn- run-middleware [middleware final-handler & args]
-  (let [wrap    (fn [handler [f & more]]
-                  (if f
-                    (recur (f handler) more)
-                    handler))
-        handler (wrap final-handler middleware)]
-    (apply handler args)))
-
-(defn encode-message
-  "encodes a message made up of a topic and body into a format that can be sent
-   via browserchannel to a client. topic should be a keyword, while body can be
-   any Clojure data structure. returns nil if the message could not be encoded."
-  [{:keys [topic body] :as msg}]
-  (if-let [topic (if topic (name topic))]
-    {"topic" topic
-     "body"  (pr-str body)}))
-
-(defn decode-message
-  "decodes a message received via browserchannel into a map composed of a
-   topic and body. returns nil if the message could not be decoded."
-  [msg]
-  (let [topic (get msg "topic")
-        body  (get msg "body")]
-    (if topic
-      {:topic (keyword topic)
-       :body  (edn/read-string body)})))
-
 (defn send
   "sends a browserchannel message to a client identified by the given
    browserchannel session id. topic should be a keyword, while body can be
@@ -110,9 +84,7 @@
    (this differs from net.thegeez.browserchannel/wrap-browserchannel).
 
    In addition, you can pass event handler functions. Note that the return
-   value for all of these handlers is not used.
-
-"
+   value for all of these handlers is not used."
   [handler & [opts]]
   (-> handler
       (browserchannel/wrap-browserchannel
@@ -123,9 +95,6 @@
           (fn [browserchannel-session-id request]
             (handle-session browserchannel-session-id request))))))
 
-(defn- get-handlers [middleware k]
-  (->> middleware (map k) (remove nil?) (doall)))
-
 (defn init!
   "Sets up browserchannel for server-side use. This function should be called
    once during application startup.
diff --git a/src/cljs/clj_browserchannel_messaging/client.cljs b/src/cljs/clj_browserchannel_messaging/client.cljs
index 2b8360d..a98f57a 100644
--- a/src/cljs/clj_browserchannel_messaging/client.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs/clj_browserchannel_messaging/client.cljs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
     [cljs.reader :as reader]
     [cljs.core.async :refer [pub sub chan <! put!]]
     goog.net.BrowserChannel
-    [goog.events :as events]))
+    [goog.events :as events]
+    [clj-browserchannel-messaging.utils :refer [run-middleware get-handlers encode-message decode-message]]))
 
 (defonce ^:private handler-middleware (atom nil))
 
@@ -14,34 +15,6 @@
 (defonce incoming-messages-pub (pub incoming-messages :topic))
 (defonce outgoing-messages (chan))
 
-(defn- run-middleware [middleware final-handler & args]
-  (let [wrap    (fn [handler [f & more]]
-                  (if f
-                    (recur (f handler) more)
-                    handler))
-        handler (wrap final-handler middleware)]
-    (apply handler args)))
-
-(defn encode-message
-  "encodes a message composed of a topic and body into a format that can be
-   sent via browserchannel. topic should be a keyword while body can be
-   anything. returns nil if the message could not be encoded."
-  [{:keys [topic body] :as msg}]
-  (if-let [topic (name topic)]
-    (clj->js {"topic" topic
-              "body"  (pr-str body)})))
-
-(defn decode-message
-  "decodes a message received via browserchannel into a map composed of a
-   topic and body. returns nil if the message could not be decoded."
-  [msg]
-  (let [msg   (js->clj msg)
-        topic (keyword (get msg "topic"))
-        body  (get msg "body")]
-    (if topic
-      {:topic topic
-       :body  (reader/read-string body)})))
-
 (defn send
   "sends a browserchannel message to the server asynchronously."
   [topic body]
@@ -67,12 +40,12 @@
         (:on-send @handler-middleware)
         (fn [msg]
           (if-let [encoded (encode-message msg)]
-            (.sendMap channel encoded)))
+            (.sendMap channel (clj->js encoded))))
         msg)
       (recur))))
 
 (defn- handle-incoming [channel msg]
-  (when-let [decoded (decode-message msg)]
+  (when-let [decoded (decode-message (js->clj msg))]
     (run-middleware
       (:on-receive @handler-middleware)
       (fn [msg]
@@ -129,9 +102,6 @@
   (if-let [logger (-> browser-channel .getChannelDebug .getLogger)]
     (.setLevel logger level)))
 
-(defn- get-handlers [middleware k]
-  (->> middleware (map k) (remove nil?) (doall)))
-
 (defn- register-middleware! [middleware]
   (reset!
     handler-middleware
diff --git a/src/cljx/clj_browserchannel_messaging/utils.cljx b/src/cljx/clj_browserchannel_messaging/utils.cljx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d81d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cljx/clj_browserchannel_messaging/utils.cljx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+(ns clj-browserchannel-messaging.utils
+  (:require
+    #+clj [clojure.edn :as edn]
+    #+cljs [cljs.reader :as reader]))
+
+#+clj
+(defn decode-edn [s]
+  (edn/read-string s))
+
+#+cljs
+(defn decode-edn [s]
+  (reader/read-string s))
+
+(defn encode-message
+  "encodes a message made up of a topic and body into a format that can be sent
+   via browserchannel. topic should be a keyword, while body can be
+   any Clojure data structure. returns nil if the message could not be encoded."
+  [{:keys [topic body] :as msg}]
+  (if-let [topic (if topic (name topic))]
+    {"topic" topic
+     "body"  (pr-str body)}))
+
+(defn decode-message
+  "decodes a message received via browserchannel into a map composed of a
+   topic and body. returns nil if the message could not be decoded."
+  [msg]
+  (let [topic (get msg "topic")
+        body  (get msg "body")]
+    (if topic
+      {:topic (keyword topic)
+       :body  (decode-edn body)})))
+
+(defn run-middleware [middleware final-handler & args]
+  (let [wrap    (fn [handler [f & more]]
+                  (if f
+                    (recur (f handler) more)
+                    handler))
+        handler (wrap final-handler middleware)]
+    (apply handler args)))
+
+(defn get-handlers [middleware k]
+  (->> middleware (map k) (remove nil?) (doall)))
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