diff --git a/noise.el b/noise.el
index 8c842fd..a998c94 100644
--- a/noise.el
+++ b/noise.el
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ accounts registered with signal-cli."
                  (string :tag "Phone number (E.164)"))
   :group 'noise)
 
+(defcustom noise-sse-max-reconnect-delay 60
+  "Maximum delay in seconds between SSE reconnection attempts."
+  :type 'integer
+  :group 'noise)
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun noise-select-account ()
   "Select which signal-cli account Noise should use.
@@ -80,8 +85,8 @@ Queries the daemon for registered accounts and sets `noise-account'."
   (if noise-mode
       (progn
         (noise-chat-list)
-        (noise-receive-start-polling))
-    (noise-receive-stop-polling)
+        (noise-receive-start-sse))
+    (noise-receive-stop-sse)
     (message "Noise mode disabled")))
 
 (provide 'noise)