diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c619bf7..17ffda8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,13 +17,17 @@ var socketioJwt   = require("socketio-jwt");
 io.set('authorization', socketioJwt.authorize({
   secret: 'your secret or public key'
 }));
+
+io.on('connection', function (socket) {
+  console.log('hello! ', socket.handshake.decoded_token.name);
+})
 ```
 
 For more validation options see [auth0/jsonwebtoken](https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken).
 
 __Client side__:
 
-For now the only way to append the jwt token is using query string:
+Append the jwt token using query string:
 
 ```javascript
 var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:9000', {
@@ -31,7 +35,35 @@ var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:9000', {
 });
 ```
 
-Take care as URLs has a lenght limitation on Internet Explorer. I opened a [issue in engine-io-client](https://github.com/LearnBoost/engine.io-client/issues/228) to support headers.
+## Second method, without querystrings
+
+The previous approach send the token through querystring which could be logged by intermediary HTTP proxies. This second method doesn't but it requires an extra roundtrip. __Take care with this method to filter unauthenticated sockets when broadcasting.__
+
+```javascript
+// set authorization for socket.io
+io.sockets.on('connection', socketioJwt.authorize({
+  secret: 'your secret or public key',
+  timeout: 15000 // 15 seconds to send the authentication message
+}, function(socket) {
+  //this socket is authenticated, we are good to handle more events from it.
+  console.log('hello! ' + socket.decoded_token.name);
+}));
+```
+
+__Client side__:
+
+For now the only way to append the jwt token is using query string:
+
+```javascript
+var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:9000');
+socket.on('connect', function (socket) {
+  socket
+    .on('authenticated', function () {
+      //do other things
+    })
+    .emit('authenticate', {token: jwt}); //send the jwt
+});
+```
 
 ## Contribute
 
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 715a999..f395c3c 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
 var xtend = require('xtend');
 var jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 var UnauthorizedError = require('./UnauthorizedError');
-var url = require('url');
 
-function authorize(options) {
+function noQsMethod(options, onConnection) {
+  return function (socket) {
+    var auth_timeout = setTimeout(function () {
+      socket.disconnect('unauthorized');
+    }, options.timeout || 5000);
+
+    socket.on('authenticate', function (data) {
+      clearTimeout(auth_timeout);
+      jwt.verify(data.token, options.secret, options, function(err, decoded) {
+        if (err) {
+          return socket.disconnect('unauthorized');
+        }
+
+        socket.user = decoded;
+        socket.emit('authenticated');
+        onConnection(socket);
+      });
+    });
+
+  };
+}
+
+function authorize(options, onConnection) {
   var defaults = {
     success: function(data, accept){
       accept(null, true);
@@ -15,6 +36,10 @@ function authorize(options) {
 
   var auth = xtend(defaults, options);
 
+  if (onConnection) {
+    return noQsMethod(options, onConnection);
+  }
+
   return function(data, accept){
     var token, error;
 
diff --git a/test/authorizer_noqs.test.js b/test/authorizer_noqs.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ec7f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/authorizer_noqs.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+var fixture = require('./fixture');
+var request = require('request');
+var io = require('socket.io-client');
+
+describe('authorizer without querystring', function () {
+
+  //start and stop the server
+  before(function (done) {
+    fixture.start({
+      noQS: true
+    } , done);
+  });
+
+  after(fixture.stop);
+
+  describe('when the user is not logged in', function () {
+
+    it('should close the connection after a timeout if no auth message is received', function (done){
+      var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:9000');
+      socket.on('disconnect', function () {
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should not respond echo', function (done){
+      var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:9000', {
+        'force new connection':true,
+      });
+
+      socket.on('echo-response', function () {
+        done(new Error('this should not happen'));
+      }).emit('echo', { hi: 123 });
+
+      setTimeout(done, 1200);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('when the user is logged in', function() {
+
+    beforeEach(function (done) {
+      request.post({
+        url: 'http://localhost:9000/login',
+        form: { username: 'jose', password: 'Pa123' },
+        json: true
+      }, function (err, resp, body) {
+        this.token = body.token;
+        done();
+      }.bind(this));
+    });
+
+    it('should do the handshake and connect', function (done){
+      var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:9000', {
+        'force new connection':true,
+      });
+      var token = this.token;
+      socket.on('connect', function(){
+        console.log('connected');
+        socket.on('echo-response', done)
+              .on('authenticated', function () {
+                socket.emit('echo');
+              }).emit('authenticate', { token: token });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+});
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diff --git a/test/fixture/index.js b/test/fixture/index.js
index 2dff026..a5ace0a 100644
--- a/test/fixture/index.js
+++ b/test/fixture/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ exports.start = function (options, callback) {
     options = {};
   }
 
-  options = xtend({ secret: 'aaafoo super sercret'}, options);
+  options = xtend({
+    secret: 'aaafoo super sercret',
+    timeout: 1000
+  }, options);
 
   var app = express();
 
@@ -45,13 +48,23 @@ exports.start = function (options, callback) {
   var sio = socketIo.listen(server);
 
   sio.configure(function(){
-    this.set('authorization', socketio_jwt.authorize(options));
+    if (!options.noQS) {
+      this.set('authorization', socketio_jwt.authorize(options));
+    }
     this.set('log level', 0);
   });
 
-  sio.sockets.on('echo', function (m) {
-    sio.sockets.emit('echo-response', m);
-  });
+  if (!options.noQS) {
+    sio.sockets.on('echo', function (m) {
+      sio.sockets.emit('echo-response', m);
+    });
+  } else {
+    sio.sockets.on('connection', socketio_jwt.authorize(options, function (socket) {
+      socket.on('echo', function (m) {
+        socket.emit('echo-response', m);
+      });
+    }));
+  }
 
   server.listen(9000, callback);
 };
diff --git a/test/mocha.opts b/test/mocha.opts
index 35a00c1..d82740e 100644
--- a/test/mocha.opts
+++ b/test/mocha.opts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 --require should
---reporter spec
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+--reporter spec
+--timeout 15000
\ No newline at end of file