diff --git a/chatIn.go b/chatIn.go
index ef2249d..332464b 100644
--- a/chatIn.go
+++ b/chatIn.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func createFiltersString(channels []Channel) string {
 }
 
 // Run `keybase chat api-listen` to get new messages coming into keybase and send them into the channel
-func getNewMessages(k Keybase, c chan<- ChatIn, execOptions []string) {
+func getNewMessages(k *Keybase, c chan<- ChatIn, execOptions []string) {
 	execString := []string{"chat", "api-listen"}
 	if len(execOptions) > 0 {
 		execString = append(execString, execOptions...)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func getNewMessages(k Keybase, c chan<- ChatIn, execOptions []string) {
 }
 
 // Run runs `keybase chat api-listen`, and passes incoming messages to the message handler func
-func (k Keybase) Run(handler func(ChatIn), options ...RunOptions) {
+func (k *Keybase) Run(handler func(ChatIn), options ...RunOptions) {
 	var heartbeatFreq int64
 	runOptions := make([]string, 0)
 	if len(options) > 0 {
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ func (k Keybase) Run(handler func(ChatIn), options ...RunOptions) {
 		if len(options[0].FilterChannels) > 0 {
 			runOptions = append(runOptions, "--filter-channels")
 			runOptions = append(runOptions, createFiltersString(options[0].FilterChannels))
+
 		}
 		if options[0].FilterChannel.Name != "" {
 			runOptions = append(runOptions, "--filter-channel")
diff --git a/chatOut.go b/chatOut.go
index d4de132..935043e 100644
--- a/chatOut.go
+++ b/chatOut.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (c Chat) Delete(messageId int) (ChatOut, error) {
 }
 
 // ChatList returns a list of all conversations.
-func (k Keybase) ChatList() ([]conversation, error) {
+func (k *Keybase) ChatList() ([]conversation, error) {
 	m := chatOut{}
 	m.Method = "list"
 
diff --git a/keybase.go b/keybase.go
index a02c88e..8ec674c 100644
--- a/keybase.go
+++ b/keybase.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type Keybase struct {
 
 // Chat holds basic information about a specific conversation
 type Chat struct {
-	keybase Keybase
+	keybase *Keybase
 	Channel Channel
 }
 
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ type status struct {
 }
 
 // NewKeybase returns a new Keybase. Optionally, you can pass a string containing the path to the Keybase executable as the first argument.
-func NewKeybase(path ...string) Keybase {
-	k := Keybase{}
+func NewKeybase(path ...string) *Keybase {
+	k := &Keybase{}
 	if len(path) < 1 {
 		k.Path = "keybase"
 	} else {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func NewKeybase(path ...string) Keybase {
 }
 
 // NewChat returns a new Chat instance
-func (k Keybase) NewChat(channel Channel) Chat {
+func (k *Keybase) NewChat(channel Channel) Chat {
 	return Chat{
 		keybase: k,
 		Channel: channel,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (k Keybase) NewChat(channel Channel) Chat {
 }
 
 // username returns the username of the currently logged-in Keybase user.
-func (k Keybase) username() string {
+func (k *Keybase) username() string {
 	cmd := exec.Command(k.Path, "status", "-j")
 	cmdOut, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (k Keybase) username() string {
 }
 
 // loggedIn returns true if Keybase is currently logged in, otherwise returns false.
-func (k Keybase) loggedIn() bool {
+func (k *Keybase) loggedIn() bool {
 	cmd := exec.Command(k.Path, "status", "-j")
 	cmdOut, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (k Keybase) loggedIn() bool {
 }
 
 // version returns the version string of the client.
-func (k Keybase) version() string {
+func (k *Keybase) version() string {
 	cmd := exec.Command(k.Path, "version", "-S", "-f", "s")
 	cmdOut, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/wallet.go b/wallet.go
index 6d08ea0..3516bd2 100644
--- a/wallet.go
+++ b/wallet.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func walletAPIOut(keybasePath string, w walletOut) (walletOutResult, error) {
 }
 
 // TxDetail returns details of a stellar transaction
-func (k Keybase) TxDetail(txid string) (WalletResult, error) {
+func (k *Keybase) TxDetail(txid string) (WalletResult, error) {
 	m := walletOut{}
 	m.Method = "details"
 	m.Params.Options.Txid = txid
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (k Keybase) TxDetail(txid string) (WalletResult, error) {
 }
 
 // StellarAddress returns the primary stellar address of a given user
-func (k Keybase) StellarAddress(user string) (string, error) {
+func (k *Keybase) StellarAddress(user string) (string, error) {
 	m := walletOut{}
 	m.Method = "lookup"
 	m.Params.Options.Name = user