diff --git a/gateway/integration_test.go b/gateway/integration_test.go
index 04645fe..2af97e3 100644
--- a/gateway/integration_test.go
+++ b/gateway/integration_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/diamondburned/arikawa/internal/heart"
 	"github.com/diamondburned/arikawa/utils/wsutil"
 )
 
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ func init() {
 	wsutil.WSDebug = func(v ...interface{}) {
 		log.Println(append([]interface{}{"Debug:"}, v...)...)
 	}
+	heart.Debug = func(v ...interface{}) {
+		log.Println(append([]interface{}{"Heart:"}, v...)...)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestInvalidToken(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/heart/heart.go b/internal/heart/heart.go
index b9d3ba7..50b2be3 100644
--- a/internal/heart/heart.go
+++ b/internal/heart/heart.go
@@ -32,29 +32,6 @@ func (t *AtomicTime) Time() time.Time {
 	return time.Unix(0, t.Get())
 }
 
-type atomicStop atomic.Value
-
-func (s *atomicStop) Stop() bool {
-	if v := (*atomic.Value)(s).Load(); v != nil {
-		ch := v.(chan struct{})
-		close(ch)
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-func (s *atomicStop) Recv() <-chan struct{} {
-	if v := (*atomic.Value)(s).Load(); v != nil {
-		return v.(chan struct{})
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-func (s *atomicStop) SetNil() {
-	(*atomic.Value)(s).Store((chan struct{})(nil))
-}
-func (s *atomicStop) Reset() {
-	(*atomic.Value)(s).Store(make(chan struct{}))
-}
-
 type Pacemaker struct {
 	// Heartrate is the received duration between heartbeats.
 	Heartrate time.Duration
@@ -66,7 +43,8 @@ type Pacemaker struct {
 	// Any callback that returns an error will stop the pacer.
 	Pace func(context.Context) error
 
-	stop  atomicStop
+	stop  chan struct{}
+	once  sync.Once
 	death chan error
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +57,6 @@ func NewPacemaker(heartrate time.Duration, pacer func(context.Context) error) *P
 
 func (p *Pacemaker) Echo() {
 	// Swap our received heartbeats
-	// p.LastBeat[0], p.LastBeat[1] = time.Now(), p.LastBeat[0]
 	p.EchoBeat.Set(time.Now())
 }
 
@@ -107,11 +84,12 @@ func (p *Pacemaker) Dead() bool {
 
 // Stop stops the pacemaker, or it does nothing if the pacemaker is not started.
 func (p *Pacemaker) Stop() {
-	if p.stop.Stop() {
-		Debug("(*Pacemaker).stop was sent a stop signal.")
-	} else {
-		Debug("(*Pacemaker).stop is nil, skipping.")
-	}
+	Debug("(*Pacemaker).stop is trying sync.Once.")
+
+	p.once.Do(func() {
+		Debug("(*Pacemaker).stop closed the channel.")
+		close(p.stop)
+	})
 }
 
 // pace sends a heartbeat with the appropriate timeout for the context.
@@ -147,7 +125,7 @@ func (p *Pacemaker) start() error {
 		}
 
 		select {
-		case <-p.stop.Recv():
+		case <-p.stop:
 			return nil
 
 		case <-tick.C:
@@ -158,7 +136,8 @@ func (p *Pacemaker) start() error {
 // StartAsync starts the pacemaker asynchronously. The WaitGroup is optional.
 func (p *Pacemaker) StartAsync(wg *sync.WaitGroup) (death chan error) {
 	p.death = make(chan error)
-	p.stop.Reset()
+	p.stop = make(chan struct{})
+	p.once = sync.Once{}
 
 	if wg != nil {
 		wg.Add(1)
@@ -168,8 +147,6 @@ func (p *Pacemaker) StartAsync(wg *sync.WaitGroup) (death chan error) {
 		p.death <- p.start()
 		// Debug.
 		Debug("Pacemaker returned.")
-		// Mark the stop channel as nil, so later Close() calls won't block forever.
-		p.stop.SetNil()
 
 		// Mark the pacemaker loop as done.
 		if wg != nil {