diff --git a/binary.js b/binary.js
index b31f40c..d2c6d69 100644
--- a/binary.js
+++ b/binary.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exports.deconstructPacket = function(packet){
         newData[i] = _deconstructPacket(data[i]);
       }
       return newData;
-    } else if ('object' == typeof data && !(data instanceof Date)) {
+    } else if (typeof data === 'object' && !(data instanceof Date)) {
       var newData = {};
       for (var key in data) {
         newData[key] = _deconstructPacket(data[key]);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ exports.reconstructPacket = function(packet, buffers) {
         data[i] = _reconstructPacket(data[i]);
       }
       return data;
-    } else if (data && 'object' == typeof data) {
+    } else if (data && 'object' === typeof data) {
       for (var key in data) {
         data[key] = _reconstructPacket(data[key]);
       }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ exports.removeBlobs = function(data, callback) {
       for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
         _removeBlobs(obj[i], i, obj);
       }
-    } else if (obj && 'object' == typeof obj && !isBuf(obj)) { // and object
+    } else if (obj && 'object' === typeof obj && !isBuf(obj)) { // and object
       for (var key in obj) {
         _removeBlobs(obj[key], key, obj);
       }
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 165a4a6..f453c0e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function Encoder() {}
 Encoder.prototype.encode = function(obj, callback){
   debug('encoding packet %j', obj);
 
-  if (exports.BINARY_EVENT == obj.type || exports.BINARY_ACK == obj.type) {
+  if (exports.BINARY_EVENT === obj.type || exports.BINARY_ACK === obj.type) {
     encodeAsBinary(obj, callback);
   }
   else {
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ function encodeAsString(obj) {
   str += obj.type;
 
   // attachments if we have them
-  if (exports.BINARY_EVENT == obj.type || exports.BINARY_ACK == obj.type) {
+  if (exports.BINARY_EVENT === obj.type || exports.BINARY_ACK === obj.type) {
     str += obj.attachments;
     str += '-';
   }
 
   // if we have a namespace other than `/`
   // we append it followed by a comma `,`
-  if (obj.nsp && '/' != obj.nsp) {
+  if (obj.nsp && '/' !== obj.nsp) {
     nsp = true;
     str += obj.nsp;
   }
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ Emitter(Decoder.prototype);
 
 Decoder.prototype.add = function(obj) {
   var packet;
-  if ('string' == typeof obj) {
+  if (typeof obj === 'string') {
     packet = decodeString(obj);
-    if (exports.BINARY_EVENT == packet.type || exports.BINARY_ACK == packet.type) { // binary packet's json
+    if (exports.BINARY_EVENT === packet.type || exports.BINARY_ACK === packet.type) { // binary packet's json
       this.reconstructor = new BinaryReconstructor(packet);
 
       // no attachments, labeled binary but no binary data to follow
@@ -281,24 +281,24 @@ function decodeString(str) {
   // look up attachments if type binary
   if (exports.BINARY_EVENT == p.type || exports.BINARY_ACK == p.type) {
     var buf = '';
-    while (str.charAt(++i) != '-') {
+    while (str.charAt(++i) !== '-') {
       buf += str.charAt(i);
       if (i == str.length) break;
     }
-    if (buf != Number(buf) || str.charAt(i) != '-') {
+    if (buf != Number(buf) || str.charAt(i) !== '-') {
       throw new Error('Illegal attachments');
     }
     p.attachments = Number(buf);
   }
 
   // look up namespace (if any)
-  if ('/' == str.charAt(i + 1)) {
+  if ('/' === str.charAt(i + 1)) {
     p.nsp = '';
     while (++i) {
       var c = str.charAt(i);
-      if (',' == c) break;
+      if (',' === c) break;
       p.nsp += c;
-      if (i == str.length) break;
+      if (i === str.length) break;
     }
   } else {
     p.nsp = '/';
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ function decodeString(str) {
         break;
       }
       p.id += str.charAt(i);
-      if (i == str.length) break;
+      if (i === str.length) break;
     }
     p.id = Number(p.id);
   }
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ function tryParse(p, str) {
     return error();
   }
   return p; 
-};
+}
 
 /**
  * Deallocates a parser's resources
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ function BinaryReconstructor(packet) {
 
 BinaryReconstructor.prototype.takeBinaryData = function(binData) {
   this.buffers.push(binData);
-  if (this.buffers.length == this.reconPack.attachments) { // done with buffer list
+  if (this.buffers.length === this.reconPack.attachments) { // done with buffer list
     var packet = binary.reconstructPacket(this.reconPack, this.buffers);
     this.finishedReconstruction();
     return packet;