diff --git a/pomice/__init__.py b/pomice/__init__.py
index 077c54c..94731b5 100644
--- a/pomice/__init__.py
+++ b/pomice/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if not discord.version_info.major >= 2:
         "using 'pip install discord.py'",
     )
 
-__version__ = "2.2"
+__version__ = "2.3a"
 __title__ = "pomice"
 __author__ = "cloudwithax"
 __license__ = "GPL-3.0"
diff --git a/pomice/player.py b/pomice/player.py
index a4e596c..deea116 100644
--- a/pomice/player.py
+++ b/pomice/player.py
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ class Player(VoiceProtocol):
         "_player_endpoint_uri",
     )
 
-    def __call__(self, client: Client, channel: VoiceChannel) -> Player:
-        self.__init__(client, channel)  # type: ignore
+    def __call__(self, client: Client, channel: VoiceChannel):
+        self.client: Client = client
+        self.channel: VoiceChannel = channel
+        self._guild: Guild = channel.guild
+
         return self
 
     def __init__(
@@ -256,12 +259,21 @@ class Player(VoiceProtocol):
         """
         return self.guild.id not in self._node._players
 
+    def _adjust_end_time(self):
+        version = self._node._version
+        if version.major == 4:
+            return None
+        if version.major == 3:
+            if version.minor == 7 and version.fix == 5:
+                return None
+            else:
+                return "0"
+
     async def _update_state(self, data: dict) -> None:
         state: dict = data.get("state", {})
-        self._last_update = time.time() * 1000.0
+        self._last_update = int(state.get("time", 0))
         self._is_connected = bool(state.get("connected"))
-        position = state.get("position")
-        self._last_position = int(position) if position else 0
+        self._last_position = int(state.get("position", 0))
 
     async def _dispatch_voice_update(self, voice_data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None:
         if {"sessionId", "event"} != self._voice_state.keys():
@@ -319,11 +331,8 @@ class Player(VoiceProtocol):
             self._ending_track = self._current
 
     async def _swap_node(self, *, new_node: Node) -> None:
-        data: dict = {
-            "position": self.position,
-        }
         if self.current:
-            data["encodedTrack"] = self.current.track_id
+            data: dict = {"position": self.position, "encodedTrack": self.current.track_id}
 
         del self._node._players[self._guild.id]
         self._node = new_node
@@ -422,6 +431,9 @@ class Player(VoiceProtocol):
     ) -> Track:
         """Plays a track. If a Spotify track is passed in, it will be handled accordingly."""
 
+        end_time = self._adjust_end_time()
+        print(f"got end time of {end_time}")
+
         # Make sure we've never searched the track before
         if track.original is None:
             # First lets try using the tracks ISRC, every track has one (hopefully)
@@ -453,7 +465,7 @@ class Player(VoiceProtocol):
             data = {
                 "encodedTrack": search.track_id,
                 "position": str(start),
-                "endTime": str(track.length),
+                "endTime": end_time,
             }
             track.original = search
             track.track_id = search.track_id
@@ -462,7 +474,7 @@ class Player(VoiceProtocol):
             data = {
                 "encodedTrack": track.track_id,
                 "position": str(start),
-                "endTime": str(track.length),
+                "endTime": end_time,
             }
 
         # Lets set the current track before we play it so any
@@ -489,8 +501,8 @@ class Player(VoiceProtocol):
 
         # Lavalink v4 changed the way the end time parameter works
         # so now the end time cannot be zero.
-        # If it isnt zero, it'll match the length of the track,
-        # otherwise itll be set here:
+        # If it isnt zero, it'll be set to None.
+        # Otherwise, it'll be set here:
 
         if end > 0:
             data["endTime"] = str(end)
diff --git a/pomice/pool.py b/pomice/pool.py
index 8331936..e2f7f89 100644
--- a/pomice/pool.py
+++ b/pomice/pool.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from .objects import Playlist
 from .objects import Track
 from .routeplanner import RoutePlanner
 from .utils import ExponentialBackoff
+from .utils import LavalinkVersion
 from .utils import NodeStats
 from .utils import Ping
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ class Node:
 
         self._session_id: Optional[str] = None
         self._available: bool = False
-        self._version: int = 0
+        self._version: LavalinkVersion = None
 
         self._route_planner = RoutePlanner(self)
 
@@ -201,6 +202,27 @@ class Node:
         """Alias for `Node.latency`, returns the latency of the node"""
         return self.latency
 
+    async def _handle_version_check(self, version: str):
+        if version.endswith("-SNAPSHOT"):
+            # we're just gonna assume all snapshot versions correlate with v4
+            self._version = LavalinkVersion(major=4, minor=0, fix=0)
+            return
+
+        # this crazy ass line maps the split version string into
+        # an iterable with ints instead of strings and then
+        # turns that iterable into a tuple. yeah, i know
+
+        split = tuple(map(int, tuple(version.split("."))))
+        self._version = LavalinkVersion(*split)
+        if not version.endswith("-SNAPSHOT") and (
+            self._version.major == 3 and self._version.minor < 7
+        ):
+            self._available = False
+            raise LavalinkVersionIncompatible(
+                "The Lavalink version you're using is incompatible. "
+                "Lavalink version 3.7.0 or above is required to use this library.",
+            )
+
     async def _update_handler(self, data: dict) -> None:
         await self._bot.wait_until_ready()
 
@@ -294,7 +316,7 @@ class Node:
 
         uri: str = (
             f"{self._rest_uri}/"
-            f'{f"v{self._version}/" if include_version else ""}'
+            f'{f"v{self._version.major}/" if include_version else ""}'
             f"{path}"
             f'{f"/{guild_id}" if guild_id else ""}'
             f'{f"?{query}" if query else ""}'
@@ -338,22 +360,11 @@ class Node:
                 ignore_if_available=True,
                 include_version=False,
             )
-            version = version.replace(".", "")
-            if not version.endswith("-SNAPSHOT") and int(version) < 370:
-                self._available = False
-                raise LavalinkVersionIncompatible(
-                    "The Lavalink version you're using is incompatible. "
-                    "Lavalink version 3.7.0 or above is required to use this library.",
-                )
 
-            if version.endswith("-SNAPSHOT"):
-                # we're just gonna assume all snapshot versions correlate with v4
-                self._version = 4
-            else:
-                self._version = int(version[:1])
+            await self._handle_version_check(version=version)
 
             self._websocket = await self._session.ws_connect(
-                f"{self._websocket_uri}/v{self._version}/websocket",
+                f"{self._websocket_uri}/v{self._version.major}/websocket",
                 headers=self._headers,
                 heartbeat=self._heartbeat,
             )
diff --git a/pomice/utils.py b/pomice/utils.py
index 9eed7eb..ce7e6a4 100644
--- a/pomice/utils.py
+++ b/pomice/utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from typing import Any
 from typing import Callable
 from typing import Dict
 from typing import Iterable
+from typing import NamedTuple
 from typing import Optional
 
 from .enums import RouteIPType
@@ -224,3 +225,9 @@ class Ping:
         s_runtime = 1000 * (cost_time)
 
         return s_runtime
+
+
+class LavalinkVersion(NamedTuple):
+    major: int
+    minor: int
+    fix: int