diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 748fe92..7a53b1e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -358,7 +358,66 @@ module.exports = class Protomux {
     return info ? info.opened > 0 : false;
   }
 
-  async createChannel({
+  _createChannel({
+    userData = null,
+    protocol,
+    aliases = [],
+    id = null,
+    unique = true,
+    handshake = null,
+    messages = [],
+    onopen = noop,
+    onclose = noop,
+    ondestroy = noop,
+  }) {
+    if (this.stream.destroyed) return null;
+
+    const info = this._get(protocol, id, aliases);
+    if (unique && info.opened > 0) return null;
+
+    if (info.incoming.length === 0) {
+      return new Channel(
+        this,
+        info,
+        userData,
+        protocol,
+        aliases,
+        id,
+        handshake,
+        messages,
+        onopen,
+        onclose,
+        ondestroy
+      );
+    }
+
+    this._remoteBacklog--;
+
+    const remoteId = info.incoming.shift();
+    const r = this._remote[remoteId - 1];
+    if (r === null) return null;
+
+    const session = new Channel(
+      this,
+      info,
+      userData,
+      protocol,
+      aliases,
+      id,
+      handshake,
+      messages,
+      onopen,
+      onclose,
+      ondestroy
+    );
+
+    session._remoteId = remoteId;
+    session._fullyOpenSoon();
+
+    return session;
+  }
+
+  async _createChannelAsync({
     userData = null,
     protocol,
     aliases = [],
@@ -422,6 +481,14 @@ module.exports = class Protomux {
     return session;
   }
 
+  createChannel(options) {
+    if (this._slave) {
+      return this._createChannelAsync(options);
+    }
+
+    return this._createChannel(options);
+  }
+
   _pushBatch(localId, buffer) {
     if (this._batchState.end >= MAX_BATCH) {
       this._sendBatch(this._batch, this._batchState);
@@ -463,7 +530,43 @@ module.exports = class Protomux {
     this.stream.write(state.buffer);
   }
 
-  async _get(protocol, id, aliases = []) {
+  _get(protocol, id, aliases = []) {
+    if (this._slave) {
+      return this._getAsync(protocol, id, aliases);
+    }
+
+    return this.__get(protocol, id, aliases);
+  }
+
+  async __get(protocol, id, aliases) {
+    const key = toKey(protocol, id);
+
+    let info = this._infos.get(key);
+    if (info) return info;
+
+    info = {
+      key,
+      protocol,
+      aliases: [],
+      id,
+      pairing: 0,
+      opened: 0,
+      incoming: [],
+      outgoing: [],
+    };
+    this._infos.set(key, info);
+
+    for (const alias of aliases) {
+      const key = toKey(alias, id);
+      info.aliases.push(key);
+
+      this._infos.set(key, info);
+    }
+
+    return info;
+  }
+
+  async _getAsync(protocol, id, aliases = []) {
     const key = toKey(protocol, id);
 
     await this.pullInfos();