diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d243871..9dd4ad5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,15 +22,12 @@ Once [installed](#install), you can use the following code to stream messages
 from any Server-Sent Events (SSE) server endpoint:
 
 ```php
-$loop = Factory::create();
-$es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php', $loop);
+$es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php');
 
 $es->on('message', function (Clue\React\EventSource\MessageEvent $message) {
     //$data = json_decode($message->data);
     var_dump($message);
 });
-
-$loop->run();
 ```
 
 See the [examples](examples).
@@ -45,16 +42,18 @@ The `EventSource` object works very similar to the one found in common
 web browsers. Unless otherwise noted, it follows the same semantics as defined
 under https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/server-sent-events.html
 
-It requires the URL to the remote Server-Sent Events (SSE) endpoint and also
-registers everything with the main [`EventLoop`](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#usage)
-in order to handle async HTTP requests.
+Its constructor simply requires the URL to the remote Server-Sent Events (SSE) endpoint:
 
 ```php
-$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
-$es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php', $loop);
+$es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php');
 ```
 
+This class takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+pass the event loop instance to use for this object. You can use a `null` value
+here in order to use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop).
+This value SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a
+given event loop instance.
+
 If you need custom connector settings (DNS resolution, TLS parameters, timeouts,
 proxy servers etc.), you can explicitly pass a custom instance of the
 [`ConnectorInterface`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connectorinterface)
@@ -62,19 +61,19 @@ to the [`Browser`](https://github.com/reactphp/http#browser) instance
 and pass it as an additional argument to the `EventSource` like this:
 
 ```php
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector($loop, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, [
     'dns' => '127.0.0.1',
-    'tcp' => array(
+    'tcp' => [
         'bindto' => '192.168.10.1:0'
-    ),
-    'tls' => array(
+    ],
+    'tls' => [
         'verify_peer' => false,
         'verify_peer_name' => false
-    )
-));
-$browser = new React\Http\Browser($loop, $connector);
+    ]
+]);
+$browser = new React\Http\Browser(null, $connector);
 
-$es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php', $loop, $browser);
+$es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php', null, $browser);
 ```
 
 ## Install
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fe343d0..820b55f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -7,22 +7,22 @@
     "authors": [
         {
             "name": "Christian Lück",
-            "email": "christian@lueck.tv"
+            "email": "christian@clue.engineering"
         }
     ],
-    "autoload": {
-        "psr-4": { "Clue\\React\\EventSource\\": "src/" }
-    },
-    "autoload-dev": {
-        "psr-4": { "Clue\\Tests\\React\\EventSource\\": "tests/" }
-    },
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.4",
         "evenement/evenement": "^3.0 || ^2.0",
-        "react/event-loop": "^1.0",
-        "react/http": "^1.0"
+        "react/event-loop": "^1.2",
+        "react/http": "^1.4"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.3 || ^5.7 || ^4.8.35"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": { "Clue\\React\\EventSource\\": "src/" }
+    },
+    "autoload-dev": {
+        "psr-4": { "Clue\\Tests\\React\\EventSource\\": "tests/" }
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/stream.php b/examples/stream.php
index 5b864eb..5b6a7cf 100644
--- a/examples/stream.php
+++ b/examples/stream.php
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
-use React\EventLoop\Factory;
-use Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource;
-
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 if (!isset($argv[1]) || isset($argv[2])) {
     exit('Usage error: stream.php <uri>' . PHP_EOL);
 }
 
-$loop = Factory::create();
-$es = new EventSource($argv[1], $loop);
+$es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource($argv[1]);
 
-$es->on('message', function ($message) {
+$es->on('message', function (Clue\React\EventSource\MessageEvent $message) {
     //$data = json_decode($message->data);
     var_dump($message);
 });
@@ -22,11 +18,9 @@
 });
 
 $es->on('error', function (Exception $e) use ($es) {
-    if ($es->readyState === EventSource::CLOSED) {
+    if ($es->readyState === Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource::CLOSED) {
         echo 'Permanent error: ' . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
     } else {
         echo 'Temporary error: ' . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
     }
 });
-
-$loop->run();
diff --git a/src/EventSource.php b/src/EventSource.php
index 5760913..6ba400b 100644
--- a/src/EventSource.php
+++ b/src/EventSource.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Evenement\EventEmitter;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
+use React\EventLoop\Loop;
 use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
 use React\Http\Browser;
 use React\Stream\ReadableStreamInterface;
@@ -15,16 +16,18 @@
  * web browsers. Unless otherwise noted, it follows the same semantics as defined
  * under https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/server-sent-events.html
  *
- * It requires the URL to the remote Server-Sent Events (SSE) endpoint and also
- * registers everything with the main [`EventLoop`](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#usage)
- * in order to handle async HTTP requests.
+ * Its constructor simply requires the URL to the remote Server-Sent Events (SSE) endpoint:
  *
  * ```php
- * $loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
- *
- * $es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php', $loop);
+ * $es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php');
  * ```
  *
+ * This class takes an optional `LoopInterface|null $loop` parameter that can be used to
+ * pass the event loop instance to use for this object. You can use a `null` value
+ * here in order to use the [default loop](https://github.com/reactphp/event-loop#loop).
+ * This value SHOULD NOT be given unless you're sure you want to explicitly use a
+ * given event loop instance.
+ *
  * If you need custom connector settings (DNS resolution, TLS parameters, timeouts,
  * proxy servers etc.), you can explicitly pass a custom instance of the
  * [`ConnectorInterface`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connectorinterface)
@@ -32,19 +35,19 @@
  * and pass it as an additional argument to the `EventSource` like this:
  *
  * ```php
- * $connector = new React\Socket\Connector($loop, array(
+ * $connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, [
  *     'dns' => '127.0.0.1',
- *     'tcp' => array(
+ *     'tcp' => [
  *         'bindto' => '192.168.10.1:0'
- *     ),
- *     'tls' => array(
+ *     ],
+ *     'tls' => [
  *         'verify_peer' => false,
  *         'verify_peer_name' => false
- *     )
- * ));
- * $browser = new React\Http\Browser($loop, $connector);
+ *     ]
+ * ]);
+ * $browser = new React\Http\Browser(null, $connector);
  *
- * $es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php', $loop, $browser);
+ * $es = new Clue\React\EventSource\EventSource('https://example.com/stream.php', null, $browser);
  * ```
  */
 class EventSource extends EventEmitter
@@ -78,18 +81,24 @@ class EventSource extends EventEmitter
     private $timer;
     private $reconnectTime = 3.0;
 
-    public function __construct($url, LoopInterface $loop, Browser $browser = null)
+    /**
+     * @param string         $url
+     * @param ?LoopInterface $loop
+     * @param ?Browser       $browser
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException for invalid URL
+     */
+    public function __construct($url, LoopInterface $loop = null, Browser $browser = null)
     {
         $parts = parse_url($url);
         if (!isset($parts['scheme'], $parts['host']) || !in_array($parts['scheme'], array('http', 'https'))) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException();
         }
 
+        $this->loop = $loop ?: Loop::get();
         if ($browser === null) {
-            $browser = new Browser($loop);
+            $browser = new Browser($this->loop);
         }
         $this->browser = $browser->withRejectErrorResponse(false);
-        $this->loop = $loop;
         $this->url = $url;
 
         $this->readyState = self::CONNECTING;
diff --git a/tests/EventSourceTest.php b/tests/EventSourceTest.php
index ecf7f2b..0cf440f 100644
--- a/tests/EventSourceTest.php
+++ b/tests/EventSourceTest.php
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ public function testConstructorThrowsIfUriArgumentIncludesInvalidScheme()
         new EventSource('ftp://example.com', $loop);
     }
 
+    public function testConstructWithoutLoopAssignsLoopAutomatically()
+    {
+        $es = new EventSource('http://example.invalid');
+
+        $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($es, 'loop');
+        $ref->setAccessible(true);
+        $loop = $ref->getValue($es);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('React\EventLoop\LoopInterface', $loop);
+
+        $es->close();
+    }
+
     public function testConstructorCanBeCalledWithoutBrowser()
     {
         $loop = $this->getMockBuilder('React\EventLoop\LoopInterface')->getMock();