diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f696b6..8cb92b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ If you are cloning this repository, remember to run `npm install` to install dep
 
 If you are looking for a real-life example of a bot written using this module, see [mdibaiee/webdevrobot](https://github.com/mdibaiee/webdevrobot).
 
-[**Documentation**](https://github.com/mdibaiee/node-telegram-api/wiki)
+[Documentation](https://github.com/mdibaiee/node-telegram-api/wiki)
+==============
 
 Example
 =======
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ bot.command('weather <city> [date]', function(message) {
 })
 ```
 
+Bots using this module
+======================
+
+[@webdevrobot](https://telegram.me/webdevrobot) => [mdibaiee/webdevrobot](https://github.com/mdibaiee/webdevrobot)
+[@metagon_bot](https://telegram.me/metagon_bot) => [austinhuang0131/metagon](https://github.com/austinhuang0131/metagon)
+
 Todo
 ====
 - [x] Webhook support (not tested, see [#4](https://github.com/mdibaiee/node-telegram-api/issues/4))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2a4541..ee51d69 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "telegram-api",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "description": "Control Telegram bots easily using the new Telegram API",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/functions/api.js b/src/functions/api.js
index 9ee952d..4ca5ee4 100644
--- a/src/functions/api.js
+++ b/src/functions/api.js
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ const methods = ['getMe', 'sendMessage', 'forwardMessage', 'sendPhoto',
 
 methods.forEach(method => {
   API.prototype[method] = function (data) { //eslint-disable-line
+    if (method === 'getUpdates') {
+      // don't add 'getUpdates' request to the queue as it's going to hinder 'send*' calls performance
+      return this.request(method, data);
+    }
+
     // implementation taken from https://github.com/yagop/node-telegram-bot-api/issues/192#issuecomment-249488807
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       this._queue.push({ method, data, resolve, reject });