diff --git a/src/uvw/pipe.hpp b/src/uvw/pipe.hpp
index 36827cc9..55960ab1 100644
--- a/src/uvw/pipe.hpp
+++ b/src/uvw/pipe.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ public:
 
     bool init(bool ipc = false) { return initialize<uv_pipe_t>(&uv_pipe_init, ipc); }
 
-    // TODO uv_pipe_open
+    void open(FileHandle file) {
+        invoke(&uv_pipe_open, get<uv_pipe_t>(), file);
+    }
 
     void bind(std::string name) {
         invoke(&uv_pipe_bind, get<uv_pipe_t>(), name.data());
diff --git a/src/uvw/stream.hpp b/src/uvw/stream.hpp
index d80e43cb..4173e54a 100644
--- a/src/uvw/stream.hpp
+++ b/src/uvw/stream.hpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     template<typename U>
-    void accept(Stream<U> &ref) {
+    void accept(U &ref) {
         this->invoke(&uv_accept, this->template get<uv_stream_t>(), ref.template get<uv_stream_t>());
     }
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     template<typename U>
-    void write(Stream<U> &send, char *data, ssize_t len) {
+    void write(U &send, char *data, ssize_t len) {
         uv_buf_t bufs[] = { uv_buf_init(data, len) };
 
         auto listener = [ptr = this->shared_from_this()](const auto &event, details::Write &) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     template<typename U>
-    void write(Stream<U> &send, std::unique_ptr<char[]> data, ssize_t len) {
+    void write(U &send, std::unique_ptr<char[]> data, ssize_t len) {
         write(send, data.get(), len);
     }