diff --git a/src/server/close_conn.c b/src/server/close_conn.c
index 33d2dd4..ab5d9d1 100644
--- a/src/server/close_conn.c
+++ b/src/server/close_conn.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ serverCloseConn(Server this, unsigned int i)
 	if (NULL != st && STREAM_SSL == st->type) {
 		SSL_shutdown((st->handle).ssl);
 		SSL_free((st->handle).ssl);
+		(st->handle).ssl = NULL;
 	}
 
 	delete(st);
diff --git a/src/stream/read.c b/src/stream/read.c
index 9b697f5..7bfbdca 100644
--- a/src/stream/read.c
+++ b/src/stream/read.c
@@ -66,10 +66,29 @@ streamRead(Stream this, void * buf, size_t count)
 		case STREAM_SSL:
 			done = SSL_read((this->handle).ssl, buf, count);
 
-			if (0 >= done) {
+			if (0 == done) {
+				done = -2;
+			} else if (0 > done) {
 				switch (SSL_get_error((this->handle).ssl, done)) {
+                    case SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL:
+						{
+							switch (errno) {
+								case EINTR:
+								case ENOBUFS:
+								case ENOMEM:
+									done = 0;
+									break;
+								case (EAGAIN|EWOULDBLOCK):
+									done = -1;
+									break;
+								default:
+									done = -1;
+									break;
+							}
+						}
+						break;
+
 					case SSL_ERROR_SSL:
-					case SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL:
 						{
 							unsigned long err;
 
@@ -91,7 +110,7 @@ streamRead(Stream this, void * buf, size_t count)
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			done = 0;
+			done = -2;
 			break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/stream/write.c b/src/stream/write.c
index f8e5899..00aa9aa 100644
--- a/src/stream/write.c
+++ b/src/stream/write.c
@@ -63,12 +63,36 @@ streamWrite(Stream this, void * buf, size_t count)
 			break;
 
 		case STREAM_SSL:
+			/*
+			 * @TODO I got a segfault in this call under unclear 
+			 * circumstances. Most likely it has to do with a
+			 * write on a closed connection.
+			 */
 			done = SSL_write((this->handle).ssl, buf, count);
 
-            if (0 >= done) {
+			if (0 == done) {
+				done = -2;
+			} else if (0 > done) {
                 switch (SSL_get_error((this->handle).ssl, done)) {
-                    case SSL_ERROR_SSL:
                     case SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL:
+						{
+							switch (errno) {
+								case EINTR:
+								case ENOBUFS:
+								case ENOMEM:
+									done = 0;
+									break;
+								case (EAGAIN|EWOULDBLOCK):
+									done = -1;
+									break;
+								default:
+									done = -2;
+									break;
+							}
+						}
+						break;
+
+                    case SSL_ERROR_SSL:
                         {
                             unsigned long err;
 
@@ -90,7 +114,7 @@ streamWrite(Stream this, void * buf, size_t count)
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			done = 0;
+			done = -2;
 			break;
 	}