diff --git a/src/main/virtualrequest.c b/src/main/virtualrequest.c
index 8062df7..cce0629 100644
--- a/src/main/virtualrequest.c
+++ b/src/main/virtualrequest.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ gboolean li_vrequest_is_handled(liVRequest *vr) {
 	return vr->state >= LI_VRS_READ_CONTENT;
 }
 
-static gboolean vrequest_do_handle_actions(liVRequest *vr) {
+static liHandlerResult vrequest_do_handle_actions(liVRequest *vr) {
 	liHandlerResult res = li_action_execute(vr);
 	switch (res) {
 	case LI_HANDLER_GO_ON:
@@ -335,20 +335,20 @@ static gboolean vrequest_do_handle_actions(liVRequest *vr) {
 					VR_DEBUG(vr, "%s", "actions didn't handle request");
 				}
 			}
-			return TRUE;
+			return LI_HANDLER_GO_ON;
 		}
 		/* otherwise state already changed */
 		break;
 	case LI_HANDLER_COMEBACK:
 		li_vrequest_joblist_append(vr); /* come back later */
-		return FALSE;
+		return LI_HANDLER_COMEBACK;
 	case LI_HANDLER_WAIT_FOR_EVENT:
-		return FALSE;
+		return LI_HANDLER_WAIT_FOR_EVENT;
 	case LI_HANDLER_ERROR:
 		li_vrequest_error(vr);
-		return FALSE;
+		return LI_HANDLER_ERROR;
 	}
-	return TRUE;
+	return LI_HANDLER_GO_ON;
 }
 
 
@@ -411,7 +411,18 @@ void li_vrequest_state_machine(liVRequest *vr) {
 			if (CORE_OPTION(LI_CORE_OPTION_DEBUG_REQUEST_HANDLING).boolean) {
 				VR_DEBUG(vr, "%s", "handle request header");
 			}
-			if (!vrequest_do_handle_actions(vr)) return;
+			switch (vrequest_do_handle_actions(vr)) {
+			case LI_HANDLER_GO_ON:
+				break;
+			case LI_HANDLER_COMEBACK:
+				li_vrequest_joblist_append(vr); /* come back later */
+				return;
+			case LI_HANDLER_WAIT_FOR_EVENT:
+				if (vr->state == LI_VRS_HANDLE_REQUEST_HEADERS) return;
+				break; /* go on to get post data/response headers if request is already handled */
+			case LI_HANDLER_ERROR:
+				return;
+			}
 			res = vr->handle_request_headers(vr);
 			switch (res) {
 			case LI_HANDLER_GO_ON:
@@ -445,7 +456,16 @@ void li_vrequest_state_machine(liVRequest *vr) {
 			break;
 
 		case LI_VRS_HANDLE_RESPONSE_HEADERS:
-			if (!vrequest_do_handle_actions(vr)) return;
+			switch (vrequest_do_handle_actions(vr)) {
+			case LI_HANDLER_GO_ON:
+				break;
+			case LI_HANDLER_COMEBACK:
+				return;
+			case LI_HANDLER_WAIT_FOR_EVENT:
+				return; /* wait to handle response headers */
+			case LI_HANDLER_ERROR:
+				return;
+			}
 			res = vr->handle_response_headers(vr);
 			switch (res) {
 			case LI_HANDLER_GO_ON:
diff --git a/src/main/worker.c b/src/main/worker.c
index c5f9b06..b4dd5de 100644
--- a/src/main/worker.c
+++ b/src/main/worker.c
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ static void worker_closing_socket_cb(int revents, void* arg) {
 
 void li_worker_add_closing_socket(liWorker *wrk, int fd) {
 	worker_closing_socket *scs;
+	liServerState state = g_atomic_int_get(&wrk->srv->state);
 
 	shutdown(fd, SHUT_WR);
-	if (g_atomic_int_get(&wrk->srv->state) == LI_SERVER_STOPPING) {
+	if (LI_SERVER_RUNNING != state && LI_SERVER_WARMUP != state) {
 		shutdown(fd, SHUT_RD);
 		close(fd);
 		return;
@@ -571,6 +572,21 @@ void li_worker_suspend(liWorker *context, liWorker *wrk) {
 		}
 
 		li_worker_check_keepalive(wrk);
+
+		{ /* force closing sockets */
+			GList *iter;
+			for (iter = g_queue_peek_head_link(&wrk->closing_sockets); iter; iter = g_list_next(iter)) {
+				worker_rem_closing_socket(wrk, (worker_closing_socket*) iter->data);
+			}
+		}
+
+#if 0
+		ERROR(wrk->srv, "%i connections still active", (int) wrk->connections_active);
+		for (i = wrk->connections_active; i-- > 0;) {
+			liConnection *con = g_array_index(wrk->connections, liConnection*, i);
+			ERROR(wrk->srv, "%i state: %s, %i", i, li_connection_state_str(con->state), con->mainvr->state);
+		}
+#endif
 	} else {
 		ev_async_send(wrk->loop, &wrk->li_worker_suspend_watcher);
 	}