diff --git a/src/async.c b/src/async.c
index 0127d2d..615c9c5 100644
--- a/src/async.c
+++ b/src/async.c
@@ -137,20 +137,20 @@ static int async_add_to_queue(evt_listen_t *evt) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int async_exec(evt_listen_t *evt, async_evt_t r_events) {
+static int async_exec_cb(evt_listen_t *evt, async_evt_t r_events, void (**cb)(void *)) {
     int ret, e = errno;
     if (r_events & evt->events) {
         // specified event(s) occurred
         if (!(evt->flags & ASYNC_IGNORE_PENDING) && evt->socket && !sock_has_pending(evt->socket, 0)) {
-            evt->err_cb(evt->arg);
+            *cb = evt->err_cb;
             ret = 0;
         } else {
-            evt->cb(evt->arg);
+            *cb = evt->cb;
             ret = (evt->flags & ASYNC_KEEP) ? 1 : 0;
         }
     } else if (r_events & (POLLERR | POLLHUP | POLLNVAL)) {
         // error occurred
-        evt->err_cb(evt->arg);
+        *cb = evt->err_cb;
         ret = 0;
     } else {
         // no event occurred
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ static int async_exec(evt_listen_t *evt, async_evt_t r_events) {
     return ret;
 }
 
+static int async_exec(evt_listen_t *evt, async_evt_t r_events) {
+    void (*cb)(void *) = NULL;
+    const int ret = async_exec_cb(evt, r_events, &cb);
+    if (cb != NULL) cb(evt->arg);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static int async_check(evt_listen_t *evt) {
     struct pollfd fds[1] = {{
         .fd = evt->fd,
@@ -333,7 +340,6 @@ void async_thread(void) {
             if (errno == EINTR) {
                 // interrupt
                 errno = 0;
-                continue;
             } else {
                 // other error
                 critical("Unable to poll for events");
@@ -345,7 +351,8 @@ void async_thread(void) {
             evt_listen_t *evt = events[i].data.ptr;
             if (!list_contains(local, &evt)) continue;
 
-            if (async_exec(evt, async_e2a(events[i].events)) == 0) {
+            void (*cb)(void *) = NULL;
+            if (async_exec_cb(evt, async_e2a(events[i].events), &cb) == 0) {
                 logger_set_prefix("");
                 if (epoll_ctl(epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, evt->fd, NULL) == -1) {
                     if (errno == EBADF || errno == ENOENT || errno == EPERM) {
@@ -363,7 +370,10 @@ void async_thread(void) {
                     return;
                 }
 
+                if (cb != NULL) cb(evt->arg);
                 free(evt);
+            } else {
+                if (cb != NULL) cb(evt->arg);
             }
             logger_set_prefix("");
         }
diff --git a/src/worker/proxy_handler.c b/src/worker/proxy_handler.c
index 51ea9b4..09af815 100644
--- a/src/worker/proxy_handler.c
+++ b/src/worker/proxy_handler.c
@@ -127,13 +127,12 @@ static void proxy_chunk_next_cb(chunk_ctx_t *ctx) {
 }
 
 static void proxy_chunk_err_cb(chunk_ctx_t *ctx) {
-    ctx->client->c_keep_alive = 0;
     proxy_close(ctx->client->proxy);
     proxy_unlock_ctx(ctx->client->proxy);
 
     ctx->client->proxy = NULL;
     request_complete(ctx->client);
-    handle_request(ctx->client);
+    tcp_close(ctx->client);
 }
 
 static int proxy_handler_2(client_ctx_t *ctx) {