diff --git a/pvAccessApp/remote/blockingTCPTransport.cpp b/pvAccessApp/remote/blockingTCPTransport.cpp
index a75ea71..bd29841 100644
--- a/pvAccessApp/remote/blockingTCPTransport.cpp
+++ b/pvAccessApp/remote/blockingTCPTransport.cpp
@@ -665,10 +665,10 @@ namespace epics {
                     _sendBuffer->setPosition(currentPos);
                     _sendBuffer->setLimit(_sendBuffer->getSize());
                 }
-            } catch(std::exception& e) {
-                errlogSevPrintf(errlogMajor, "%s", e.what());
-                // error, release lock
-                clearAndReleaseBuffer();
+            //} catch(std::exception& e) {
+            //    errlogSevPrintf(errlogMajor, "%s", e.what());
+            //    // error, release lock
+            //    clearAndReleaseBuffer();
             } catch(...) {
                 clearAndReleaseBuffer();
             }
@@ -707,10 +707,11 @@ namespace epics {
                             buffer->getRemaining(), 0);
 
                     if(bytesSent<0) {
+                        
                         // connection lost
                         ostringstream temp;
                         temp<<"error in sending TCP data: "<<strerror(errno);
-                        errlogSevPrintf(errlogMajor, "%s", temp.str().c_str());
+                        //errlogSevPrintf(errlogMajor, "%s", temp.str().c_str());
                         THROW_BASE_EXCEPTION(temp.str().c_str());
                     }
                     else if(bytesSent==0) {
diff --git a/pvAccessApp/server/serverChannelImpl.cpp b/pvAccessApp/server/serverChannelImpl.cpp
index 940ac8a..96b9d51 100644
--- a/pvAccessApp/server/serverChannelImpl.cpp
+++ b/pvAccessApp/server/serverChannelImpl.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 #include "serverChannelImpl.h"
 
+// TODO remove
+#include "responseHandlers.h"
+
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvAccess {
 
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ Destroyable* ServerChannelImpl::getRequest(const pvAccessID id)
 
 void ServerChannelImpl::destroy()
 {
+    {
 	Lock guard(_mutex);
 	if (_destroyed) return;
 
@@ -82,9 +86,13 @@ void ServerChannelImpl::destroy()
 	// destroy all requests
 	destroyAllRequests();
 
+    // now thats ugly!!!
+	(static_cast<ServerChannelRequesterImpl*>(_channel->getChannelRequester()))->release();
 	// TODO make impl that does shares channels (and does ref counting)!!!
 	// try catch?
-	static_cast<ChannelImpl*>(_channel)->destroy();
+	_channel->destroy();
+    }
+	delete this;
 }
 
 void ServerChannelImpl::printInfo()