diff --git a/buildconf/upcode.ini b/buildconf/upcode.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71d685d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildconf/upcode.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+[uwsgi]
+xml = false
+ini = true
+yaml = false
+json = false
+sqlite3 = false
+zeromq = false
+snmp = false
+sctp = false
+spooler = true
+embedded = true
+udp = true
+multicast = false
+threading = true
+sendfile = true
+minterpreters = true
+async = true
+evdis = false
+ldap = false
+pcre = true
+routing = true
+debug = false
+unbit = false
+xml_implementation = libxml2
+yaml_implementation = auto
+malloc_implementation = libc
+extras = 
+plugins =
+bin_name = uwsgi
+append_version =
+plugin_dir = .
+embedded_plugins =
+as_shared_library = false
+
+locking = auto
+event = auto
+timer = auto
+filemonitor = auto
+
+blacklist =
+whitelist =
+
+embed_files =
+
+embed_config =
+
+[python]
+paste = true
+web3 = true
diff --git a/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c b/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
index a2c7a6aa..844f94ce 100644
--- a/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
+++ b/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct uwsgi_fastrouter {
 	int has_subscription_sockets;
 
 	int processes;
+	int quiet;
 
 	struct rb_root *timeouts;
 
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ struct uwsgi_option fastrouter_options[] = {
 	{"fastrouter-to", required_argument, 0, "forward requests to the specified uwsgi server (you can specify it multiple times for load balancing)", uwsgi_opt_add_string_list, &ufr.static_nodes, 0},
 	{"fastrouter-gracetime", required_argument, 0, "retry connections to dead static nodes after the specified amount of seconds", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &ufr.static_node_gracetime, 0},
 	{"fastrouter-events", required_argument, 0, "set the maximum number of concurrent events", uwsgi_opt_set_int, &ufr.nevents, 0},
+	{"fastrouter-quiet", required_argument, 0, "do not report failed connections to instances", uwsgi_opt_true, &ufr.quiet, 0},
 	{"fastrouter-cheap", no_argument, 0, "run the fastrouter in cheap mode", uwsgi_opt_true, &ufr.cheap, 0},
 	{"fastrouter-subscription-server", required_argument, 0, "run the fastrouter subscription server on the spcified address", uwsgi_opt_fastrouter_ss, NULL, 0},
 	{"fastrouter-subscription-slot", required_argument, 0, "*** deprecated ***", uwsgi_opt_deprecated, (void *) "useless thanks to the new implementation", 0},
@@ -293,8 +295,6 @@ static struct uwsgi_rb_timer *reset_timeout(struct fastrouter_session *);
 
 static void close_session(struct fastrouter_session *fr_session) {
 
-	if (fr_session->tmp_socket_name)
-		free(fr_session->buf_file_name);
 
 	if (fr_session->instance_fd != -1) {
 		close(fr_session->instance_fd);
@@ -304,15 +304,17 @@ static void close_session(struct fastrouter_session *fr_session) {
 	if (fr_session->instance_failed) {
 
 		if (fr_session->soopt) {
-			uwsgi_log("unable to connect() to uwsgi instance \"%.*s\": %s\n", fr_session->instance_address_len, fr_session->instance_address, strerror(fr_session->soopt));
+			if (!ufr.quiet)
+				uwsgi_log("unable to connect() to uwsgi instance \"%.*s\": %s\n", (int) fr_session->instance_address_len, fr_session->instance_address, strerror(fr_session->soopt));
 		}
 		else if (fr_session->timed_out) {
 			if (fr_session->instance_address_len > 0) {
 				if (fr_session->status == FASTROUTER_STATUS_CONNECTING) {
-					uwsgi_log("unable to connect() to uwsgi instance \"%.*s\": timeout\n", fr_session->instance_address_len, fr_session->instance_address);
+					if (!ufr.quiet)
+						uwsgi_log("unable to connect() to uwsgi instance \"%.*s\": timeout\n", (int) fr_session->instance_address_len, fr_session->instance_address);
 				}
 				else if (fr_session->status  == FASTROUTER_STATUS_RESPONSE) {
-					uwsgi_log("timeout waiting for instance \"%.*s\"\n", fr_session->instance_address_len, fr_session->instance_address);
+					uwsgi_log("timeout waiting for instance \"%.*s\"\n", (int) fr_session->instance_address_len, fr_session->instance_address);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -347,6 +349,11 @@ static void close_session(struct fastrouter_session *fr_session) {
 		}
 
 
+		if (fr_session->tmp_socket_name) {
+			free(fr_session->tmp_socket_name);
+			fr_session->tmp_socket_name = NULL;
+		}
+
 		if (ufr.fallback) {
 			// ok let's try with the fallback nodes
 			if (!fr_session->fallback) {
@@ -393,6 +400,10 @@ static void close_session(struct fastrouter_session *fr_session) {
 
 end:
 
+	if (fr_session->tmp_socket_name) {
+		free(fr_session->tmp_socket_name);
+	}
+
 	if (fr_session->buf_file)
 		fclose(fr_session->buf_file);
 
diff --git a/socket.c b/socket.c
index afb0621c..23f6f55d 100644
--- a/socket.c
+++ b/socket.c
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ int connect_to_unix(char *socket_name, int timeout, int async) {
 	uwsgi_poll.events = POLLIN;
 
 	if (timed_connect(&uwsgi_poll, (const struct sockaddr *) &uws_addr, un_size, timeout, async)) {
-		uwsgi_error("connect()");
+		// avoid error storm
+		//uwsgi_error("connect()");
 		close(uwsgi_poll.fd);
 		return -1;
 	}