diff --git a/apache2/mod_uwsgi.c b/apache2/mod_uwsgi.c
index 3f2bd2ce..67b4418c 100644
--- a/apache2/mod_uwsgi.c
+++ b/apache2/mod_uwsgi.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int uwsgi_handler(request_rec *r) {
 	uint16_t pkt_size = 0;
 	char buf[4096] ;
 	int i ;
-	apr_size_t cnt ;
+	ssize_t cnt ;
 	const apr_array_header_t *headers;
 	apr_table_entry_t *h;
 	char *penv, *cp;
@@ -445,16 +445,24 @@ static int uwsgi_handler(request_rec *r) {
 
 	uwsgi_poll.events = POLLIN ;
 
+
+
 	for(;;) {
 		/* put -1 to disable timeout on zero */
 		cnt = poll(&uwsgi_poll, 1, (c->socket_timeout*1000)-1) ;
 		if (cnt == 0) {
 			ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, "uwsgi: recv() timeout");
-			break;
+			apr_brigade_destroy(bb);
+			return HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
 		}
 		else if (cnt > 0) {
 			cnt = recv(uwsgi_poll.fd, buf, 4096, 0) ;
-			if (cnt > 0) {
+			if (cnt < 0) {
+				ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, "uwsgi: recv() %s", strerror(errno));
+				apr_brigade_destroy(bb);
+				return HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+			}
+			else if (cnt > 0) {
 				if (!c->cgi_mode && uwsgi_http_status_read < 12) {
 	                        	if (uwsgi_http_status_read + cnt >= 12) {
                                         	memcpy(uwsgi_http_status+uwsgi_http_status_read, buf, 12-uwsgi_http_status_read);
@@ -469,16 +477,14 @@ static int uwsgi_handler(request_rec *r) {
 				apr_brigade_write(bb, NULL, NULL, buf, cnt);
 					
 			}
-			else if (cnt == 0) {
-				break;
-			}
 			else {
-				ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, "uwsgi: recv() %s", strerror(errno));
+				break;
 			}
 		}
 		else {
 			ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, "uwsgi: poll() %s", strerror(errno));
-			break;
+			apr_brigade_destroy(bb);
+			return HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/proxy.c b/proxy.c
index b10c0f60..97ea42d9 100644
--- a/proxy.c
+++ b/proxy.c
@@ -71,6 +71,24 @@ static void reload_proxy (void) {
         exit (UWSGI_RELOAD_CODE);
 }
 
+static void send_http_service_unavailable(int fd) {
+
+	if (write(fd, "HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable\r\n", 34) != 34) {
+		perror("write()");
+		return ;
+	}
+
+	if (write(fd, "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n", 27) != 27) {
+		perror("write()");
+		return ;
+	}
+
+	if (write(fd, "<h1>Service Unavailable</h1>", 28) != 28) {
+		perror("write()");
+		return ;
+	}
+	
+}
 
 static void uwsgi_proxy_close(struct uwsgi_proxy_connection *upcs, int fd) {
 
@@ -194,7 +212,7 @@ void uwsgi_proxy(int proxyfd) {
 	}
 
 	// allocate memory for events
-	events = malloc(sizeof(struct epoll_event)*max_events) ;
+	eevents = malloc(sizeof(struct epoll_event)*max_events) ;
 	if (!eevents) {
 		perror("malloc()");
 		exit(1);
@@ -289,6 +307,7 @@ void uwsgi_proxy(int proxyfd) {
 					next_node = uwsgi_proxy_find_next_node(next_node);
 					if (next_node == -1) {
 						fprintf(stderr,"unable to find an available worker in the cluster !\n");
+						send_http_service_unavailable(NEV_FD);
 						uwsgi_proxy_close(upcs, NEV_FD);
 						continue;
 					}
@@ -449,6 +468,8 @@ void uwsgi_proxy(int proxyfd) {
 
 						NEV_FD = upcs[NEV_FD].dest_fd ;
 						upcs[NEV_FD].status = 0;
+
+#ifdef UWSGI_PROXY_USE_KQUEUE
 						EV_SET(&kev, NEV_FD, EVFILT_WRITE, EV_ADD|EV_DISABLE, 0, 0, NULL);
 						if (NEV_MOD) {
                 					perror(EV_NAME);
@@ -456,6 +477,7 @@ void uwsgi_proxy(int proxyfd) {
                 					continue;
         					}
 						EV_SET(&kev, NEV_FD, EVFILT_READ, EV_ADD, 0, 0, NULL);
+#endif
 						if (NEV_MOD) {
                 					perror(EV_NAME);
 							uwsgi_proxy_close(upcs, NEV_FD);