diff --git a/src/usocket.c b/src/usocket.c
index 0e3d30c..4e73a96 100644
--- a/src/usocket.c
+++ b/src/usocket.c
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
 * Initializes module 
 \*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 int sock_open(void) {
-#if DOESNT_COMPILE_TRY_THIS
-    struct sigaction ignore;
-    memset(&ignore, 0, sizeof(ignore));
-    ignore.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
-    sigaction(SIGPIPE, &ignore, NULL);
-#endif
     /* instals a handler to ignore sigpipe or it will crash us */
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
     return 1;
diff --git a/test/testclnt.lua b/test/testclnt.lua
index cdd2c08..ffe487f 100644
--- a/test/testclnt.lua
+++ b/test/testclnt.lua
@@ -447,11 +447,14 @@ function getstats_test()
             str = data:receive(%d)
             data:send(str)
         ]], c))
-        c:send(string.rep("a", c))
-        c:receive(c)
-        local r, s, a = c:getstats()
-        assert(r == t, "received count failed")
-        assert(s == t, "sent count failed")
+        data:send(string.rep("a", c))
+        data:receive(c)
+        t = t + c
+        local r, s, a = data:getstats()
+        assert(r == t, "received count failed" .. tostring(r) 
+            .. "/" .. tostring(t))
+        assert(s == t, "sent count failed" .. tostring(s) 
+            .. "/" .. tostring(t))
     end
     print("ok")
 end
diff --git a/test/testsrvr.lua b/test/testsrvr.lua
index 5b842f1..969f95b 100644
--- a/test/testsrvr.lua
+++ b/test/testsrvr.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ while 1 do
             print("server: closing connection...")
             break
         end
-        print(command);
         (loadstring(command))()
     end
 end