diff --git a/owrx/audio.py b/owrx/audio.py
index a8c2880..b77ad7c 100644
--- a/owrx/audio.py
+++ b/owrx/audio.py
@@ -240,5 +240,5 @@ class AudioChopper(threading.Thread, metaclass=ABCMeta):
         try:
             readers = wait([w.outputReader for w in self.writers])
             return [r.recv() for r in readers]
-        except EOFError:
+        except (EOFError, OSError):
             return None
diff --git a/owrx/connection.py b/owrx/connection.py
index 8e3407d..f3e951e 100644
--- a/owrx/connection.py
+++ b/owrx/connection.py
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ class Client(ABC):
         threading.Thread(target=mp_passthru).start()
 
     def send(self, data):
-        self.conn.send(data)
+        try:
+            self.conn.send(data)
+        except IOError:
+            self.close()
 
     def close(self):
         self.conn.close()
diff --git a/owrx/websocket.py b/owrx/websocket.py
index fc6462d..de34141 100644
--- a/owrx/websocket.py
+++ b/owrx/websocket.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ OPCODE_PING = 0x09
 OPCODE_PONG = 0x0A
 
 
-class WebSocketException(Exception):
+class WebSocketException(IOError):
     pass