diff --git a/README.pod b/README.pod
index 92a29c7..c0294b8 100644
--- a/README.pod
+++ b/README.pod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Test::HTTP::AnyEvent::Server - the async counterpart to Test::HTTP::Server
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-version 0.003
+version 0.004
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
diff --git a/lib/Test/HTTP/AnyEvent/Server.pm b/lib/Test/HTTP/AnyEvent/Server.pm
index 674739f..a269ecb 100644
--- a/lib/Test/HTTP/AnyEvent/Server.pm
+++ b/lib/Test/HTTP/AnyEvent/Server.pm
@@ -268,17 +268,16 @@ sub BUILD {
                 my $h = AnyEvent::Handle->new(
                     fh          => $wh,
                     on_error    => sub {
-                        #my ($_h, $fatal, $msg) = @_;
-                        my ($_h) = @_;
-                        shutdown $_h->{fh}, 2;
-                        $_h->destroy;
+                        AE::log fatal =>
+                            "couldn't syswrite() to pipe: $!";
                     },
                 );
 
                 $self->set_server(
                     $self->start_server(sub {
                         my (undef, $address, $port) = @_;
-                        $h->push_write(join("\t", $address, $port));
+                        # have to postpone so the address/port gets actually bound
+                        AE::postpone { $h->push_write(join("\t", $address, $port)) };
                     })
                 );
 
diff --git a/t/02-forked.t b/t/02-forked.t
index b3515c6..fbde47a 100644
--- a/t/02-forked.t
+++ b/t/02-forked.t
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ my $ua = HTTP::Tiny->new(
     proxy           => undef,
 );
 
-my $res = $ua->get($server->uri . q(repeat/10000/asdfgh));
+my $res = $ua->get($server->uri . q(repeat/1000/asdfgh));
 ok($res->{success}, q(success));
-like($res->{content}, qr{^(?:asdfgh){10000}$}x, q(content OK));
+like($res->{content}, qr{^(?:asdfgh){1000}$}x, q(content OK));
 
 done_testing(2);