diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a94892f..d818ff4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "socketwrench"
-version = "1.8.6"
+version = "1.8.7"
 description = "A simple Python library for creating web servers and APIs using sockets, supporting openapi and swagger."
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "Torin Halsted", email = "modularizer@gmail.com" }]
diff --git a/src/socketwrench/connection.py b/src/socketwrench/connection.py
index 1ea198b..e6b67ed 100644
--- a/src/socketwrench/connection.py
+++ b/src/socketwrench/connection.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 class Connection:
     default_chunk_size: int = 1024
+    timeout = 5
 
     def __init__(self,
                  handler,
@@ -24,16 +25,21 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._rep = None
 
     def handle(self):
-        request = self.receive_request(self.socket)
-        if self.check_cleanup():
-            return request, None, False
-        response = self.handler(request)
-        if self.check_cleanup():
-            return request, response, False
-        self.send_response(self.socket, response)
-        return request, response, True
+                try:
+            request = self.receive_request(self.socket)
+            if self.check_cleanup():
+                return request, None, False
+            response = self.handler(request)
+            if self.check_cleanup():
+                return request, response, False
+            self.send_response(self.socket, response)
+            return request, response, True
+        except Exception as e
+            self.close()
+            raise e
 
     def receive_request(self, connection_socket: socket.socket, chunk_size: int = None) -> Request:
+        connection_socket.settimeout(self.timeout)
         if chunk_size is None:
             chunk_size = self.chunk_size
 
@@ -64,7 +70,8 @@ def receive_request(self, connection_socket: socket.socket, chunk_size: int = No
         return r
 
     def send_response(self, connection_socket: socket.socket, response: Response):
-        connection_socket.send(bytes(response))
+        connection_socket.sendall(bytes(response))
+        connection_socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR) # seems to be needed for linux?
         connection_socket.close()
 
     def check_cleanup(self):
@@ -74,6 +81,7 @@ def check_cleanup(self):
         return False
 
     def close(self):
+        self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR) # seems to be needed for linux?
         self.socket.close()
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/src/socketwrench/server.py b/src/socketwrench/server.py
index 7048de1..1121eaf 100644
--- a/src/socketwrench/server.py
+++ b/src/socketwrench/server.py
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ class Server(socket.socket):
     default_backlog = 1
     default_chunk_size = Connection.default_chunk_size
     default_num_connection_threads = 1
-    default_socket_options = None
+    default_socket_options = {
+        socket.SOL_SOCKET: {
+            socket.SO_REUSEADDR: 1,
+            socket.SO_REUSEPORT: 1
+        }
+    }
     default_pause_sleep = 0.1
     default_accept_sleep = 0
     default_favicon = RouteHandler.default_favicon
diff --git a/src/socketwrench/types.py b/src/socketwrench/types.py
index 5f17344..2e26154 100644
--- a/src/socketwrench/types.py
+++ b/src/socketwrench/types.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Headers(dict):
     def to_string(self) -> str:
         s = ""
         for k, v in self.items():
-            s += f"{k}: {v}\n"
+            s += f"{k}: {v}\r\n"
         return s
 
     def __str__(self):