diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1da0542..62c0ced 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+v0.6.3 - Oct 4 2016
+
+* Fix issue with exceptions being thrown by `session.send` (Ryan Milbourne)
+* Fix issue with events being emitted before listener callbacks are registered (Ryan Milbourne)
+* Build: Update dependencies (greenkeeper)
+
 v0.6.2 - May 10 2016
 
 * modify "sendEof" to invoke callback w/o waiting for child stream closure (Ryan Milbourne)
diff --git a/lib/spectcl.js b/lib/spectcl.js
index 9b89b3d..ebdfef0 100644
--- a/lib/spectcl.js
+++ b/lib/spectcl.js
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ Spectcl.prototype.spawn = function (command, cmdParams, cmdOptions, spawnOptions
             self.fullBuffer = true
             self.cache = self.cache.slice(self.cache.length-self.options.matchMax, self.cache.length)
         }
-        self.emit('data', data)
+        process.nextTick(function(){
+            self.emit('data', data)
+        })
     }
 
     // Arguments handling
@@ -193,17 +195,20 @@ Spectcl.prototype.spawn = function (command, cmdParams, cmdOptions, spawnOptions
         debug('[spawn] child tty:\t'+self.child.stdout.ttyname)
     }
 
-    debug('[spawn] child pid:\t'+self.child.pid)
-
     self.child.on('error', function(err){
         debug('[spawn] child %d error: '+err,self.child.pid)
-        self.emit('error', err)
+        process.nextTick(function(){
+            self.emit('error', err)
+        })
     })
 
     self.child.on('exit', function(code, signal){
         debug('[spawn] child %d exit. code: %s\tsignal: %s',self.child.pid,code,signal)
-        self.emit('exit', code, signal)
+        process.nextTick(function(){
+            self.emit('exit', code, signal)
+        })
     })
+    debug('[spawn] child pid:\t'+self.child.pid)
 
     return
 }
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ Spectcl.prototype.expect = function(expArr, cb){
          * @returns {String|RegExp|Number} The Expectation that was found in the cache or null if no match was found.
          */
       , matchCache = function(){
-          debug('[expect] self.cache = %s',self.cache)
+          debug('[expect] [%d] cache contents: %s',self.child.pid, util.inspect(self.cache))
           for(var i=0; i<expectations.length; i++){
               var exp = expectations[i]
                 , matched
@@ -390,6 +395,7 @@ Spectcl.prototype.expect = function(expArr, cb){
     }
     debug('[expect] [%d] expectations: '+Object.keys(expectObject), self.child.pid)
 
+
     /**
      * Handles end of readable stream.
      * Remove the data listener and clear the timeout interval.
@@ -476,13 +482,35 @@ Spectcl.prototype.expect = function(expArr, cb){
  * @return {undefined}
  */
 Spectcl.prototype.send = function(data, cb){
-    debug('[send] writing %s to child stdin',data)
-    this.child.stdin.write(data, function(){
-        debug('[send] wrote to child stdin')
+    var self = this
+    debug('[send] writing %s to child stdin',util.inspect(data))
+
+    var writeErrListener = function(err){
+        debug('[send] err %s',err)
+    }
+    self.child.stdin.on('error', writeErrListener)
+
+    try {
+        self.child.stdin.write(data, function(err){
+            if(err){
+                self.child.stdin.removeListener('error',writeErrListener)
+                debug('[send] error: %s',err)
+                if(cb){
+                    return cb(err)
+                }
+            }
+            self.child.stdin.removeListener('error',writeErrListener)
+            debug('[send] wrote to child stdin')
+            if(cb){
+                return cb()
+            }
+        })
+    } catch(err) {
+        debug('[send] error: %s',err)
         if(cb){
-            return cb()
+            return cb(err)
         }
-    })
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e04c9b..1a0f5ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "spectcl",
   "description": "Spawns and interacts with child processes using spawn / expect commands",
-  "version": "0.6.2",
+  "version": "0.6.3",
   "author": "Ryan Milbourne <ryan.milbourne@viasat.com>",
   "maintainers": [
     "Greg Cochard <greg@gregcochard.com>",
diff --git a/test/spectcl.js b/test/spectcl.js
index 04891f7..402ca5c 100644
--- a/test/spectcl.js
+++ b/test/spectcl.js
@@ -616,10 +616,10 @@ describe('spectcl', function(){
                 '>', function(){
                     assert.notEqual(session.expect_out.match, null, 'null expect_out match')
                     assert.notEqual(session.expect_out.buffer, '', 'empty expect_out buffer')
-                    session.send('process.exit()\r', function(){
+                    session.child.on('exit', function(){
                         finished()
                     })
-                    session.child.on('exit', function(){
+                    session.send('process.exit()\r', function(){
                         finished()
                     })
                 }