diff --git a/boswatch/network/client.py b/boswatch/network/client.py
index 0c2909b..7c8cd3c 100644
--- a/boswatch/network/client.py
+++ b/boswatch/network/client.py
@@ -109,5 +109,7 @@ class TCPClient:
             self._sock.sendall(bytes(header + aliveMsg, "utf-8"))
             return True
         except socket.error as e:
+            if e.errno is 32:  # broken pipe - no one will read from this pipe anymore
+                return False
             logging.error(e)
         return False
diff --git a/networking.py b/networking.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/boswatch/test_ServerClient.py b/test/boswatch/test_ServerClient.py
index c6b4f80..fecb1ae 100644
--- a/test/boswatch/test_ServerClient.py
+++ b/test/boswatch/test_ServerClient.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def test_serverStopsWhileConnected(getRunningServer, getClient):
     getRunningServer.stop()
     timeout = 10
     while getClient.isConnected:
-        print(timeout)
+        time.sleep(0.1)
         timeout = timeout - 1
         if timeout is 0:
             assert 0