diff --git a/electrumx_server.py b/electrumx_server.py
index a749949..7129a8a 100755
--- a/electrumx_server.py
+++ b/electrumx_server.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def main_loop():
     def on_exception(loop, context):
         '''Suppress spurious messages it appears we cannot control.'''
         message = context.get('message')
-        if not loop.is_closed() and not message in SUPPRESS_MESSAGES:
+        if not message in SUPPRESS_MESSAGES:
             if not ('task' in context and
                     'accept_connection2()' in repr(context.get('task'))):
                 loop.default_exception_handler(context)
diff --git a/server/protocol.py b/server/protocol.py
index d714ded..4df4fde 100644
--- a/server/protocol.py
+++ b/server/protocol.py
@@ -351,8 +351,13 @@ class ServerManager(util.LoggedClass):
         self.logger.info('server listening sockets closed, waiting '
                          '{:d} seconds for socket cleanup'.format(secs))
         limit = time.time() + secs
-        while self.sessions and time.time() < limit:
-            await asyncio.sleep(4)
+        while self.sessions:
+            if time.time() < limit:
+                await asyncio.sleep(4)
+            else:
+                for session in list(self.sessions):
+                    self.close_session(session, hard=True)
+                await asyncio.sleep(0)
             self.logger.info('{:,d} sessions remaining'
                              .format(len(self.sessions)))
 
@@ -368,14 +373,20 @@ class ServerManager(util.LoggedClass):
             self.close_session(session)
 
     def remove_session(self, session):
-        self.subscription_count -= session.sub_count()
-        future = self.sessions.pop(session)
-        future.cancel()
+        # It might have been forcefully removed earlier by close_session()
+        if session in self.sessions:
+            self.subscription_count -= session.sub_count()
+            future = self.sessions.pop(session)
+            future.cancel()
 
-    def close_session(self, session):
+    def close_session(self, session, hard=False):
         '''Close the session's transport and cancel its future.'''
         session.transport.close()
         self.sessions[session].cancel()
+        if hard:
+            self.remove_session(session)
+            socket = session.transport.get_extra_info('socket')
+            socket.close()
         return 'disconnected {:d}'.format(session.id_)
 
     def toggle_logging(self, session):
@@ -392,10 +403,10 @@ class ServerManager(util.LoggedClass):
             stale = [session for session in self.sessions
                      if session.last_recv < cutoff]
             for session in stale:
-                self.close_session(session)
+                self.close_session(session, hard=True)
             if stale:
-                self.logger.info('dropped {:,d} stale connections'
-                                 .format(len(stale)))
+                self.logger.info('dropped stale connections {}'
+                                 .format([session.id_ for session in stale]))
 
     def new_subscription(self):
         if self.subscription_count >= self.max_subs: