diff --git a/lib/node-http-proxy.js b/lib/node-http-proxy.js
index 49c9b5b..c7b0e80 100644
--- a/lib/node-http-proxy.js
+++ b/lib/node-http-proxy.js
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ var createProxy = function () {
     server.emit('route', req, res, function (port, hostname) {
       var p = manager.getPool(port, hostname);    
       
+      req.headers.Connection = req.headers.Connection || 'close';
       p.request(req.method, req.url, req.headers, function (reverse_proxy) {
         var data = '';
         reverse_proxy.on('error', function (err) {
@@ -103,12 +104,8 @@ var createProxy = function () {
         sys.pump(req, reverse_proxy);
         
         if (e) {
-          sys.puts('end outgoing request');
           req.removeListener('end', e); 
-          req.addListener('end', function () {
-            sys.puts('request ended'); 
-            reverse_proxy.end() 
-          });
+          req.addListener('end', function () { reverse_proxy.end() });
         } 
         else {
           reverse_proxy.end();
@@ -125,10 +122,10 @@ var createProxy = function () {
           response.addListener('end', function() {
             server.emit('proxy', null, data);
           });
-          sys.puts('response');
           
           // Set the response headers of the client response
           res.writeHead(response.statusCode, response.headers);
+          
           sys.pump(response, res);
         });
       });