diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index ced926e..f009e84 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 - ssl support
 - better error reporting
 - ipv6 support
+- progress output
diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index c58f650..098cca4 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -83,19 +83,18 @@ void client_free(Client *client) {
 static void client_reset(Client *client) {
 	//printf("keep alive: %d\n", client->keepalive);
 	if (!client->keepalive) {
-		ev_io_stop(client->worker->loop, &client->sock_watcher);
-
 		if (client->sock_watcher.fd != -1) {
+			ev_io_stop(client->worker->loop, &client->sock_watcher);
 			shutdown(client->sock_watcher.fd, SHUT_WR);
 			close(client->sock_watcher.fd);
+			client->sock_watcher.fd = -1;
 		}
 
-		client->sock_watcher.fd = -1;
 		client->state = CLIENT_START;
 	} else {
 		client_set_events(client, EV_WRITE);
-		client->worker->stats.req_started++;
 		client->state = CLIENT_WRITING;
+		client->worker->stats.req_started++;
 	}
 
 	client->parser_state = PARSER_START;
@@ -158,12 +157,16 @@ void client_state_machine(Client *client) {
 	//printf("state: %d\n", client->state);
 	switch (client->state) {
 		case CLIENT_START:
+			client->worker->stats.req_started++;
+
 			do {
 				r = socket(config->saddr->ai_family, config->saddr->ai_socktype, config->saddr->ai_protocol);
 			} while (-1 == r && errno == EINTR);
 
 			if (-1 == r) {
 				client->state = CLIENT_ERROR;
+				strerror_r(errno, client->buffer, sizeof(client->buffer));
+				W_ERROR("socket() failed: %s (%d)", client->buffer, errno);
 				goto start;
 			}
 
@@ -174,8 +177,6 @@ void client_state_machine(Client *client) {
 			ev_io_set(&client->sock_watcher, r, EV_WRITE);
 			ev_io_start(client->worker->loop, &client->sock_watcher);
 
-			client->worker->stats.req_started++;
-
 			if (!client_connect(client)) {
 				client->state = CLIENT_ERROR;
 				goto start;
@@ -257,7 +258,6 @@ void client_state_machine(Client *client) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			break;
 		case CLIENT_ERROR:
 			//printf("client error\n");
 			client->worker->stats.req_error++;
@@ -275,9 +275,15 @@ void client_state_machine(Client *client) {
 				client->worker->stats.req_failed++;
 			}
 
+			/*if (client->worker->id == 1 && (client->worker->stats.req_started % 10) == 0)
+				printf("thread: %d, requests done: %"PRIu64", %"PRIu64" todo, %"PRIu64" started\n",
+					client->worker->id, client->worker->stats.req_done, client->worker->stats.req_todo,
+					client->worker->stats.req_started);*/
+
 			if (client->worker->stats.req_started == client->worker->stats.req_todo) {
 				/* this worker has started all requests */
-				ev_io_stop(client->worker->loop, &client->sock_watcher);
+				client->keepalive = 0;
+				client_reset(client);
 
 				if (client->worker->stats.req_done == client->worker->stats.req_todo) {
 					/* this worker has finished all requests */
diff --git a/src/weighttp.c b/src/weighttp.c
index e492045..565564c 100644
--- a/src/weighttp.c
+++ b/src/weighttp.c
@@ -139,6 +139,20 @@ static char *forge_request(char *url, char keep_alive, char **host, uint16_t *po
 	return req;
 }
 
+static uint64_t str_to_uint64(char *str) {
+	uint64_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; *str; str++) {
+		if (*str < '0' || *str > '9')
+			return UINT64_MAX;
+
+		i *= 10;
+		i += *str - '0';
+	}
+
+	return i;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	Worker **workers;
 	pthread_t *threads;
@@ -179,7 +193,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 				config.keep_alive = 1;
 				break;
 			case 'n':
-				config.req_count = atoi(optarg);
+				config.req_count = str_to_uint64(optarg);
 				break;
 			case 't':
 				config.thread_count = atoi(optarg);
@@ -220,7 +234,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		show_help();
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (config.thread_count > config.req_count || config.thread_count > config.concur_count || config.concur_count > config.req_count) {
+	if (config.req_count == UINT64_MAX || config.thread_count > config.req_count || config.thread_count > config.concur_count || config.concur_count > config.req_count) {
 		W_ERROR("%s", "insane arguments\n");
 		show_help();
 		return 1;
@@ -259,9 +273,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	stats.ts_start = ev_time();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < config.thread_count; i++) {
-		uint16_t reqs = config.req_count / config.thread_count;
+		uint64_t reqs = config.req_count / config.thread_count;
 		uint16_t concur = config.concur_count / config.thread_count;
-		uint16_t diff;
+		uint64_t diff;
 
 		if (rest_concur) {
 			diff = (i == config.thread_count) ? rest_concur : (rest_concur / config.thread_count);
@@ -276,15 +290,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			reqs += diff;
 			rest_req -= diff;
 		}
+		printf("spawning thread #%d: %"PRIu16" concurrent requests, %"PRIu64" total requests\n", i+1, concur, reqs);
+		workers[i] = worker_new(i+1, &config, concur, reqs);
 
-		workers[i] = worker = worker_new(i+1, &config, concur, reqs);
-
-		if (!worker) {
+		if (!(workers[i])) {
 			W_ERROR("%s", "failed to allocate worker or client");
 			return 1;
 		}
 
-		err = pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, worker_thread, (void*)worker);
+		err = pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, worker_thread, (void*)workers[i]);
 
 		if (err != 0) {
 			W_ERROR("failed spawning thread (%d)", err);