diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
index c018c1b..a306661 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketEngine.swift
@@ -76,15 +76,9 @@ class SocketEngine: NSObject, SRWebSocketDelegate {
         self.forcePolling = forcePolling
     }
     
-    func close(forced:Bool = false) {
+    func close() {
         self.pingTimer?.invalidate()
-        
-        if !forced {
-            self.send(PacketType.CLOSE.rawValue)
-            self.ws?.close()
-        } else {
-            self.client.didForceClose()
-        }
+        self.send(PacketType.CLOSE.rawValue)
     }
     
     private func createBinaryDataForSend(data:NSData) -> (NSData?, String?) {
@@ -250,31 +244,7 @@ class SocketEngine: NSObject, SRWebSocketDelegate {
             self.pingTimer?.invalidate()
             self.wait = false
             
-            let forced = {() -> Bool in
-                var err:NSError?
-                let url = NSURL(string: self.urlPolling! + "&sid=\(self.sid)")!
-                let req = NSURLRequest(URL: url, cachePolicy:
-                    NSURLRequestCachePolicy.UseProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 4)
-                var resp:NSURLResponse?
-                let data = NSURLConnection.sendSynchronousRequest(req, returningResponse: &resp, error: &err)
-                
-                if data == nil || resp == nil || err != nil {
-                    return false
-                } else if let str = NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
-                    if str == "1:61:1" {
-                        return true
-                    } else {
-                        return false
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    return false
-                }}()
-            
-            if forced {
-                self.close(forced: true)
-            } else {
-                self.client.pollingDidFail()
-            }
+            self.client.pollingDidFail()
         }
     }
     
@@ -361,6 +331,7 @@ class SocketEngine: NSObject, SRWebSocketDelegate {
                     
                     if let data = NSData(base64EncodedString: messageString,
                         options: NSDataBase64DecodingOptions.IgnoreUnknownCharacters) {
+                            // println("sending \(data)")
                             self?.client.parseSocketMessage(data)
                     }
                     
@@ -368,7 +339,7 @@ class SocketEngine: NSObject, SRWebSocketDelegate {
                 }
                 
                 if messageString == PacketType.CLOSE.rawValue {
-                    self?.close(forced: true)
+                    // do nothing
                     return
                 }
                 // println("Got something idk what to do with")
@@ -377,6 +348,8 @@ class SocketEngine: NSObject, SRWebSocketDelegate {
             
             // Remove message type
             messageString.removeAtIndex(messageString.startIndex)
+            // println("sending \(messageString)")
+            
             self?.client.parseSocketMessage(messageString)
         }
     }
@@ -553,11 +526,13 @@ class SocketEngine: NSObject, SRWebSocketDelegate {
     // Called when an error occurs.
     func webSocket(webSocket:SRWebSocket!, didFailWithError error:NSError!) {
         self.websocketConnected = false
-        self._websocket = false
         self._polling = true
         self.probing = false
         self.flushProbeWait()
         
-        self.client.webSocketDidFailWithError(error)
+        if self.websocket {
+            self.pingTimer?.invalidate()
+            self.client.webSocketDidFailWithError(error)
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift b/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
index 9dcc88b..d40d570 100644
--- a/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
+++ b/SwiftIO/SocketIOClient.swift
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class SocketIOClient {
     private var currentAck = -1
     private var forcePolling = false
     private var handlers = [SocketEventHandler]()
-    private var lastSocketMessage:SocketEvent?
+    private var waitingData = [SocketEvent]()
     private var paramConnect = false
     private var _secure = false
     var closed = false
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ class SocketIOClient {
         
         // Message is binary
         if let binary = message as? NSData {
-            if self.lastSocketMessage == nil {
+            if self.waitingData.isEmpty {
                 return
             }
             
@@ -667,7 +667,6 @@ class SocketIOClient {
                 mutMessageObject = RegexMutable(binaryGroup[5])
                 
                 if namespace == "" && self.nsp != nil {
-                    self.lastSocketMessage = nil
                     return
                 }
                 
@@ -684,7 +683,7 @@ class SocketIOClient {
                         placeholders: numberOfPlaceholders.toInt()!, ackNum: ackNum.toInt())
                 }
                 
-                self.lastSocketMessage = mes
+                self.waitingData.append(mes)
             } else if binaryGroup[1].hasPrefix("6") {
                 let messageType = RegexMutable(binaryGroup[1])
                 let numberOfPlaceholders = (messageType["6"] ~= "") as String
@@ -706,8 +705,10 @@ class SocketIOClient {
                 let placeholdersRemoved = mutMessageObject["(\\{\"_placeholder\":true,\"num\":(\\d*)\\})"]
                     ~= "\"~~$2\""
                 
-                self.lastSocketMessage = SocketEvent(event: "", args: placeholdersRemoved,
+                let event = SocketEvent(event: "", args: placeholdersRemoved,
                     placeholders: numberOfPlaceholders.toInt()!, ackNum: ackNum.toInt(), justAck: true)
+                
+                self.waitingData.append(event)
             }
             /**
             End check for binary placeholders
@@ -717,41 +718,42 @@ class SocketIOClient {
     
     // Handles binary data
     private func parseBinaryData(data:NSData) {
-        let shouldExecute = self.lastSocketMessage?.addData(data)
+        let shouldExecute = self.waitingData[0].addData(data)
         
-        if shouldExecute != nil && shouldExecute! {
-            var event = self.lastSocketMessage!.event
-            var parsedArgs:AnyObject? = SocketIOClient.parseData(self.lastSocketMessage!.args as? String)
+        if shouldExecute {
+            let socketEvent = self.waitingData.removeAtIndex(0)
+            var event = socketEvent.event
+            var parsedArgs:AnyObject? = SocketIOClient.parseData(socketEvent.args as? String)
             
             if let args:AnyObject = parsedArgs {
-                let filledInArgs:AnyObject = self.lastSocketMessage!.fillInPlaceholders(args)
+                let filledInArgs:AnyObject = socketEvent.fillInPlaceholders(args)
                 
-                if self.lastSocketMessage!.justAck! {
+                if socketEvent.justAck! {
                     // Should handle ack
-                    self.handleAck(self.lastSocketMessage!.ack!, data: filledInArgs)
+                    self.handleAck(socketEvent.ack!, data: filledInArgs)
                     return
                 }
                 
                 // Should do event
-                if self.lastSocketMessage!.ack != nil {
+                if socketEvent.ack != nil {
                     self.handleEvent(event, data: filledInArgs, isInternalMessage: false,
-                        wantsAck: self.lastSocketMessage!.ack!, withAckType: 6)
+                        wantsAck: socketEvent.ack!, withAckType: 6)
                 } else {
                     self.handleEvent(event, data: filledInArgs)
                 }
             } else {
-                let filledInArgs:AnyObject = self.lastSocketMessage!.fillInPlaceholders()
+                let filledInArgs:AnyObject = socketEvent.fillInPlaceholders()
                 
                 // Should handle ack
-                if self.lastSocketMessage!.justAck! {
-                    self.handleAck(self.lastSocketMessage!.ack!, data: filledInArgs)
+                if socketEvent.justAck! {
+                    self.handleAck(socketEvent.ack!, data: filledInArgs)
                     return
                 }
                 
                 // Should handle ack
-                if self.lastSocketMessage!.ack != nil {
+                if socketEvent.ack != nil {
                     self.handleEvent(event, data: filledInArgs, isInternalMessage: false,
-                        wantsAck: self.lastSocketMessage!.ack!, withAckType: 6)
+                        wantsAck: socketEvent.ack!, withAckType: 6)
                 } else {
                     self.handleEvent(event, data: filledInArgs)
                 }