hotfix: clear the offline queue when once written
diff --git a/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/connection.js b/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/connection.js
index 9e5c063..72ecb69 100644
--- a/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/connection.js
+++ b/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/connection.js
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@
     this.framePos = 0;
     this.frame = null;
     self.initialize_retry_vars();
-
-    self.offline_queue.forEach(function(data) {
-      self.connection.write(data);
-    });
+    self.flush_offline_queue();
 
     self.emit("connect");
   });
@@ -177,6 +174,18 @@
   this.attempts = 0;
 };
 
+Connection.prototype.flush_offline_queue = function () {
+  var self = this;
+  var offline_queue = this.offline_queue;
+
+  // Reset offline queue
+  this.offline_queue = [];
+  // Attempt to write queued items
+  offline_queue.forEach(function(data) {
+    self.write(data);
+  });
+};
+
 Connection.prototype.write = function(data) {
   if (!this.connected) {
     this.offline_queue.push(data);
@@ -311,10 +320,7 @@
   this.frame = null;
   this.connected = true;
 
-  self.offline_queue.forEach(function(data) {
-      self.connection.write(data);
-  });
-
+  self.flush_offline_queue();
 
   this.connection.addListener("error", function(err) {
     self.emit("error", err);
@@ -359,6 +365,18 @@
   this.connection.end();
 };
 
+StdIOConnection.prototype.flush_offline_queue = function () {
+  var self = this;
+  var offline_queue = this.offline_queue;
+
+  // Reset offline queue
+  this.offline_queue = [];
+  // Attempt to write queued items
+  offline_queue.forEach(function(data) {
+    self.write(data);
+  });
+};
+
 StdIOConnection.prototype.write = function(data) {
   if (!this.connected) {
     this.offline_queue.push(data);