diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/server/TThreadPoolServer.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/server/TThreadPoolServer.cpp
index 1407b8c..8514d18 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/server/TThreadPoolServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/server/TThreadPoolServer.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
         }
       }
     } catch (TTransportException& ttx) {
-      cerr << "TThreadPoolServer client died: " << ttx.what() << endl;
+      // This is reasonably expected, client didn't send a full request so just
+      // ignore him
+      //cerr << "TThreadPoolServer client died: " << ttx.what() << endl;
     } catch (TException& x) {
       cerr << "TThreadPoolServer exception: " << x.what() << endl;
     } catch (...) {
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TServerSocket.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TServerSocket.cpp
index f9f3e7f..8d5e5e4 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TServerSocket.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TServerSocket.cpp
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 
 TServerSocket::TServerSocket(int port) :
   port_(port),
-  serverSocket_(0),
+  serverSocket_(-1),
   acceptBacklog_(1024),
   sendTimeout_(0),
   recvTimeout_(0) {}
 
 TServerSocket::TServerSocket(int port, int sendTimeout, int recvTimeout) :
   port_(port),
-  serverSocket_(0),
+  serverSocket_(-1),
   acceptBacklog_(1024),
   sendTimeout_(sendTimeout),
   recvTimeout_(recvTimeout) {}
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
                               (struct sockaddr *) &clientAddress,
                               (socklen_t *) &size);
     
-  if (clientSocket <= 0) {
+  if (clientSocket < 0) {
     perror("TServerSocket::accept()");
     throw TTransportException(TTX_UNKNOWN, "ERROR:" + errno);
   }
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@
 }
 
 void TServerSocket::close() {
-  if (serverSocket_ > 0) {
+  if (serverSocket_ >= 0) {
     shutdown(serverSocket_, SHUT_RDWR);
     ::close(serverSocket_);
   }
-  serverSocket_ = 0;
+  serverSocket_ = -1;
 }
 
 }}} // facebook::thrift::transport
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSocket.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSocket.cpp
index 0c3f773..9df78a1 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSocket.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/transport/TSocket.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 TSocket::TSocket(string host, int port) : 
   host_(host),
   port_(port),
-  socket_(0),
+  socket_(-1),
   connTimeout_(0),
   sendTimeout_(0),
   recvTimeout_(0),
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 TSocket::TSocket() : 
   host_(""),
   port_(0),
-  socket_(0),
+  socket_(-1),
   connTimeout_(0),
   sendTimeout_(0),
   recvTimeout_(0),
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 }
 
 bool TSocket::isOpen() {
-  return (socket_ > 0); 
+  return (socket_ >= 0); 
 }
 
 bool TSocket::peek() {
@@ -209,15 +209,15 @@
 }
 
 void TSocket::close() {
-  if (socket_ > 0) {
+  if (socket_ >= 0) {
     shutdown(socket_, SHUT_RDWR);
     ::close(socket_);
   }
-  socket_ = 0;
+  socket_ = -1;
 }
 
 uint32_t TSocket::read(uint8_t* buf, uint32_t len) {
-  if (socket_ <= 0) {
+  if (socket_ < 0) {
     throw TTransportException(TTX_NOT_OPEN, "Called read on non-open socket");
   }
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 }
 
 void TSocket::write(const uint8_t* buf, uint32_t len) {
-  if (socket_ <= 0) {
+  if (socket_ < 0) {
     throw TTransportException(TTX_NOT_OPEN, "Called write on non-open socket");
   }
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 void TSocket::setLinger(bool on, int linger) {
   lingerOn_ = on;
   lingerVal_ = linger;
-  if (socket_ <= 0) {
+  if (socket_ < 0) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 
 void TSocket::setNoDelay(bool noDelay) {
   noDelay_ = noDelay;
-  if (socket_ <= 0) {
+  if (socket_ < 0) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
   recvTimeout_ = ms;
   recvTimeval_.tv_sec = (int)(recvTimeout_/1000);
   recvTimeval_.tv_usec = (int)((recvTimeout_%1000)*1000);
-  if (socket_ <= 0) {
+  if (socket_ < 0) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 
 void TSocket::setSendTimeout(int ms) {
   sendTimeout_ = ms;
-  if (socket_ <= 0) {
+  if (socket_ < 0) {
     return;
   }