diff --git a/web/err.go b/web/err.go
index b87f7f74..72627624 100644
--- a/web/err.go
+++ b/web/err.go
@@ -44,19 +44,24 @@ func errors(val error, c *fibre.Context) {
 	case *sql.ParseError:
 		code, info = 400, e.Error()
 	case *fibre.HTTPError:
-		code = e.Code()
+		code, info = e.Code(), e.Error()
 	}
 
 	if _, ok := errs[code]; !ok {
 		code = 500
 	}
 
-	c.Send(code, &err{
-		errs[code].Code,
-		errs[code].Details,
-		errs[code].Description,
-		info,
-	})
+	switch c.Type() {
+	case "text/plain":
+		c.Send(code, info)
+	default:
+		c.Send(code, &err{
+			errs[code].Code,
+			errs[code].Details,
+			errs[code].Description,
+			info,
+		})
+	}
 
 }
 
diff --git a/web/routes.go b/web/routes.go
index d025c739..dc3a7003 100644
--- a/web/routes.go
+++ b/web/routes.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/sql"
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/util/build"
 	"github.com/abcum/surreal/util/show"
-	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 )
 
 func limit(c *fibre.Context, i int64) int64 {
@@ -175,9 +174,6 @@ func routes(s *fibre.Fibre) {
 		for {
 			_, msg, err := c.Socket().Read()
 			if err != nil {
-				if websocket.IsCloseError(err, 1000, 1001, 1005) {
-					return nil
-				}
 				return err
 			}
 			if res, err := db.Execute(c, msg, nil); err != nil {
@@ -186,7 +182,6 @@ func routes(s *fibre.Fibre) {
 				c.Socket().SendJSON(res)
 			}
 		}
-		return nil
 	})
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------