diff --git a/flaska.mjs b/flaska.mjs
index 679df06..1f8d176 100644
--- a/flaska.mjs
+++ b/flaska.mjs
@@ -1061,6 +1061,22 @@ ctx.state.nonce = nonce;
     }
   }
 
+  create() {
+    this.compile()
+    this.server = this.http.createServer(this.requestStart.bind(this))
+
+    this.server.on('connection', function (socket) {
+      // Set socket idle timeout in milliseconds
+      socket.setTimeout(1000 * 60 * 5) // 5 minutes
+  
+      // Wait for timeout event (socket will emit it when idle timeout elapses)
+      socket.on('timeout', function () {
+        // Call destroy again
+        socket.destroy();
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
   listen(port, orgIp, orgcb) {
     let ip = orgIp
     let cb = orgcb
@@ -1071,8 +1087,8 @@ ctx.state.nonce = nonce;
     if (typeof(port) !== 'number') {
       throw new Error('Flaska.listen() called with non-number in port')
     }
-    this.compile()
-    this.server = this.http.createServer(this.requestStart.bind(this))
+
+    this.create()
     
     this.server.listen(port, ip, cb)
   }
@@ -1082,8 +1098,7 @@ ctx.state.nonce = nonce;
       return Promise.reject(new Error('Flaska.listen() called with non-number in port'))
     }
 
-    this.compile()
-    this.server = this.http.createServer(this.requestStart.bind(this))
+    this.create()
 
     if (this.server.listenAsync && typeof(this.server.listenAsync) === 'function') {
       return this.server.listenAsync(port, ip)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 05bd337..ec66df1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "flaska",
-  "version": "1.3.3",
+  "version": "1.3.4",
   "description": "Flaska is a micro web-framework for node. It is designed to be fast, simple and lightweight, and is distributed as a single file module with no dependencies.",
   "main": "flaska.mjs",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/helper.mjs b/test/helper.mjs
index 29b40a6..797f4b9 100644
--- a/test/helper.mjs
+++ b/test/helper.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const indexMap = [
   'thirdCall',
 ]
 
-export function fakeHttp(inj1, inj2) {
+export function fakeHttp(inj1, inj2, inj3) {
   let intermediate = {
     createServer: function(cb) {
       if (inj1) inj1(cb)
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export function fakeHttp(inj1, inj2) {
         listen: function(port, ip, cb) {
           if (inj2) inj2(port, ip, cb)
           else if (cb) cb()
+        },
+        on: function(name, handler) {
+          if (inj3) inj3(name, handler)
         }
       }
     }