diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6a79e63..629ed64 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.4b2.dev157',
+        version='2.4b2.dev159',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/warcprox/__init__.py b/warcprox/__init__.py
index 76abafa..76d733d 100644
--- a/warcprox/__init__.py
+++ b/warcprox/__init__.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class BasePostfetchProcessor(threading.Thread):
         raise Exception('not implemented')
 
     def _run(self):
-        logging.info('%s starting up', self)
+        self.logger.info('%s starting up', self)
         self._startup()
         while not self.stop.is_set():
             try:
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class BasePostfetchProcessor(threading.Thread):
                     except queue.Empty:
                         if self.stop.is_set():
                             break
-                logging.info('%s shutting down', self)
+                self.logger.info('%s shutting down', self)
                 self._shutdown()
             except Exception as e:
                 if isinstance(e, OSError) and e.errno == 28:
diff --git a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
index 2776a97..8778822 100644
--- a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
+++ b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 self._conn_pool._put_conn(self._remote_server_conn)
         except:
             self._remote_server_conn.sock.close()
+            raise
         finally:
             if prox_rec_res:
                 prox_rec_res.close()
diff --git a/warcprox/writerthread.py b/warcprox/writerthread.py
index a3eeedb..927c628 100644
--- a/warcprox/writerthread.py
+++ b/warcprox/writerthread.py
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ class WarcWriterProcessor(warcprox.BaseStandardPostfetchProcessor):
         self.pool = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=options.writer_threads or 1)
         self.batch = set()
 
+    def _startup(self):
+        self.logger.info('%s threads', self.pool._max_workers)
+        warcprox.BaseStandardPostfetchProcessor._startup(self)
+
     def _get_process_put(self):
         try:
             recorded_url = self.inq.get(block=True, timeout=0.5)