diff --git a/include/fc/time.hpp b/include/fc/time.hpp
index 7f9678d..be2861c 100644
--- a/include/fc/time.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/time.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ namespace fc {
 
         bool operator==(const microseconds& c)const { return _count == c._count; }
         friend bool operator>(const microseconds& a, const microseconds& b){ return a._count > b._count; }
+        friend bool operator<(const microseconds& a, const microseconds& b){ return a._count < b._count; }
         microseconds& operator+=(const microseconds& c) { _count += c._count; return *this; }
         int64_t count()const { return _count; }
     private:
diff --git a/src/http_connection.cpp b/src/http_connection.cpp
index b9cfb1b..8ba1035 100644
--- a/src/http_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/http_connection.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FC_START_SHARED_IMPL(fc::http::connection)
 
    fc::http::reply parse_reply() {
       fc::http::reply rep;
-      //try {
+      try {
         fc::vector<char> line(1024*8);
         int s = read_until( line.data(), line.data()+line.size(), ' ' ); // HTTP/1.1
         s = read_until( line.data(), line.data()+line.size(), ' ' ); // CODE
@@ -56,16 +56,17 @@ FC_START_SHARED_IMPL(fc::http::connection)
           }
         }
         if( rep.body.size() ) {
-          slog( "Reading body size %d", rep.body.size() );
+          //slog( "Reading body size %d", rep.body.size() );
           sock.read( rep.body.data(), rep.body.size() );
         }
         return rep;
-     /* } catch ( ... ) {
+      } catch ( ... ) {
         elog( "%s", fc::except_str().c_str() );
         sock.close();
+        FC_THROW_REPORT( "Error parsing reply" );
         rep.status = http::reply::InternalServerError;
         return rep;
-      } */
+      } 
    }
 
 FC_END_SHARED_IMPL 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ http::reply connection::request( const fc::string& method,
     wlog( "Re-open socket!" );
     my->sock.connect_to( my->ep );
   }
-  //try {
+  try {
       fc::stringstream req;
       req << method <<" "<<url<<" HTTP/1.1\r\n";
       req << "Host: localhost\r\n";
@@ -111,10 +112,11 @@ http::reply connection::request( const fc::string& method,
     //  fc::cerr.flush();
 
       return my->parse_reply();
- // } catch ( ... ) {
-  //    my->sock.close();
+  } catch ( ... ) {
+      my->sock.close();
+      FC_THROW_REPORT( "Error Sending HTTP Request" ); // TODO: provide more info
    //  return http::reply( http::reply::InternalServerError ); // TODO: replace with connection error
- // }
+  }
 }
 
 // used for servers
diff --git a/src/tcp_socket.cpp b/src/tcp_socket.cpp
index 541184a..c94f31e 100644
--- a/src/tcp_socket.cpp
+++ b/src/tcp_socket.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <fc/tcp_socket.hpp>
+#include <fc/hex.hpp>
 #include <fc/ip.hpp>
 #include <fc/fwd_impl.hpp>
 #include <fc/log.hpp>
@@ -52,7 +53,9 @@ namespace fc {
       p->wait();
     } else if( ec ) {
       elog( "throw... write data failed %s", boost::system::system_error(ec).what() );
-      throw boost::system::system_error(ec);
+      FC_THROW_REPORT( "Failed to write data to tcp socket", 
+                        fc::value().set("reason", fc::string(boost::system::system_error(ec).what())) 
+                                   .set("data", fc::to_hex(buf,len) ) );
     }
     return *this;
   }