diff --git a/lib/remote.js b/lib/remote.js
index fb31c27..7261d74 100644
--- a/lib/remote.js
+++ b/lib/remote.js
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ function _connect(state) {
         + "(" + clientHandlers.count() + " clients)");
 
       conn.tunnelCid = cid;
-      conn.tunnelRead = tun.data.byteLength;
-      conn.tunnelWritten    = 0;
+      if (tun.data) {
+        conn.tunnelRead = tun.data.byteLength;
+      } else {
+        conn.tunnelRead = 0;
+      }
+      conn.tunnelWritten = 0;
 
       conn.on('data', function onLocalData(chunk) {
         //var chunk = conn.read();
@@ -323,7 +327,6 @@ function _connect(state) {
     }
 
   , onconnection: function (tun) {
-      console.log("[debug] got connection event");
       var cid = tun._id = Packer.addrToId(tun);
 
       // this data should have been gathered already as part of the proxy protocol
@@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ function _connect(state) {
       handled = clientHandlers.write(cid, tun);
 
       // quasi backwards compat
-      if (!handled) { console.log("[debug] did not get connection event"); packerHandlers.onconnection(tun); }
+      if (!handled) { console.log("[debug] did not get 'connection' event"); packerHandlers.onconnection(tun); }
     }
 
   , onpause: function (opts) {