diff --git a/lib/goldilocks.js b/lib/goldilocks.js
index 732678b..a0b3fcc 100644
--- a/lib/goldilocks.js
+++ b/lib/goldilocks.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports.create = function (deps, config) {
     }
 
     console.warn('failed to identify protocol from first chunk', firstChunk);
-    conn.close();
+    conn.destroy();
   }
   function netHandler(conn, opts) {
     function getProp(name) {
diff --git a/lib/modules/http.js b/lib/modules/http.js
index 048d3ac..636b6bc 100644
--- a/lib/modules/http.js
+++ b/lib/modules/http.js
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ module.exports.create = function (deps, conf, greenlockMiddleware) {
       function handleChunk(chunk) {
         if (!errored) {
           opts.firstChunk = Buffer.concat([opts.firstChunk, chunk]);
-          if (opts.firstChunk.includes('\r\n\r\n')) {
-            resolve(opts.firstChunk.toString());
-            conn.removeListener('error', handleErr);
-          } else {
+          if (!opts.firstChunk.includes('\r\n\r\n')) {
             conn.once('data', handleChunk);
+            return;
           }
+
+          conn.removeListener('error', handleErr);
+          conn.pause();
+          resolve(opts.firstChunk.toString());
         }
       }
       conn.once('data', handleChunk);
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ module.exports.create = function (deps, conf, greenlockMiddleware) {
     // data comes in.
     process.nextTick(function () {
       conn.unshift(opts.firstChunk);
+      conn.resume();
     });
 
     // Convenience return for all the check* functions.
@@ -160,6 +163,7 @@ module.exports.create = function (deps, conf, greenlockMiddleware) {
       deps.tunnelServer.handleClientConn(conn);
       process.nextTick(function () {
         conn.unshift(opts.firstChunk);
+        conn.resume();
       });
       return true;
     }
@@ -211,6 +215,7 @@ module.exports.create = function (deps, conf, greenlockMiddleware) {
       deps.tunnelServer.handleAdminConn(conn);
       process.nextTick(function () {
         conn.unshift(opts.firstChunk);
+        conn.resume();
       });
       return true;
     }