diff --git a/src/libfibre/webserver.cpp b/src/libfibre/webserver.cpp
index 1454fda04a06a664632a6cc6bc567cab87adf10d..11090dc1b91f382b347e4516b4a2d6b65de96883 100644
--- a/src/libfibre/webserver.cpp
+++ b/src/libfibre/webserver.cpp
@@ -121,13 +121,15 @@ static void usage(const char* prog) {
 }
 
 // fibre counting
+static volatile size_t connections = 0;
 static volatile size_t connectionFibres = 0;
 
 static void exitHandler(int sig) {
   if (sig == SIGINT) cout << endl;
   cout << "threads: " << threadCount << " cluster size: " << clusterSize << " listeners: " << listenerCount << " event scopes: " << scopeCount;
   if (affinityFlag) cout << " affinity";
-  cout << endl << "fibres: " << connectionFibres << endl;
+  cout << endl << "connections: " << connections << endl;
+  cout << "fibres: " << connectionFibres << endl;
   exit(0);
 }
 
@@ -326,6 +328,7 @@ static int create_socket(bool singleAccept = false) {
 
 static void handler_loop(void* arg) {
   for (;;) {
+    __atomic_add_fetch(&connections, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
     while (connHandler(arg));
     arg = CurrGarage().park();
   }
@@ -441,9 +444,9 @@ static void scopemain() {
       // set poller thread affinity to group of cores
       CPU_SET(cpu, &clustercpus);
       if (((t % clusterSize) == clusterSize-1) || (t == threadCount-1)) { // end of cluster or end of threads
-//        cout << "cluster "<< cidx << " affinity";
-        for (int j = 0; j < CPU_SETSIZE; j++) if (CPU_ISSET(j, &clustercpus)) cout << ' ' << j;
-        cout << endl;
+//        cout << "cluster " << cidx << " affinity: ";
+//        for (int j = 0; j < CPU_SETSIZE; j++) if (CPU_ISSET(j, &clustercpus)) cout << ' ' << j;
+//        cout << endl;
         SYSCALL(pthread_setaffinity_np(cluster[cidx]->getPoller().getSysID(), sizeof(clustercpus), &clustercpus));
         CPU_ZERO(&clustercpus);
         cidx += 1;
@@ -473,7 +476,7 @@ static void scopemain() {
   for (unsigned int c = 0; c < clusterCount; c += 1) {
     if (listenerCount) {
       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < listenerCount; i += 1) {
-        Fibre* f = new Fibre(acceptor, (void*)servFD, true);
+        Fibre* f = new Fibre(acceptor, (void*)servFD);
 #if defined __LIBFIBRE__
         f->setPriority(topPriority);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/testoptions.h b/src/testoptions.h
index 623202de7df5a05cec52905cbb7584dfaa61d2f2..0dab677cc479c0daa48502c10ff3d1d293f55d72 100644
--- a/src/testoptions.h
+++ b/src/testoptions.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 //#define TESTING_POLLER_FIBRES         1 // vs. per-cluster poller pthread
 //#define TESTING_POLLER_IDLEWAIT       1 // vs. wake up poller thread anytime
-//#define TESTING_POLLER_IDLETIMEDWAIT  10000 // vs. wait indefinitely for idle (usecs)
+//#define TESTING_POLLER_IDLETIMEDWAIT  1000 // vs. wait indefinitely for idle (usecs)
 #define TESTING_BULK_RESUME           1 // vs. individual resume
 #define TESTING_LAZY_FD_REGISTRATION  1 // vs. eager registration after fd creation