diff --git a/reflector/CodecStream.cpp b/reflector/CodecStream.cpp
index 0df5425..c3693d1 100644
--- a/reflector/CodecStream.cpp
+++ b/reflector/CodecStream.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ void CCodecStream::Task(void)
 	}
 
 	STCPacket pack;
-    if (g_TCServer.Receive(m_CSModule, &pack, 8))
+    if (! g_TCServer.Receive(m_CSModule, pack, 8))
 	{
 		// update statistics
 		double rt = pack.rt_timer.time();	// the round-trip time
diff --git a/reflector/TCSocket.cpp b/reflector/TCSocket.cpp
index d968a90..ef62f91 100644
--- a/reflector/TCSocket.cpp
+++ b/reflector/TCSocket.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ char CTCSocket::GetMod(int fd) const
 	return '?';
 }
 
-bool CTCSocket::any_are_closed()
+bool CTCServer::any_are_closed()
 {
 	const auto n = m_Modules.size();
 	for (unsigned i=0; i<n; i++)
@@ -129,50 +129,55 @@ bool CTCSocket::Send(const STCPacket *packet)
 	return false;
 }
 
-// returns true if data is returned
-bool CTCServer::Receive(char module, STCPacket *packet, int ms)
+bool CTCSocket::receive(int fd, STCPacket &packet)
+{
+	auto n = recv(fd, &packet, sizeof(STCPacket), MSG_WAITALL);
+	if (n < 0)
+	{
+		perror("Receive recv");
+		Close(fd);
+		return true;
+	}
+	if (n != sizeof(STCPacket))
+		std::cout << "WARNING: Receive only read " << n << " bytes of the transcoder packet!" << std::endl;
+	return false;
+}
+
+// returns true on error
+bool CTCServer::Receive(char module, STCPacket &packet, int ms)
 {
 	const auto pos = m_Modules.find(module);
 	if (pos == std::string::npos)
 	{
 		std::cerr << "Can't Recevieve on unconfigured module '" << module << "'" << std::endl;
-		return false;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	auto fds = &m_Pfd[pos];
 	auto rv = poll(fds, 1, ms);
 	if (rv < 0)
 	{
-		perror("CTCServer::Recieve poll");
+		perror("Recieve poll");
 		Close(fds->fd);
-		return false;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	if (0 == rv)
-		return false;
+		return false;	// timeout
 
 	if (fds->revents & POLLIN)
 	{
-		auto data = (unsigned char *)packet;
-		auto n = recv(fds->fd, data, sizeof(STCPacket), MSG_WAITALL);
-		if (n < 0)
-		{
-			perror("Receive recv");
-			Close(fds->fd);
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (n != sizeof(STCPacket))
-			std::cout << "WARNING: Receive only read " << n << " bytes of the transcoder packet!" << std::endl;
+		return receive(fds->fd, packet);
 	}
 
 	if (fds->revents & POLLERR || fds->revents & POLLHUP)
 	{
 		std::cerr << ((fds->revents & POLLERR) ? "POLLERR" : "POLLHUP") << " received on fd " << fds->fd << ", closing socket" << std::endl;
 		Close(fds->fd);
-		return false;
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	return true;
+	return false;
 }
 
 bool CTCServer::Open(const std::string &address, const std::string &modules, uint16_t port)
@@ -220,21 +225,24 @@ bool CTCServer::Open(const std::string &address, const std::string &modules, uin
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	auto n = m_Modules.size();
-	std::cout << "Waiting for " << n << " transcoder connection(s)..." << std::endl;
 	m_Pfd.back().fd = fd;
 
+	std::cout << "Waiting for " << m_Modules.size() << " transcoder connection(s) on fd " << fd << "..." << std::endl;
+	return Accept();
+}
+
+bool CTCServer::Accept()
+{
 	while (any_are_closed())
 	{
-		if (Accept())
+		if (AcceptOne())
 			return true;
 	}
 
-
 	return false;
 }
 
-bool CTCServer::Accept()
+bool CTCServer::AcceptOne()
 {
 	auto rv = poll(&m_Pfd.back(), 1, 10);
 	if (rv < 0)
@@ -243,8 +251,8 @@ bool CTCServer::Accept()
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (0 == rv)	// we timed out waiting for something
-		return false;
+	if (0 == rv)
+		return false;	// timeout
 
 	// rv has to be 1, so, here comes a connect request
 
@@ -260,7 +268,7 @@ bool CTCServer::Accept()
 	}
 
 	char mod;
-	rv = recv(newfd, &mod, 1, 0);	// retrieve the identification byte
+	rv = recv(newfd, &mod, 1, 0);	// block to get the identification byte
 	if (rv != 1)
 	{
 		if (rv < 0)
@@ -377,62 +385,54 @@ bool CTCClient::Connect(char module)
 	return false;
 }
 
-bool CTCClient::CheckConnections()
+bool CTCClient::ReConnect()
 {
+	bool rv = false;
 	for (char m : m_Modules)
 	{
 		if (-1 == GetFD(m))
 		{
 			if (Connect(m))
 			{
-				return true;
+				rv = true;
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return false;
+	return rv;
 }
 
-// returns true if data is returned.
-// queue should be initially empty!
 bool CTCClient::Receive(std::queue<std::unique_ptr<STCPacket>> &queue, int ms)
 {
-	auto n = m_Pfd.size();
+	const auto n = m_Pfd.size();
 	auto rv = poll(m_Pfd.data(), n, ms);
-	if (0 == rv)
-		return false;
 
 	if (rv < 0)
 	{
-		perror("CTCClient::Receive poll");
+		perror("Receive poll");
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (0 == rv)
+		return false;
+
 	for (auto &pfd : m_Pfd)
 	{
 		if (pfd.revents & POLLIN)
 		{
-			auto packet = std::make_unique<STCPacket>();
-			auto data = (unsigned char *)packet.get();
-			auto n = recv(pfd.fd, data, sizeof(STCPacket), MSG_WAITALL);
-
-			if (n < 0)
+			auto p_tcpack = std::make_unique<STCPacket>();
+			if (receive(pfd.fd, *p_tcpack))
 			{
-				perror("Receive recv");
-				Close(pfd.fd);
-				packet.reset();
+				p_tcpack.reset();
 			}
-			else if (n > 0)
+			else
 			{
-				if (n != sizeof(STCPacket))
-					std::cout << "WARNING: Receive only read " << n << " bytes of the transcoder packet!" << std::endl;
-
-				queue.push(std::move(packet));
+				queue.push(std::move(p_tcpack));
 			}
 		}
 
 		if (pfd.revents & POLLERR || pfd.revents & POLLHUP)
 		{
-			std::cerr << ((pfd.revents & POLLERR) ? "POLLERR" : "POLLHUP") << " received on fd " << pfd.fd << ", closing socket" << std::endl;
+			std::cerr << "IO ERROR on Receive module " << GetMod(pfd.fd) << std::endl;
 			Close(pfd.fd);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/reflector/TCSocket.h b/reflector/TCSocket.h
index 57d784c..47b98bd 100644
--- a/reflector/TCSocket.h
+++ b/reflector/TCSocket.h
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ public:
 	void Close(); // close all open sockets
 	void Close(char module); // close a specific module
 	void Close(int fd); // close a specific file descriptor
+	bool receive(int fd, STCPacket &packet);
 
-	// most bool functions return true on failure
+	// All bool functions return true if there was an error
 	bool Send(const STCPacket *packet);
 
 	int GetFD(char module) const; // can return -1!
 	char GetMod(int fd) const;
 
 protected:
-	bool any_are_closed();
 	std::vector<struct pollfd> m_Pfd;
 	std::string m_Modules;
 };
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ public:
 	CTCServer() : CTCSocket() {}
 	~CTCServer() {}
 	bool Open(const std::string &address, const std::string &modules, uint16_t port);
+	bool Receive(char module, STCPacket &packet, int ms);
 	bool Accept();
-	bool Receive(char module, STCPacket *packet, int ms);
+
+private:
+	bool any_are_closed();
+	bool AcceptOne();
 };
 
 class CTCClient : public CTCSocket
@@ -64,10 +68,11 @@ public:
 	CTCClient() : CTCSocket(), m_Port(0) {}
 	~CTCClient() {}
 	bool Initialize(const std::string &address, const std::string &modules, uint16_t port);
-	bool Connect(char module);
-	bool CheckConnections();
 	bool Receive(std::queue<std::unique_ptr<STCPacket>> &queue, int ms);
+	bool ReConnect();
+
 private:
+	bool Connect(char module);
 	std::string m_Address;
 	uint16_t m_Port;
 };