diff --git a/examples/simpleweb.lua b/examples/simpleweb.lua
index 4bb175d0..6e6e6438 100644
--- a/examples/simpleweb.lua
+++ b/examples/simpleweb.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ local mode = ...
 
 if mode == "agent" then
 
+local function response(id, ...)
+	local ok, err = httpd.write_response(sockethelper.writefunc(id), ...)
+	if not ok then
+		-- if err == sockethelper.socket_error , that means socket closed.
+		skynet.error(string.format("fd = %d, %s", id, err))
+	end
+end
+
 skynet.start(function()
 	skynet.dispatch("lua", function (_,_,id)
 		socket.start(id)
@@ -15,7 +23,7 @@ skynet.start(function()
 		local code, url, method, header, body = httpd.read_request(sockethelper.readfunc(id), 8192)
 		if code then
 			if code ~= 200 then
-				httpd.write_response(sockethelper.writefunc(id), code)
+				response(id, code)
 			else
 				local tmp = {}
 				if header.host then
@@ -29,8 +37,7 @@ skynet.start(function()
 						table.insert(tmp, string.format("query: %s= %s", k,v))
 					end
 				end
-
-				httpd.write_response(sockethelper.writefunc(id), code , table.concat(tmp,"\n"))
+				response(id, code, table.concat(tmp,"\n"))
 			end
 		else
 			if url == sockethelper.socket_error then
diff --git a/lualib/http/httpd.lua b/lualib/http/httpd.lua
index 3698bf00..1fe507de 100644
--- a/lualib/http/httpd.lua
+++ b/lualib/http/httpd.lua
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ local function readall(readbytes, bodylimit)
 	return 200, url, method, header, body
 end
 
-function httpd.read_request(readbytes, bodylimit)
-	local ok, code, url, method, header, body = pcall(readall, readbytes, bodylimit)
+function httpd.read_request(...)
+	local ok, code, url, method, header, body = pcall(readall, ...)
 	if ok then
 		return code, url, method, header, body
 	else
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ function httpd.read_request(readbytes, bodylimit)
 	end
 end
 
-function httpd.write_response(writefunc, statuscode, bodyfunc, header)
+local function writeall(writefunc, statuscode, bodyfunc, header)
 	local statusline = string.format("HTTP/1.1 %03d %s\r\n", statuscode, http_status_msg[statuscode] or "")
 	writefunc(statusline)
 	if header then
@@ -267,4 +267,8 @@ function httpd.write_response(writefunc, statuscode, bodyfunc, header)
 	end
 end
 
+function httpd.write_response(...)
+	return pcall(writeall, ...)
+end
+
 return httpd
diff --git a/lualib/http/sockethelper.lua b/lualib/http/sockethelper.lua
index 14668c8b..89c7ec93 100644
--- a/lualib/http/sockethelper.lua
+++ b/lualib/http/sockethelper.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ local readbytes = socket.read
 local writebytes = socket.write
 
 local sockethelper = {}
-local socket_error = {}
+local socket_error = setmetatable({} , { __tostring = function() return "[Socket Error]" end })
 
 sockethelper.socket_error = socket_error
 
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ function sockethelper.writefunc(fd)
 	end
 end
 
-return sockethelper
\ No newline at end of file
+return sockethelper