diff --git a/examples/random_thrash.rb b/examples/random_thrash.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe9311ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/random_thrash.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require 'socket'
+devrand = open("/dev/random","r")
+
+loop do
+  s = TCPSocket.new(ARGV[0],ARGV[1])
+  s.write("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n")
+  total = 0
+  begin
+    loop do
+       r = devrand.read(10)
+       n = s.write(r)
+       total += n
+    end  
+  rescue Object
+	STDERR.puts "#$!: #{total}"
+  end
+   s.close
+   sleep 1
+end
diff --git a/ext/http11/http11.c b/ext/http11/http11.c
index d89f0d42..55ecc0fd 100644
--- a/ext/http11/http11.c
+++ b/ext/http11/http11.c
@@ -124,10 +124,20 @@ void header_done(void *data, const char *at, size_t length)
   VALUE temp = Qnil;
   VALUE host = Qnil;
   VALUE port = Qnil;
+  VALUE ctype = Qnil;
+  VALUE clen = Qnil;
   char *colon = NULL;
 
-  rb_hash_aset(req, global_content_length, rb_hash_aref(req, global_http_content_length));
-  rb_hash_aset(req, global_content_type, rb_hash_aref(req, global_http_content_type));
+  clen = rb_hash_aref(req, global_http_content_length);
+  if(clen != Qnil) {
+    rb_hash_aset(req, global_content_length, clen);
+  }
+
+  ctype = rb_hash_aref(req, global_http_content_type);
+  if(ctype != Qnil) {
+    rb_hash_aset(req, global_content_type, Qnil);
+  }
+
   rb_hash_aset(req, global_gateway_interface, global_gateway_interface_value);
   if((temp = rb_hash_aref(req, global_http_host)) != Qnil) {
     // ruby better close strings off with a '\0' dammit
diff --git a/lib/mongrel/handlers.rb b/lib/mongrel/handlers.rb
index b3081946..6bc2a704 100644
--- a/lib/mongrel/handlers.rb
+++ b/lib/mongrel/handlers.rb
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ module Mongrel
         ext = req[dot_at .. -1]
         if MIME_TYPES[ext]
           stat = File.stat(req)
-          response.header[Const::CONTENT_TYPE] = MIME_TYPES[ext]
+          response.header[Const::CONTENT_TYPE] = MIME_TYPES[ext] || "text"
           # TODO: Confirm this works for rfc 1123
           response.header[Const::LAST_MODIFIED] = HttpServer.httpdate(stat.mtime)
           # TODO that this is a valid way to calculate an etag
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ module Mongrel
 	  else
 	    File.open(req, "rb") { |f| response.socket.write(f.read) }
 	  end
-	rescue EOFError,Errno::ECONNRESET,Errno::EPIPE
+        rescue EOFError,Errno::ECONNRESET,Errno::EPIPE,Errno::EINVAL
 	  # ignore these since it means the client closed off early
 	end
       else
diff --git a/lib/mongrel/rails.rb b/lib/mongrel/rails.rb
index 66db6914..611fcd08 100644
--- a/lib/mongrel/rails.rb
+++ b/lib/mongrel/rails.rb
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ module Mongrel
         
         $orig_dollar_quote = $".clone
         ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = ops[:environment]
-        require "#{ops[:cwd]}/config/environment"
+        env_location = "#{ops[:cwd]}/config/environment"
+        require env_location
         require 'dispatcher'
         require 'mongrel/rails'