diff --git a/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs b/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/ReverseProxy.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, NoImplicitPrelude, FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, NoImplicitPrelude, FlexibleContexts, ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 module Network.HTTP.ReverseProxy
     ( -- * Types
       ProxyDest (..)
@@ -177,15 +177,16 @@
     fromClient0 = DCN.appSource appdata0
     toClient = DCN.appSink appdata0
     loop fromClient = do
-        (fromClient', keepAlive) <- runResourceT $ do
-            (req, fromClient') <- parseRequest conn 0 dummyAddr fromClient
-            res <- app req
-            keepAlive <- sendResponse dummyCleaner req conn res
-            (fromClient'', _) <- liftIO fromClient' >>= unwrapResumable
-            return (fromClient'', keepAlive)
-        if keepAlive
-            then loop fromClient'
-            else return ()
+        mfromClient <- runResourceT $ do
+            ex <- try $ parseRequest conn 0 dummyAddr fromClient
+            case ex of
+                Left (_ :: SomeException) -> return Nothing
+                Right (req, fromClient') -> do
+                    res <- app req
+                    keepAlive <- sendResponse dummyCleaner req conn res
+                    (fromClient'', _) <- liftIO fromClient' >>= unwrapResumable
+                    return $ if keepAlive then Just fromClient'' else Nothing
+        maybe (return ()) loop mfromClient
 
     dummyAddr = SockAddrInet (PortNum 0) 0 -- FIXME
     conn = Connection
diff --git a/http-reverse-proxy.cabal b/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
--- a/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
+++ b/http-reverse-proxy.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                http-reverse-proxy
-version:             0.1.0.2
+version:             0.1.0.3
 synopsis:            Reverse proxy HTTP requests, either over raw sockets or with WAI
 description:         Provides a simple means of reverse-proxying HTTP requests. The raw approach uses the same technique as leveraged by keter, whereas the WAI approach performs full request/response parsing via WAI and http-conduit.
 homepage:            https://github.com/fpco/http-reverse-proxy