diff --git a/src/network/epoll.c b/src/network/epoll.c
index bb9055e..0232a4d 100644
--- a/src/network/epoll.c
+++ b/src/network/epoll.c
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ int net_backend_process()
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	g_backend->now = time(0);
+	timeout_queue_process(&g_backend->timeout_queue, g_backend->now);
+
 	for (n = 0; n < res; n++)
 	{
 		struct net_connection_epoll* con = (struct net_connection_epoll*) g_backend->events[n].data.ptr;
@@ -232,6 +235,10 @@ void net_con_close(struct net_connection* con_)
 	{
 		LOG_WARN("epoll_ctl() delete failed.");
 	}
+
+	net_close(con->sd);
+	con->sd = -1;
+
 	net_con_print("DEL", con);
 	net_cleanup_delayed_free(g_backend->cleaner, con_);
 }
diff --git a/src/network/select.c b/src/network/select.c
index 6b35f64..069cdad 100644
--- a/src/network/select.c
+++ b/src/network/select.c
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ int net_backend_process()
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	g_backend->now = time(0);
+	timeout_queue_process(&g_backend->timeout_queue, g_backend->now);
+
 	for (n = 0, found = 0; found < res && n < (maxfd+1); n++)
 	{
 		struct net_connection_select* con = g_backend->conns[n];
@@ -197,6 +200,9 @@ void net_con_close(struct net_connection* con)
 
 	net_con_clear_timeout(con);
 
+	net_close(con->sd);
+	con->sd = -1;
+
 	net_con_print("DEL", (struct net_connection_select*) con);
 	net_cleanup_delayed_free(g_backend->cleaner, con);
 }
diff --git a/src/util/timeout.c b/src/util/timeout.c
index c728f31..e5c3760 100644
--- a/src/util/timeout.c
+++ b/src/util/timeout.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ size_t timeout_queue_process(struct timeout_queue* t, time_t now)
 		while ((evt = t->events[pos % t->max]))
 		{
 			timeout_queue_remove(t, evt);
-			timeout_evt_reset(evt);
 			evt->callback(evt);
 			events++;
 		}
@@ -125,8 +124,7 @@ void timeout_queue_remove(struct timeout_queue* t, struct timeout_evt* evt)
 		evt->prev->next = evt->next;
 		evt->next->prev = evt->prev;
 	}
-	evt->next = 0;
-	evt->prev = 0;
+	timeout_evt_reset(evt);
 }
 
 void timeout_queue_reschedule(struct timeout_queue* t, struct timeout_evt* evt, size_t seconds)