diff --git a/lib/bb/asyncrpc/__init__.py b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/__init__.py
index 9a85e996..9f677eac 100644
--- a/lib/bb/asyncrpc/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/__init__.py
@@ -4,30 +4,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 #
 
-import itertools
-import json
-
-# The Python async server defaults to a 64K receive buffer, so we hardcode our
-# maximum chunk size. It would be better if the client and server reported to
-# each other what the maximum chunk sizes were, but that will slow down the
-# connection setup with a round trip delay so I'd rather not do that unless it
-# is necessary
-DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK = 32 * 1024
-
-
-def chunkify(msg, max_chunk):
-    if len(msg) < max_chunk - 1:
-        yield ''.join((msg, "\n"))
-    else:
-        yield ''.join((json.dumps({
-                'chunk-stream': None
-            }), "\n"))
-
-        args = [iter(msg)] * (max_chunk - 1)
-        for m in map(''.join, itertools.zip_longest(*args, fillvalue='')):
-            yield ''.join(itertools.chain(m, "\n"))
-        yield "\n"
-
 
 from .client import AsyncClient, Client
-from .serv import AsyncServer, AsyncServerConnection, ClientError, ServerError
+from .serv import AsyncServer, AsyncServerConnection
+from .connection import DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK
+from .exceptions import (
+    ClientError,
+    ServerError,
+    ConnectionClosedError,
+)
diff --git a/lib/bb/asyncrpc/client.py b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/client.py
index fa042bbe..7f33099b 100644
--- a/lib/bb/asyncrpc/client.py
+++ b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/client.py
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import json
 import os
 import socket
 import sys
-from . import chunkify, DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK
+from .connection import StreamConnection, DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK
+from .exceptions import ConnectionClosedError
 
 
 class AsyncClient(object):
     def __init__(self, proto_name, proto_version, logger, timeout=30):
-        self.reader = None
-        self.writer = None
+        self.socket = None
         self.max_chunk = DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK
         self.proto_name = proto_name
         self.proto_version = proto_version
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class AsyncClient(object):
 
     async def connect_tcp(self, address, port):
         async def connect_sock():
-            return await asyncio.open_connection(address, port)
+            reader, writer = await asyncio.open_connection(address, port)
+            return StreamConnection(reader, writer, self.timeout, self.max_chunk)
 
         self._connect_sock = connect_sock
 
@@ -40,27 +41,27 @@ class AsyncClient(object):
                 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0)
                 sock.connect(os.path.basename(path))
             finally:
-               os.chdir(cwd)
-            return await asyncio.open_unix_connection(sock=sock)
+                os.chdir(cwd)
+            reader, writer = await asyncio.open_unix_connection(sock=sock)
+            return StreamConnection(reader, writer, self.timeout, self.max_chunk)
 
         self._connect_sock = connect_sock
 
     async def setup_connection(self):
-        s = '%s %s\n\n' % (self.proto_name, self.proto_version)
-        self.writer.write(s.encode("utf-8"))
-        await self.writer.drain()
+        # Send headers
+        await self.socket.send("%s %s" % (self.proto_name, self.proto_version))
+        # End of headers
+        await self.socket.send("")
 
     async def connect(self):
-        if self.reader is None or self.writer is None:
-            (self.reader, self.writer) = await self._connect_sock()
+        if self.socket is None:
+            self.socket = await self._connect_sock()
             await self.setup_connection()
 
     async def close(self):
-        self.reader = None
-
-        if self.writer is not None:
-            self.writer.close()
-            self.writer = None
+        if self.socket is not None:
+            await self.socket.close()
+            self.socket = None
 
     async def _send_wrapper(self, proc):
         count = 0
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class AsyncClient(object):
             except (
                 OSError,
                 ConnectionError,
+                ConnectionClosedError,
                 json.JSONDecodeError,
                 UnicodeDecodeError,
             ) as e:
@@ -82,49 +84,15 @@ class AsyncClient(object):
                 await self.close()
                 count += 1
 
-    async def send_message(self, msg):
-        async def get_line():
-            try:
-                line = await asyncio.wait_for(self.reader.readline(), self.timeout)
-            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-                raise ConnectionError("Timed out waiting for server")
-
-            if not line:
-                raise ConnectionError("Connection closed")
-
-            line = line.decode("utf-8")
-
-            if not line.endswith("\n"):
-                raise ConnectionError("Bad message %r" % (line))
-
-            return line
-
+    async def invoke(self, msg):
         async def proc():
-            for c in chunkify(json.dumps(msg), self.max_chunk):
-                self.writer.write(c.encode("utf-8"))
-            await self.writer.drain()
-
-            l = await get_line()
-
-            m = json.loads(l)
-            if m and "chunk-stream" in m:
-                lines = []
-                while True:
-                    l = (await get_line()).rstrip("\n")
-                    if not l:
-                        break
-                    lines.append(l)
-
-                m = json.loads("".join(lines))
-
-            return m
+            await self.socket.send_message(msg)
+            return await self.socket.recv_message()
 
         return await self._send_wrapper(proc)
 
     async def ping(self):
-        return await self.send_message(
-            {'ping': {}}
-        )
+        return await self.invoke({"ping": {}})
 
 
 class Client(object):
@@ -142,7 +110,7 @@ class Client(object):
         # required (but harmless) with it.
         asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
 
-        self._add_methods('connect_tcp', 'ping')
+        self._add_methods("connect_tcp", "ping")
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def _get_async_client(self):
diff --git a/lib/bb/asyncrpc/connection.py b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/connection.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4fd2475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/connection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#
+# Copyright BitBake Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+
+import asyncio
+import itertools
+import json
+from .exceptions import ClientError, ConnectionClosedError
+
+
+# The Python async server defaults to a 64K receive buffer, so we hardcode our
+# maximum chunk size. It would be better if the client and server reported to
+# each other what the maximum chunk sizes were, but that will slow down the
+# connection setup with a round trip delay so I'd rather not do that unless it
+# is necessary
+DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK = 32 * 1024
+
+
+def chunkify(msg, max_chunk):
+    if len(msg) < max_chunk - 1:
+        yield "".join((msg, "\n"))
+    else:
+        yield "".join((json.dumps({"chunk-stream": None}), "\n"))
+
+        args = [iter(msg)] * (max_chunk - 1)
+        for m in map("".join, itertools.zip_longest(*args, fillvalue="")):
+            yield "".join(itertools.chain(m, "\n"))
+        yield "\n"
+
+
+class StreamConnection(object):
+    def __init__(self, reader, writer, timeout, max_chunk=DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK):
+        self.reader = reader
+        self.writer = writer
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.max_chunk = max_chunk
+
+    @property
+    def address(self):
+        return self.writer.get_extra_info("peername")
+
+    async def send_message(self, msg):
+        for c in chunkify(json.dumps(msg), self.max_chunk):
+            self.writer.write(c.encode("utf-8"))
+        await self.writer.drain()
+
+    async def recv_message(self):
+        l = await self.recv()
+
+        m = json.loads(l)
+        if not m:
+            return m
+
+        if "chunk-stream" in m:
+            lines = []
+            while True:
+                l = await self.recv()
+                if not l:
+                    break
+                lines.append(l)
+
+            m = json.loads("".join(lines))
+
+        return m
+
+    async def send(self, msg):
+        self.writer.write(("%s\n" % msg).encode("utf-8"))
+        await self.writer.drain()
+
+    async def recv(self):
+        if self.timeout < 0:
+            line = await self.reader.readline()
+        else:
+            try:
+                line = await asyncio.wait_for(self.reader.readline(), self.timeout)
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                raise ConnectionError("Timed out waiting for data")
+
+        if not line:
+            raise ConnectionClosedError("Connection closed")
+
+        line = line.decode("utf-8")
+
+        if not line.endswith("\n"):
+            raise ConnectionError("Bad message %r" % (line))
+
+        return line.rstrip()
+
+    async def close(self):
+        self.reader = None
+        if self.writer is not None:
+            self.writer.close()
+            self.writer = None
diff --git a/lib/bb/asyncrpc/exceptions.py b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8942b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Copyright BitBake Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+
+
+class ClientError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class ServerError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class ConnectionClosedError(Exception):
+    pass
diff --git a/lib/bb/asyncrpc/serv.py b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/serv.py
index d2de4891..8d4da1e2 100644
--- a/lib/bb/asyncrpc/serv.py
+++ b/lib/bb/asyncrpc/serv.py
@@ -12,241 +12,242 @@ import signal
 import socket
 import sys
 import multiprocessing
-from . import chunkify, DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK
-
-
-class ClientError(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
-class ServerError(Exception):
-    pass
+from .connection import StreamConnection
+from .exceptions import ClientError, ServerError, ConnectionClosedError
 
 
 class AsyncServerConnection(object):
-    def __init__(self, reader, writer, proto_name, logger):
-        self.reader = reader
-        self.writer = writer
+    def __init__(self, socket, proto_name, logger):
+        self.socket = socket
         self.proto_name = proto_name
-        self.max_chunk = DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK
         self.handlers = {
-            'chunk-stream': self.handle_chunk,
-            'ping': self.handle_ping,
+            "ping": self.handle_ping,
         }
         self.logger = logger
 
+    async def close(self):
+        await self.socket.close()
+
     async def process_requests(self):
         try:
-            self.addr = self.writer.get_extra_info('peername')
-            self.logger.debug('Client %r connected' % (self.addr,))
+            self.logger.info("Client %r connected" % (self.socket.address,))
 
             # Read protocol and version
-            client_protocol = await self.reader.readline()
+            client_protocol = await self.socket.recv()
             if not client_protocol:
                 return
 
-            (client_proto_name, client_proto_version) = client_protocol.decode('utf-8').rstrip().split()
+            (client_proto_name, client_proto_version) = client_protocol.split()
             if client_proto_name != self.proto_name:
-                self.logger.debug('Rejecting invalid protocol %s' % (self.proto_name))
+                self.logger.debug("Rejecting invalid protocol %s" % (self.proto_name))
                 return
 
-            self.proto_version = tuple(int(v) for v in client_proto_version.split('.'))
+            self.proto_version = tuple(int(v) for v in client_proto_version.split("."))
             if not self.validate_proto_version():
-                self.logger.debug('Rejecting invalid protocol version %s' % (client_proto_version))
+                self.logger.debug(
+                    "Rejecting invalid protocol version %s" % (client_proto_version)
+                )
                 return
 
             # Read headers. Currently, no headers are implemented, so look for
             # an empty line to signal the end of the headers
             while True:
-                line = await self.reader.readline()
-                if not line:
-                    return
-
-                line = line.decode('utf-8').rstrip()
-                if not line:
+                header = await self.socket.recv()
+                if not header:
                     break
 
             # Handle messages
             while True:
-                d = await self.read_message()
+                d = await self.socket.recv_message()
                 if d is None:
                     break
-                await self.dispatch_message(d)
-                await self.writer.drain()
-        except ClientError as e:
+                response = await self.dispatch_message(d)
+                await self.socket.send_message(response)
+        except ConnectionClosedError as e:
+            self.logger.info(str(e))
+        except (ClientError, ConnectionError) as e:
             self.logger.error(str(e))
         finally:
-            self.writer.close()
+            await self.close()
 
     async def dispatch_message(self, msg):
         for k in self.handlers.keys():
             if k in msg:
-                self.logger.debug('Handling %s' % k)
-                await self.handlers[k](msg[k])
-                return
+                self.logger.debug("Handling %s" % k)
+                return await self.handlers[k](msg[k])
 
         raise ClientError("Unrecognized command %r" % msg)
 
-    def write_message(self, msg):
-        for c in chunkify(json.dumps(msg), self.max_chunk):
-            self.writer.write(c.encode('utf-8'))
+    async def handle_ping(self, request):
+        return {"alive": True}
 
-    async def read_message(self):
-        l = await self.reader.readline()
-        if not l:
-            return None
 
-        try:
-            message = l.decode('utf-8')
+class StreamServer(object):
+    def __init__(self, handler, logger):
+        self.handler = handler
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.closed = False
 
-            if not message.endswith('\n'):
-                return None
+    async def handle_stream_client(self, reader, writer):
+        # writer.transport.set_write_buffer_limits(0)
+        socket = StreamConnection(reader, writer, -1)
+        if self.closed:
+            await socket.close()
+            return
+
+        await self.handler(socket)
+
+    async def stop(self):
+        self.closed = True
+
+
+class TCPStreamServer(StreamServer):
+    def __init__(self, host, port, handler, logger):
+        super().__init__(handler, logger)
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = port
+
+    def start(self, loop):
+        self.server = loop.run_until_complete(
+            asyncio.start_server(self.handle_stream_client, self.host, self.port)
+        )
+
+        for s in self.server.sockets:
+            self.logger.debug("Listening on %r" % (s.getsockname(),))
+            # Newer python does this automatically. Do it manually here for
+            # maximum compatibility
+            s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_TCP, socket.TCP_NODELAY, 1)
+            s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_TCP, socket.TCP_QUICKACK, 1)
+
+            # Enable keep alives. This prevents broken client connections
+            # from persisting on the server for long periods of time.
+            s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+            s.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE, 30)
+            s.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, 15)
+            s.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPCNT, 4)
+
+        name = self.server.sockets[0].getsockname()
+        if self.server.sockets[0].family == socket.AF_INET6:
+            self.address = "[%s]:%d" % (name[0], name[1])
+        else:
+            self.address = "%s:%d" % (name[0], name[1])
+
+        return [self.server.wait_closed()]
+
+    async def stop(self):
+        await super().stop()
+        self.server.close()
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        pass
 
-            return json.loads(message)
-        except (json.JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
-            self.logger.error('Bad message from client: %r' % message)
-            raise e
 
-    async def handle_chunk(self, request):
-        lines = []
-        try:
-            while True:
-                l = await self.reader.readline()
-                l = l.rstrip(b"\n").decode("utf-8")
-                if not l:
-                    break
-                lines.append(l)
+class UnixStreamServer(StreamServer):
+    def __init__(self, path, handler, logger):
+        super().__init__(handler, logger)
+        self.path = path
 
-            msg = json.loads(''.join(lines))
-        except (json.JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
-            self.logger.error('Bad message from client: %r' % lines)
-            raise e
+    def start(self, loop):
+        cwd = os.getcwd()
+        try:
+            # Work around path length limits in AF_UNIX
+            os.chdir(os.path.dirname(self.path))
+            self.server = loop.run_until_complete(
+                asyncio.start_unix_server(
+                    self.handle_stream_client, os.path.basename(self.path)
+                )
+            )
+        finally:
+            os.chdir(cwd)
 
-        if 'chunk-stream' in msg:
-            raise ClientError("Nested chunks are not allowed")
+        self.logger.debug("Listening on %r" % self.path)
+        self.address = "unix://%s" % os.path.abspath(self.path)
+        return [self.server.wait_closed()]
 
-        await self.dispatch_message(msg)
+    async def stop(self):
+        await super().stop()
+        self.server.close()
 
-    async def handle_ping(self, request):
-        response = {'alive': True}
-        self.write_message(response)
+    def cleanup(self):
+        os.unlink(self.path)
 
 
 class AsyncServer(object):
     def __init__(self, logger):
-        self._cleanup_socket = None
         self.logger = logger
-        self.start = None
-        self.address = None
         self.loop = None
+        self.run_tasks = []
 
     def start_tcp_server(self, host, port):
-        def start_tcp():
-            self.server = self.loop.run_until_complete(
-                asyncio.start_server(self.handle_client, host, port)
-            )
-
-            for s in self.server.sockets:
-                self.logger.debug('Listening on %r' % (s.getsockname(),))
-                # Newer python does this automatically. Do it manually here for
-                # maximum compatibility
-                s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_TCP, socket.TCP_NODELAY, 1)
-                s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_TCP, socket.TCP_QUICKACK, 1)
-
-                # Enable keep alives. This prevents broken client connections
-                # from persisting on the server for long periods of time.
-                s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
-                s.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE, 30)
-                s.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, 15)
-                s.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPCNT, 4)
-
-            name = self.server.sockets[0].getsockname()
-            if self.server.sockets[0].family == socket.AF_INET6:
-                self.address = "[%s]:%d" % (name[0], name[1])
-            else:
-                self.address = "%s:%d" % (name[0], name[1])
-
-        self.start = start_tcp
+        self.server = TCPStreamServer(host, port, self._client_handler, self.logger)
 
     def start_unix_server(self, path):
-        def cleanup():
-            os.unlink(path)
-
-        def start_unix():
-            cwd = os.getcwd()
-            try:
-                # Work around path length limits in AF_UNIX
-                os.chdir(os.path.dirname(path))
-                self.server = self.loop.run_until_complete(
-                    asyncio.start_unix_server(self.handle_client, os.path.basename(path))
-                )
-            finally:
-                os.chdir(cwd)
-
-            self.logger.debug('Listening on %r' % path)
-
-            self._cleanup_socket = cleanup
-            self.address = "unix://%s" % os.path.abspath(path)
-
-        self.start = start_unix
-
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def accept_client(self, reader, writer):
-        pass
+        self.server = UnixStreamServer(path, self._client_handler, self.logger)
 
-    async def handle_client(self, reader, writer):
-        # writer.transport.set_write_buffer_limits(0)
+    async def _client_handler(self, socket):
         try:
-            client = self.accept_client(reader, writer)
+            client = self.accept_client(socket)
             await client.process_requests()
         except Exception as e:
             import traceback
-            self.logger.error('Error from client: %s' % str(e), exc_info=True)
+
+            self.logger.error("Error from client: %s" % str(e), exc_info=True)
             traceback.print_exc()
-            writer.close()
-        self.logger.debug('Client disconnected')
+            await socket.close()
+        self.logger.debug("Client disconnected")
 
-    def run_loop_forever(self):
-        try:
-            self.loop.run_forever()
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            pass
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def accept_client(self, socket):
+        pass
+
+    async def stop(self):
+        self.logger.debug("Stopping server")
+        await self.server.stop()
+
+    def start(self):
+        tasks = self.server.start(self.loop)
+        self.address = self.server.address
+        return tasks
 
     def signal_handler(self):
         self.logger.debug("Got exit signal")
-        self.loop.stop()
+        self.loop.create_task(self.stop())
 
-    def _serve_forever(self):
+    def _serve_forever(self, tasks):
         try:
             self.loop.add_signal_handler(signal.SIGTERM, self.signal_handler)
+            self.loop.add_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT, self.signal_handler)
+            self.loop.add_signal_handler(signal.SIGQUIT, self.signal_handler)
             signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_UNBLOCK, [signal.SIGTERM])
 
-            self.run_loop_forever()
-            self.server.close()
+            self.loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(*tasks))
 
-            self.loop.run_until_complete(self.server.wait_closed())
-            self.logger.debug('Server shutting down')
+            self.logger.debug("Server shutting down")
         finally:
-            if self._cleanup_socket is not None:
-                self._cleanup_socket()
+            self.server.cleanup()
 
     def serve_forever(self):
         """
         Serve requests in the current process
         """
+        self._create_loop()
+        tasks = self.start()
+        self._serve_forever(tasks)
+        self.loop.close()
+
+    def _create_loop(self):
         # Create loop and override any loop that may have existed in
         # a parent process.  It is possible that the usecases of
         # serve_forever might be constrained enough to allow using
         # get_event_loop here, but better safe than sorry for now.
         self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
         asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
-        self.start()
-        self._serve_forever()
 
     def serve_as_process(self, *, prefunc=None, args=()):
         """
         Serve requests in a child process
         """
+
         def run(queue):
             # Create loop and override any loop that may have existed
             # in a parent process.  Without doing this and instead
@@ -259,18 +260,19 @@ class AsyncServer(object):
             # more general, though, as any potential use of asyncio in
             # Cooker could create a loop that needs to replaced in this
             # new process.
-            self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-            asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
+            self._create_loop()
             try:
-                self.start()
+                self.address = None
+                tasks = self.start()
             finally:
+                # Always put the server address to wake up the parent task
                 queue.put(self.address)
                 queue.close()
 
             if prefunc is not None:
                 prefunc(self, *args)
 
-            self._serve_forever()
+            self._serve_forever(tasks)
 
             if sys.version_info >= (3, 6):
                 self.loop.run_until_complete(self.loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
diff --git a/lib/hashserv/__init__.py b/lib/hashserv/__init__.py
index 9cb3fd57..3a401835 100644
--- a/lib/hashserv/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/hashserv/__init__.py
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ UNIX_PREFIX = "unix://"
 ADDR_TYPE_UNIX = 0
 ADDR_TYPE_TCP = 1
 
-# The Python async server defaults to a 64K receive buffer, so we hardcode our
-# maximum chunk size. It would be better if the client and server reported to
-# each other what the maximum chunk sizes were, but that will slow down the
-# connection setup with a round trip delay so I'd rather not do that unless it
-# is necessary
-DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK = 32 * 1024
-
 UNIHASH_TABLE_DEFINITION = (
     ("method", "TEXT NOT NULL", "UNIQUE"),
     ("taskhash", "TEXT NOT NULL", "UNIQUE"),
@@ -102,20 +95,6 @@ def parse_address(addr):
         return (ADDR_TYPE_TCP, (host, int(port)))
 
 
-def chunkify(msg, max_chunk):
-    if len(msg) < max_chunk - 1:
-        yield ''.join((msg, "\n"))
-    else:
-        yield ''.join((json.dumps({
-                'chunk-stream': None
-            }), "\n"))
-
-        args = [iter(msg)] * (max_chunk - 1)
-        for m in map(''.join, itertools.zip_longest(*args, fillvalue='')):
-            yield ''.join(itertools.chain(m, "\n"))
-        yield "\n"
-
-
 def create_server(addr, dbname, *, sync=True, upstream=None, read_only=False):
     from . import server
     db = setup_database(dbname, sync=sync)
diff --git a/lib/hashserv/client.py b/lib/hashserv/client.py
index f676d267..b3eabda6 100644
--- a/lib/hashserv/client.py
+++ b/lib/hashserv/client.py
@@ -28,22 +28,26 @@ class AsyncClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncClient):
 
     async def send_stream(self, msg):
         async def proc():
-            self.writer.write(("%s\n" % msg).encode("utf-8"))
-            await self.writer.drain()
-            l = await self.reader.readline()
-            if not l:
-                raise ConnectionError("Connection closed")
-            return l.decode("utf-8").rstrip()
+            await self.socket.send(msg)
+            return await self.socket.recv()
 
         return await self._send_wrapper(proc)
 
     async def _set_mode(self, new_mode):
+        async def stream_to_normal():
+            await self.socket.send("END")
+            return await self.socket.recv_message()
+
+        async def normal_to_stream():
+            await self.socket.send_message({"get-stream": None})
+            return await self.socket.recv()
+
         if new_mode == self.MODE_NORMAL and self.mode == self.MODE_GET_STREAM:
-            r = await self.send_stream("END")
+            r = await self._send_wrapper(stream_to_normal)
             if r != "ok":
                 raise ConnectionError("Bad response from server %r" % r)
         elif new_mode == self.MODE_GET_STREAM and self.mode == self.MODE_NORMAL:
-            r = await self.send_message({"get-stream": None})
+            r = await self._send_wrapper(normal_to_stream)
             if r != "ok":
                 raise ConnectionError("Bad response from server %r" % r)
         elif new_mode != self.mode:
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ class AsyncClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncClient):
         m["method"] = method
         m["outhash"] = outhash
         m["unihash"] = unihash
-        return await self.send_message({"report": m})
+        return await self.invoke({"report": m})
 
     async def report_unihash_equiv(self, taskhash, method, unihash, extra={}):
         await self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
@@ -75,39 +79,39 @@ class AsyncClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncClient):
         m["taskhash"] = taskhash
         m["method"] = method
         m["unihash"] = unihash
-        return await self.send_message({"report-equiv": m})
+        return await self.invoke({"report-equiv": m})
 
     async def get_taskhash(self, method, taskhash, all_properties=False):
         await self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
-        return await self.send_message(
+        return await self.invoke(
             {"get": {"taskhash": taskhash, "method": method, "all": all_properties}}
         )
 
     async def get_outhash(self, method, outhash, taskhash, with_unihash=True):
         await self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
-        return await self.send_message(
+        return await self.invoke(
             {"get-outhash": {"outhash": outhash, "taskhash": taskhash, "method": method, "with_unihash": with_unihash}}
         )
 
     async def get_stats(self):
         await self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
-        return await self.send_message({"get-stats": None})
+        return await self.invoke({"get-stats": None})
 
     async def reset_stats(self):
         await self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
-        return await self.send_message({"reset-stats": None})
+        return await self.invoke({"reset-stats": None})
 
     async def backfill_wait(self):
         await self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
-        return (await self.send_message({"backfill-wait": None}))["tasks"]
+        return (await self.invoke({"backfill-wait": None}))["tasks"]
 
     async def remove(self, where):
         await self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
-        return await self.send_message({"remove": {"where": where}})
+        return await self.invoke({"remove": {"where": where}})
 
     async def clean_unused(self, max_age):
         await self._set_mode(self.MODE_NORMAL)
-        return await self.send_message({"clean-unused": {"max_age_seconds": max_age}})
+        return await self.invoke({"clean-unused": {"max_age_seconds": max_age}})
 
 
 class Client(bb.asyncrpc.Client):
diff --git a/lib/hashserv/server.py b/lib/hashserv/server.py
index 45bf476b..b0bd63c5 100644
--- a/lib/hashserv/server.py
+++ b/lib/hashserv/server.py
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ class ServerCursor(object):
 
 
 class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
-    def __init__(self, reader, writer, db, request_stats, backfill_queue, upstream, read_only):
-        super().__init__(reader, writer, 'OEHASHEQUIV', logger)
+    def __init__(self, socket, db, request_stats, backfill_queue, upstream, read_only):
+        super().__init__(socket, 'OEHASHEQUIV', logger)
         self.db = db
         self.request_stats = request_stats
         self.max_chunk = bb.asyncrpc.DEFAULT_MAX_CHUNK
@@ -209,12 +209,11 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
             if k in msg:
                 logger.debug('Handling %s' % k)
                 if 'stream' in k:
-                    await self.handlers[k](msg[k])
+                    return await self.handlers[k](msg[k])
                 else:
                     with self.request_stats.start_sample() as self.request_sample, \
                             self.request_sample.measure():
-                        await self.handlers[k](msg[k])
-                return
+                        return await self.handlers[k](msg[k])
 
         raise bb.asyncrpc.ClientError("Unrecognized command %r" % msg)
 
@@ -224,9 +223,7 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
         fetch_all = request.get('all', False)
 
         with closing(self.db.cursor()) as cursor:
-            d = await self.get_unihash(cursor, method, taskhash, fetch_all)
-
-        self.write_message(d)
+            return await self.get_unihash(cursor, method, taskhash, fetch_all)
 
     async def get_unihash(self, cursor, method, taskhash, fetch_all=False):
         d = None
@@ -274,9 +271,7 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
         with_unihash = request.get("with_unihash", True)
 
         with closing(self.db.cursor()) as cursor:
-            d = await self.get_outhash(cursor, method, outhash, taskhash, with_unihash)
-
-        self.write_message(d)
+            return await self.get_outhash(cursor, method, outhash, taskhash, with_unihash)
 
     async def get_outhash(self, cursor, method, outhash, taskhash, with_unihash=True):
         d = None
@@ -334,14 +329,14 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
         )
 
     async def handle_get_stream(self, request):
-        self.write_message('ok')
+        await self.socket.send("ok")
 
         while True:
             upstream = None
 
-            l = await self.reader.readline()
+            l = await self.socket.recv()
             if not l:
-                return
+                break
 
             try:
                 # This inner loop is very sensitive and must be as fast as
@@ -352,10 +347,8 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
                 request_measure = self.request_sample.measure()
                 request_measure.start()
 
-                l = l.decode('utf-8').rstrip()
                 if l == 'END':
-                    self.writer.write('ok\n'.encode('utf-8'))
-                    return
+                    break
 
                 (method, taskhash) = l.split()
                 #logger.debug('Looking up %s %s' % (method, taskhash))
@@ -366,29 +359,29 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
                     cursor.close()
 
                 if row is not None:
-                    msg = ('%s\n' % row['unihash']).encode('utf-8')
+                    msg = row['unihash']
                     #logger.debug('Found equivalent task %s -> %s', (row['taskhash'], row['unihash']))
                 elif self.upstream_client is not None:
                     upstream = await self.upstream_client.get_unihash(method, taskhash)
                     if upstream:
-                        msg = ("%s\n" % upstream).encode("utf-8")
+                        msg = upstream
                     else:
-                        msg = "\n".encode("utf-8")
+                        msg = ""
                 else:
-                    msg = '\n'.encode('utf-8')
+                    msg = ""
 
-                self.writer.write(msg)
+                await self.socket.send(msg)
             finally:
                 request_measure.end()
                 self.request_sample.end()
 
-            await self.writer.drain()
-
             # Post to the backfill queue after writing the result to minimize
             # the turn around time on a request
             if upstream is not None:
                 await self.backfill_queue.put((method, taskhash))
 
+        return "ok"
+
     async def handle_report(self, data):
         with closing(self.db.cursor()) as cursor:
             outhash_data = {
@@ -468,7 +461,7 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
                 'unihash': unihash,
             }
 
-        self.write_message(d)
+        return d
 
     async def handle_equivreport(self, data):
         with closing(self.db.cursor()) as cursor:
@@ -491,30 +484,28 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
 
             d = {k: row[k] for k in ('taskhash', 'method', 'unihash')}
 
-        self.write_message(d)
+        return d
 
 
     async def handle_get_stats(self, request):
-        d = {
+        return {
             'requests': self.request_stats.todict(),
         }
 
-        self.write_message(d)
-
     async def handle_reset_stats(self, request):
         d = {
             'requests': self.request_stats.todict(),
         }
 
         self.request_stats.reset()
-        self.write_message(d)
+        return d
 
     async def handle_backfill_wait(self, request):
         d = {
             'tasks': self.backfill_queue.qsize(),
         }
         await self.backfill_queue.join()
-        self.write_message(d)
+        return d
 
     async def handle_remove(self, request):
         condition = request["where"]
@@ -541,7 +532,7 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
             count += do_remove(UNIHASH_TABLE_COLUMNS, "unihashes_v2", cursor)
             self.db.commit()
 
-        self.write_message({"count": count})
+        return {"count": count}
 
     async def handle_clean_unused(self, request):
         max_age = request["max_age_seconds"]
@@ -558,7 +549,7 @@ class ServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
             )
             count = cursor.rowcount
 
-        self.write_message({"count": count})
+        return {"count": count}
 
     def query_equivalent(self, cursor, method, taskhash):
         # This is part of the inner loop and must be as fast as possible
@@ -583,41 +574,33 @@ class Server(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServer):
         self.db = db
         self.upstream = upstream
         self.read_only = read_only
+        self.backfill_queue = None
 
-    def accept_client(self, reader, writer):
-        return ServerClient(reader, writer, self.db, self.request_stats, self.backfill_queue, self.upstream, self.read_only)
+    def accept_client(self, socket):
+        return ServerClient(socket, self.db, self.request_stats, self.backfill_queue, self.upstream, self.read_only)
 
-    @contextmanager
-    def _backfill_worker(self):
-        async def backfill_worker_task():
-            client = await create_async_client(self.upstream)
-            try:
-                while True:
-                    item = await self.backfill_queue.get()
-                    if item is None:
-                        self.backfill_queue.task_done()
-                        break
-                    method, taskhash = item
-                    await copy_unihash_from_upstream(client, self.db, method, taskhash)
+    async def backfill_worker_task(self):
+        client = await create_async_client(self.upstream)
+        try:
+            while True:
+                item = await self.backfill_queue.get()
+                if item is None:
                     self.backfill_queue.task_done()
-            finally:
-                await client.close()
+                    break
+                method, taskhash = item
+                await copy_unihash_from_upstream(client, self.db, method, taskhash)
+                self.backfill_queue.task_done()
+        finally:
+            await client.close()
 
-        async def join_worker(worker):
+    def start(self):
+        tasks = super().start()
+        if self.upstream:
+            self.backfill_queue = asyncio.Queue()
+            tasks += [self.backfill_worker_task()]
+        return tasks
+
+    async def stop(self):
+        if self.backfill_queue is not None:
             await self.backfill_queue.put(None)
-            await worker
-
-        if self.upstream is not None:
-            worker = asyncio.ensure_future(backfill_worker_task())
-            try:
-                yield
-            finally:
-                self.loop.run_until_complete(join_worker(worker))
-        else:
-            yield
-
-    def run_loop_forever(self):
-        self.backfill_queue = asyncio.Queue()
-
-        with self._backfill_worker():
-            super().run_loop_forever()
+        await super().stop()
diff --git a/lib/prserv/client.py b/lib/prserv/client.py
index 69ab7a4a..6b81356f 100644
--- a/lib/prserv/client.py
+++ b/lib/prserv/client.py
@@ -14,28 +14,28 @@ class PRAsyncClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncClient):
         super().__init__('PRSERVICE', '1.0', logger)
 
     async def getPR(self, version, pkgarch, checksum):
-        response = await self.send_message(
+        response = await self.invoke(
             {'get-pr': {'version': version, 'pkgarch': pkgarch, 'checksum': checksum}}
         )
         if response:
             return response['value']
 
     async def importone(self, version, pkgarch, checksum, value):
-        response = await self.send_message(
+        response = await self.invoke(
             {'import-one': {'version': version, 'pkgarch': pkgarch, 'checksum': checksum, 'value': value}}
         )
         if response:
             return response['value']
 
     async def export(self, version, pkgarch, checksum, colinfo):
-        response = await self.send_message(
+        response = await self.invoke(
             {'export': {'version': version, 'pkgarch': pkgarch, 'checksum': checksum, 'colinfo': colinfo}}
         )
         if response:
             return (response['metainfo'], response['datainfo'])
 
     async def is_readonly(self):
-        response = await self.send_message(
+        response = await self.invoke(
             {'is-readonly': {}}
         )
         if response:
diff --git a/lib/prserv/serv.py b/lib/prserv/serv.py
index c686b206..ea793316 100644
--- a/lib/prserv/serv.py
+++ b/lib/prserv/serv.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ PIDPREFIX = "/tmp/PRServer_%s_%s.pid"
 singleton = None
 
 class PRServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
-    def __init__(self, reader, writer, table, read_only):
-        super().__init__(reader, writer, 'PRSERVICE', logger)
+    def __init__(self, socket, table, read_only):
+        super().__init__(socket, 'PRSERVICE', logger)
         self.handlers.update({
             'get-pr': self.handle_get_pr,
             'import-one': self.handle_import_one,
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ class PRServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
 
     async def dispatch_message(self, msg):
         try:
-            await super().dispatch_message(msg)
+            return await super().dispatch_message(msg)
         except:
             self.table.sync()
             raise
-
-        self.table.sync_if_dirty()
+        else:
+            self.table.sync_if_dirty()
 
     async def handle_get_pr(self, request):
         version = request['version']
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class PRServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
         except sqlite3.Error as exc:
             logger.error(str(exc))
 
-        self.write_message(response)
+        return response
 
     async def handle_import_one(self, request):
         response = None
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class PRServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
             if value is not None:
                 response = {'value': value}
 
-        self.write_message(response)
+        return response
 
     async def handle_export(self, request):
         version = request['version']
@@ -85,12 +85,10 @@ class PRServerClient(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServerConnection):
             logger.error(str(exc))
             metainfo = datainfo = None
 
-        response = {'metainfo': metainfo, 'datainfo': datainfo}
-        self.write_message(response)
+        return {'metainfo': metainfo, 'datainfo': datainfo}
 
     async def handle_is_readonly(self, request):
-        response = {'readonly': self.read_only}
-        self.write_message(response)
+        return {'readonly': self.read_only}
 
 class PRServer(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServer):
     def __init__(self, dbfile, read_only=False):
@@ -99,20 +97,23 @@ class PRServer(bb.asyncrpc.AsyncServer):
         self.table = None
         self.read_only = read_only
 
-    def accept_client(self, reader, writer):
-        return PRServerClient(reader, writer, self.table, self.read_only)
+    def accept_client(self, socket):
+        return PRServerClient(socket, self.table, self.read_only)
 
-    def _serve_forever(self):
+    def start(self):
+        tasks = super().start()
         self.db = prserv.db.PRData(self.dbfile, read_only=self.read_only)
         self.table = self.db["PRMAIN"]
 
         logger.info("Started PRServer with DBfile: %s, Address: %s, PID: %s" %
                      (self.dbfile, self.address, str(os.getpid())))
 
-        super()._serve_forever()
+        return tasks
 
+    async def stop(self):
         self.table.sync_if_dirty()
         self.db.disconnect()
+        await super().stop()
 
     def signal_handler(self):
         super().signal_handler()