diff --git a/torba/torba/server/server.py b/torba/torba/server/server.py
index 384287d20..322e68a30 100644
--- a/torba/torba/server/server.py
+++ b/torba/torba/server/server.py
@@ -5,7 +5,38 @@ from concurrent.futures.thread import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 import torba
 from torba.server.mempool import MemPool, MemPoolAPI
-from torba.server.session import SessionManager
+from torba.server.session import SessionManager, SessionBase
+
+
+CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT = 110
+NO_ROUTE_TO_HOST = 113
+
+
+def handle_socket_errors(socket_errors=(CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT, NO_ROUTE_TO_HOST)):
+    err_msgs = tuple((f"[Errno {err_code}]" for err_code in socket_errors))
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+    def protocol_exception_handler(loop, context):
+        exception = context['exception']
+        if 'protocol' not in context or 'transport' not in context:
+            raise exception
+        if not isinstance(context['protocol'], SessionBase):
+            raise exception
+        session: SessionBase = context['protocol']
+        transport: asyncio.Transport = context['transport']
+        message = context['message']
+        if message not in ("Fatal read error on socket transport", "Fatal write error on socket transport"):
+            raise exception
+
+        for err_msg in err_msgs:
+            if str(exception).startswith(err_msg):
+                log.debug("caught: '%s' for %s", str(exception), session)
+                transport.abort()
+                transport.close()
+                loop.create_task(session.close(force_after=1))
+                return
+        raise exception
+    return protocol_exception_handler
 
 
 class Notifications:
@@ -90,6 +121,7 @@ class Server:
         )
 
     async def start(self):
+        asyncio.get_event_loop().set_exception_handler(handle_socket_errors())
         env = self.env
         min_str, max_str = env.coin.SESSIONCLS.protocol_min_max_strings()
         self.log.info(f'software version: {torba.__version__}')