diff --git a/kiwmi/kiwmi/luak/kiwmi_server.c b/kiwmi/kiwmi/luak/kiwmi_server.c
index de0ad14..e396b56 100644
--- a/kiwmi/kiwmi/luak/kiwmi_server.c
+++ b/kiwmi/kiwmi/luak/kiwmi_server.c
@@ -216,20 +216,21 @@ kiwmi_server_event_loop_fd_handler(int fd, uint32_t mask, void *data)
     lua_State *L                  = lc->server->lua->L;
 
     lua_rawgeti(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, lc->callback_ref);
-    lua_pushvalue(L, -1);
     lua_pushinteger(L, fd);
     lua_pushinteger(L, mask);
 
-    if (lua_pcall(L, 2, 0, 0)) {
+    if (lua_pcall(L, 2, 1, 0)) {
         wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "%s", lua_tostring(L, -1));
     }
-    /*
-      FIXME we need to call
+
+    /* if callback returns false/nil, remove the handler */
+    if (! lua_toboolean(L, -1)) {
+	wl_event_source_remove(lc->event_source);
+
 	luaL_unref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, lc->callback_ref);
 	free(lc);
-
-      when the file is closed, but probably not before then
-    */
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, -1);
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -242,7 +243,6 @@ l_kiwmi_server_event_loop_add_fd(lua_State *L)
 
     struct kiwmi_server *server = obj->object;
 
-
     int fd = lua_tonumber(L, 2);
     int mode = lua_tonumber(L, 3);
     luaL_checktype(L, 4, LUA_TFUNCTION); // callback
@@ -265,12 +265,14 @@ l_kiwmi_server_event_loop_add_fd(lua_State *L)
     /* luaL_ref pops last parameter (callback) from stack */
     lc->callback_ref = luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
 
-    wl_event_loop_add_fd(server->wl_event_loop,
-			 fd,
-			 event_types,
-			 kiwmi_server_event_loop_fd_handler,
-			 lc);
-    return true;
+    lc->event_source =
+	wl_event_loop_add_fd(server->wl_event_loop,
+			     fd,
+			     event_types,
+			     kiwmi_server_event_loop_fd_handler,
+			     lc);
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/kiwmi/lua_docs.md b/kiwmi/lua_docs.md
index 607dddc..f9a8c8c 100644
--- a/kiwmi/lua_docs.md
+++ b/kiwmi/lua_docs.md
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ whenever there is activity on the file descriptor `fd`. The `mode` parameter
 is one of `O_RDWR`, `O_RDONLY`, `O_WRONLY` as defined in luaposix
 `posix.fcntl` module.
 
+If `callback` returns false or nil, the handler will be unregistered
+from the event loop and not called again.
+
 #### kiwmi:focused_view()
 
 Returns the currently focused view.
diff --git a/socket-repl.fnl b/socket-repl.fnl
index 47f09cc..da95a99 100644
--- a/socket-repl.fnl
+++ b/socket-repl.fnl
@@ -21,16 +21,28 @@
     ))
 
 (fn start [pathname]
-  (print pathname)
   (unistd.unlink pathname)
   (unix-socket-listener
    pathname
    (fn [fd]
      (let [sock (fdopen fd "w+")
            repl-coro (coroutine.create repl)]
-       (print :fd fd :sock sock)
        (watch-fd fd fcntl.O_RDONLY
-                 #(coroutine.resume repl-coro (unistd.read $1 1024)))
+                 (fn [fd]
+                   (let [buf (unistd.read fd 1024)
+                         input
+                         (if (and buf (> (# buf) 0))
+                             buf
+                             "\n,exit")]
+                         (coroutine.resume repl-coro input))
+                   (if (= (coroutine.status repl-coro) :dead)
+                       (do
+                         (sock:write "bye!\n")
+                         (sock:close)
+                         (unistd.close fd)
+                         false)
+                       true
+                       )))
        (coroutine.resume repl-coro
                          {:readChunk
                           (fn [{: stack-size}]