@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@
 	 (connection-info (rmt:get-connection-info run-id))
 	 (jparams         (db:obj->string params)))
     (if connection-info
 	;; use the server if have connection info
 	(let* ((dat     (http-transport:client-api-send-receive run-id connection-info cmd jparams))
-	       (res     (if (vector? dat) (vector-ref dat 1) #f))
-	       (success (if (vector? dat) (vector-ref dat 0) #f)))
+	       (res     (if (and dat (vector? dat)) (vector-ref dat 1) #f))
+	       (success (if (and dat (vector? dat)) (vector-ref dat 0) #f)))
 	  (http-transport:server-dat-update-last-access connection-info)
 	  (if success
 	      (db:string->obj res)
 	      ;; (if (< attemptnum 100)
 	      ;;     (begin
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@
 
 		;; no longer killing the server in http-transport:client-api-send-receive
 		;; may kill it here but what are the criteria?
 		;; start with three calls then kill server
 		(if (eq? attemptnum 3)(tasks:kill-server-run-id run-id))
-
+		(thread-sleep! 2)
 		(rmt:send-receive cmd run-id params attemptnum: (+ attemptnum 1)))))
 	(if (and (< attemptnum 10)
 		 (tasks:need-server run-id))
 	    (begin
 	      (tasks:start-and-wait-for-server (db:delay-if-busy (tasks:open-db)) run-id 10)