diff --git a/zeromq/hwclient.rb b/zeromq/hwclient.rb
index 1561e78..0096283 100644
--- a/zeromq/hwclient.rb
+++ b/zeromq/hwclient.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8:expandtab
 
 require 'zmq'
 
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ def main
   puts "Connecting to hello world server…"
   requester = context.socket(ZMQ::REQ)
   requester.connect("tcp://localhost:5555")
+  puts "requester is a #{requester.class.inspect}"
 
   0.upto(9) do |request_nbr|
     puts "Sending request #{request_nbr}…"
-    requester.send("Hello")
-
-    reply = requester.recv(6)
-    puts "Received reply #{request_nbr}: [#{reply}]"
+    if requester.send("Hello")
+      puts "Sent request, now receiving reply"
+      reply = requester.recv
+      puts "Received reply #{request_nbr}: [#{reply}]"
+    end
   end
+
+  puts "Outside of loop now.  Closing socket..."
+  requester.close
 end