diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 90d9e59..83b1e4d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ function createFastCGIHandler(options) {
 
   function fastCGISocketHandler(chunk) {
     var chunkIndex = 0;
+
     while (chunkIndex < chunk.length || (headerIndex == 8 && bodyIndex == packetBody.length && paddingLength == 0)) {
       if (headerIndex < 8) {
         chunk.copy(packetHeader, headerIndex, chunkIndex, Math.min(chunk.length, chunkIndex + 8 - headerIndex));
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ function createFastCGIHandler(options) {
     if (processedPacket.requestID != requestID) return; //Drop the packet
     if (processedPacket.type == STDOUT) {
       try {
-        if(processedPacket.content.length > 0) emulatedStdout.push(processedPacket.content);
+        if(processedPacket.content.length > 0) stdoutPush(processedPacket.content);
       } catch (err) {
         //STDOUT will be lost instead of crashing the server
       }
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ function createFastCGIHandler(options) {
         } else if (protocolStatus == CANT_MPX_CONN) {
           err = new Error("Multiplexed connections not supported by the FastCGI application");
         }
-        emulatedStdout.push(null);
+        stdoutPush(null);
         if (emulatedStdout._readableState && emulatedStdout._readableState.flowing !== null && !emulatedStdout.endEmitted) {
           emulatedStdout.on("end", function() {
             emulatedStderr.push(null);
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ function createFastCGIHandler(options) {
           eventEmitter.emit("error", err);
         }
       } else {
-        emulatedStdout.push(null);
+        stdoutPush(null);
         if (emulatedStdout._readableState && emulatedStdout._readableState.flowing !== null && !emulatedStdout.endEmitted) {
           emulatedStdout.on("end", function() {
             emulatedStderr.push(null);
@@ -249,9 +250,32 @@ function createFastCGIHandler(options) {
     }
   });
 
+  function stdoutPush(data) {
+    if(data === null) {
+      stdoutToEnd = true;
+    } else {
+      var toResume = (stdoutBuffer.length == 0);
+      stdoutBuffer = Buffer.concat([stdoutBuffer, Buffer.from(data)]);
+      if(toResume) emulatedStdout.resume();
+    }
+  }
+
+  var stdoutBuffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
+  var stdoutToEnd = false;
   var emulatedStdout = new stream.Readable({
-    read: function () {}
+    read: function (n) {
+      if(stdoutBuffer.length == 0 && stdoutToEnd) {
+        this.push(null);
+      } else if (stdoutBuffer.length != 0 && n != 0) {
+        var bytesToPush = Math.min(stdoutBuffer.length, n);
+        var bufferToPush = stdoutBuffer.subarray(0, bytesToPush);
+        stdoutBuffer = stdoutBuffer.subarray(bytesToPush);
+        this.push(bufferToPush);
+      }
+    }
   });
+  emulatedStdout.pause();
+
   var emulatedStderr = new stream.Readable({
     read: function () {}
   });
@@ -281,8 +305,9 @@ function createFastCGIHandler(options) {
   var socket = net.createConnection(options, function () {
     eventEmitter.emit("connect");
   }).on("error", function (err) {
-    emulatedStdout.push(null);
+    stdoutBuffer.push(null);
     emulatedStderr.push(null);
+    eventEmitter.removeAllListeners("exit");
     eventEmitter.emit("error", err);
   }).on("data", fastCGISocketHandler);
 
@@ -422,7 +447,7 @@ Mod.prototype.callback = function (req, res, serverconsole, responseEnd, href, e
             res.write(buffer.substr(headerendline + eol.length), "latin1");
           } catch (ex) {
             handler.removeAllListeners("exit");
-            handler.stdout.removeAllListeners("dat");
+            handler.stdout.removeAllListeners("data");
             if (!callServerError) {
               res.writeHead(500);
               res.end(ex.stack);
@@ -475,11 +500,11 @@ Mod.prototype.callback = function (req, res, serverconsole, responseEnd, href, e
       });
 
       function handlerConnection() {
-        handler.init();
         handler.stdout.on("data", dataHandler);
         handler.stderr.on("data", function (data) {
           stderr += data.toString();
         });
+        handler.init();
         req.pipe(handler.stdin);
         handler.on("exit", function (code, signal) {
           if (!cned && (signal || code !== 0)) {
@@ -496,6 +521,7 @@ Mod.prototype.callback = function (req, res, serverconsole, responseEnd, href, e
               serverconsole.errmessage("There were FastCGI application errors:");
               serverconsole.errmessage(preparedStderr);
             }
+            handler.stdout.removeListener("data", dataHandler);
             handler.stdout.unpipe(res); //Prevent server crashes with write after the end
             if(!res.finished) res.end();
           }