diff --git a/grace/conn.go b/grace/conn.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 32623650..00000000
--- a/grace/conn.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package grace
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"net"
-	"sync"
-)
-
-type graceConn struct {
-	net.Conn
-	server *Server
-	m      sync.Mutex
-	closed bool
-}
-
-func (c *graceConn) Close() (err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			switch x := r.(type) {
-			case string:
-				err = errors.New(x)
-			case error:
-				err = x
-			default:
-				err = errors.New("Unknown panic")
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-
-	c.m.Lock()
-	defer c.m.Unlock()
-	if c.closed {
-		return
-	}
-	c.server.wg.Done()
-	c.closed = true
-	return c.Conn.Close()
-}
diff --git a/grace/grace.go b/grace/grace.go
index 6ebf8455..5a8bc3b8 100644
--- a/grace/grace.go
+++ b/grace/grace.go
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ func NewServer(addr string, handler http.Handler) (srv *Server) {
 	}
 
 	srv = &Server{
-		wg:      sync.WaitGroup{},
 		sigChan: make(chan os.Signal),
 		isChild: isChild,
 		SignalHooks: map[int]map[os.Signal][]func(){
@@ -137,20 +136,21 @@ func NewServer(addr string, handler http.Handler) (srv *Server) {
 				syscall.SIGTERM: {},
 			},
 		},
-		state:   StateInit,
-		Network: "tcp",
+		state:        StateInit,
+		Network:      "tcp",
+		terminalChan: make(chan error), //no cache channel
+	}
+	srv.Server = &http.Server{
+		Addr:           addr,
+		ReadTimeout:    DefaultReadTimeOut,
+		WriteTimeout:   DefaultWriteTimeOut,
+		MaxHeaderBytes: DefaultMaxHeaderBytes,
+		Handler:        handler,
 	}
-	srv.Server = &http.Server{}
-	srv.Server.Addr = addr
-	srv.Server.ReadTimeout = DefaultReadTimeOut
-	srv.Server.WriteTimeout = DefaultWriteTimeOut
-	srv.Server.MaxHeaderBytes = DefaultMaxHeaderBytes
-	srv.Server.Handler = handler
 
 	runningServersOrder = append(runningServersOrder, addr)
 	runningServers[addr] = srv
-
-	return
+	return srv
 }
 
 // ListenAndServe refer http.ListenAndServe
diff --git a/grace/listener.go b/grace/listener.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ede63a3..00000000
--- a/grace/listener.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-package grace
-
-import (
-	"net"
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-	"time"
-)
-
-type graceListener struct {
-	net.Listener
-	stop    chan error
-	stopped bool
-	server  *Server
-}
-
-func newGraceListener(l net.Listener, srv *Server) (el *graceListener) {
-	el = &graceListener{
-		Listener: l,
-		stop:     make(chan error),
-		server:   srv,
-	}
-	go func() {
-		<-el.stop
-		el.stopped = true
-		el.stop <- el.Listener.Close()
-	}()
-	return
-}
-
-func (gl *graceListener) Accept() (c net.Conn, err error) {
-	tc, err := gl.Listener.(*net.TCPListener).AcceptTCP()
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	tc.SetKeepAlive(true)
-	tc.SetKeepAlivePeriod(3 * time.Minute)
-
-	c = &graceConn{
-		Conn:   tc,
-		server: gl.server,
-	}
-
-	gl.server.wg.Add(1)
-	return
-}
-
-func (gl *graceListener) Close() error {
-	if gl.stopped {
-		return syscall.EINVAL
-	}
-	gl.stop <- nil
-	return <-gl.stop
-}
-
-func (gl *graceListener) File() *os.File {
-	// returns a dup(2) - FD_CLOEXEC flag *not* set
-	tl := gl.Listener.(*net.TCPListener)
-	fl, _ := tl.File()
-	return fl
-}
diff --git a/grace/server.go b/grace/server.go
index ef5cbe7e..1ce8bc78 100644
--- a/grace/server.go
+++ b/grace/server.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package grace
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"fmt"
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -20,31 +20,33 @@ import (
 // Server embedded http.Server
 type Server struct {
 	*http.Server
-	GraceListener    net.Listener
-	SignalHooks      map[int]map[os.Signal][]func()
-	tlsInnerListener *graceListener
-	wg               sync.WaitGroup
-	sigChan          chan os.Signal
-	isChild          bool
-	state            uint8
-	Network          string
+	ln           net.Listener
+	SignalHooks  map[int]map[os.Signal][]func()
+	sigChan      chan os.Signal
+	isChild      bool
+	state        uint8
+	Network      string
+	terminalChan chan error
 }
 
 // Serve accepts incoming connections on the Listener l,
 // creating a new service goroutine for each.
 // The service goroutines read requests and then call srv.Handler to reply to them.
 func (srv *Server) Serve() (err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			log.Println("wait group counter is negative", r)
-		}
-	}()
 	srv.state = StateRunning
-	err = srv.Server.Serve(srv.GraceListener)
-	log.Println(syscall.Getpid(), "Waiting for connections to finish...")
-	srv.wg.Wait()
-	srv.state = StateTerminate
-	return
+	defer func() { srv.state = StateTerminate }()
+
+	// When Shutdown is called, Serve, ListenAndServe, and ListenAndServeTLS
+	// immediately return ErrServerClosed. Make sure the program doesn't exit
+	// and waits instead for Shutdown to return.
+	if err = srv.Server.Serve(srv.ln); err != nil && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+		log.Println(syscall.Getpid(), "Server.Serve() error:", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Println(syscall.Getpid(), srv.ln.Addr(), "Listener closed.")
+	// wait for Shutdown to return
+	return <-srv.terminalChan
 }
 
 // ListenAndServe listens on the TCP network address srv.Addr and then calls Serve
@@ -58,14 +60,12 @@ func (srv *Server) ListenAndServe() (err error) {
 
 	go srv.handleSignals()
 
-	l, err := srv.getListener(addr)
+	srv.ln, err = srv.getListener(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	srv.GraceListener = newGraceListener(l, srv)
-
 	if srv.isChild {
 		process, err := os.FindProcess(os.Getppid())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -112,14 +112,12 @@ func (srv *Server) ListenAndServeTLS(certFile, keyFile string) (err error) {
 
 	go srv.handleSignals()
 
-	l, err := srv.getListener(addr)
+	ln, err := srv.getListener(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 		return err
 	}
-
-	srv.tlsInnerListener = newGraceListener(l, srv)
-	srv.GraceListener = tls.NewListener(srv.tlsInnerListener, srv.TLSConfig)
+	srv.ln = tls.NewListener(tcpKeepAliveListener{ln.(*net.TCPListener)}, srv.TLSConfig)
 
 	if srv.isChild {
 		process, err := os.FindProcess(os.Getppid())
@@ -132,6 +130,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ListenAndServeTLS(certFile, keyFile string) (err error) {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+
 	log.Println(os.Getpid(), srv.Addr)
 	return srv.Serve()
 }
@@ -168,14 +167,12 @@ func (srv *Server) ListenAndServeMutualTLS(certFile, keyFile, trustFile string)
 	log.Println("Mutual HTTPS")
 	go srv.handleSignals()
 
-	l, err := srv.getListener(addr)
+	ln, err := srv.getListener(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 		return err
 	}
-
-	srv.tlsInnerListener = newGraceListener(l, srv)
-	srv.GraceListener = tls.NewListener(srv.tlsInnerListener, srv.TLSConfig)
+	srv.ln = tls.NewListener(tcpKeepAliveListener{ln.(*net.TCPListener)}, srv.TLSConfig)
 
 	if srv.isChild {
 		process, err := os.FindProcess(os.Getppid())
@@ -188,6 +185,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ListenAndServeMutualTLS(certFile, keyFile, trustFile string)
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+
 	log.Println(os.Getpid(), srv.Addr)
 	return srv.Serve()
 }
@@ -218,6 +216,20 @@ func (srv *Server) getListener(laddr string) (l net.Listener, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+type tcpKeepAliveListener struct {
+	*net.TCPListener
+}
+
+func (ln tcpKeepAliveListener) Accept() (c net.Conn, err error) {
+	tc, err := ln.AcceptTCP()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	tc.SetKeepAlive(true)
+	tc.SetKeepAlivePeriod(3 * time.Minute)
+	return tc, nil
+}
+
 // handleSignals listens for os Signals and calls any hooked in function that the
 // user had registered with the signal.
 func (srv *Server) handleSignals() {
@@ -270,37 +282,14 @@ func (srv *Server) shutdown() {
 	}
 
 	srv.state = StateShuttingDown
+	log.Println(syscall.Getpid(), "Waiting for connections to finish...")
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	if DefaultTimeout >= 0 {
-		go srv.serverTimeout(DefaultTimeout)
-	}
-	err := srv.GraceListener.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(syscall.Getpid(), "Listener.Close() error:", err)
-	} else {
-		log.Println(syscall.Getpid(), srv.GraceListener.Addr(), "Listener closed.")
-	}
-}
-
-// serverTimeout forces the server to shutdown in a given timeout - whether it
-// finished outstanding requests or not. if Read/WriteTimeout are not set or the
-// max header size is very big a connection could hang
-func (srv *Server) serverTimeout(d time.Duration) {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			log.Println("WaitGroup at 0", r)
-		}
-	}()
-	if srv.state != StateShuttingDown {
-		return
-	}
-	time.Sleep(d)
-	log.Println("[STOP - Hammer Time] Forcefully shutting down parent")
-	for {
-		if srv.state == StateTerminate {
-			break
-		}
-		srv.wg.Done()
+		var cancel context.CancelFunc
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), DefaultTimeout)
+		defer cancel()
 	}
+	srv.terminalChan <- srv.Server.Shutdown(ctx)
 }
 
 func (srv *Server) fork() (err error) {
@@ -314,12 +303,8 @@ func (srv *Server) fork() (err error) {
 	var files = make([]*os.File, len(runningServers))
 	var orderArgs = make([]string, len(runningServers))
 	for _, srvPtr := range runningServers {
-		switch srvPtr.GraceListener.(type) {
-		case *graceListener:
-			files[socketPtrOffsetMap[srvPtr.Server.Addr]] = srvPtr.GraceListener.(*graceListener).File()
-		default:
-			files[socketPtrOffsetMap[srvPtr.Server.Addr]] = srvPtr.tlsInnerListener.File()
-		}
+		f, _ := srvPtr.ln.(*net.TCPListener).File()
+		files[socketPtrOffsetMap[srvPtr.Server.Addr]] = f
 		orderArgs[socketPtrOffsetMap[srvPtr.Server.Addr]] = srvPtr.Server.Addr
 	}