diff --git a/news.nimble b/news.nimble
index 9774940..2b73e80 100644
--- a/news.nimble
+++ b/news.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "0.4"
+version       = "0.5"
 author        = "Andre von Houck, Volodymyr Melnychuk"
 description   = "Simple WebSocket library for nim."
 license       = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/news.nim b/src/news.nim
index 4243f1a..1b22c7e 100644
--- a/src/news.nim
+++ b/src/news.nim
@@ -475,6 +475,14 @@ proc sendPing*(ws: WebSocket): Future[void] {.async.} =
 proc sendPong(ws: WebSocket): Future[void] {.async.} =
   await ws.send("", Opcode.Pong)
 
+proc sendClose(ws: WebSocket): Future[void] {.async.} =
+  await ws.send("", Opcode.Close)
+
+proc shutdown*(ws: WebSocket): Future[void] {.async.} =
+  ## close the socket
+  ws.readyState = Closing
+  await ws.sendClose
+
 proc receivePacket*(ws: WebSocket): Future[Packet] {.async.} =
   try:
     ## wait for a string packet to come
@@ -497,7 +505,11 @@ proc receivePacket*(ws: WebSocket): Future[Packet] {.async.} =
       return
 
     elif frame.opcode == Close:
-      ws.close()
+      if ws.readyState != Closing:
+        await ws.sendClose()
+      ws.readyState = Closed
+      if not ws.transp.isClosed:
+        ws.transp.close()
 
   except WebSocketError as e:
     raise e
diff --git a/tests/test_close.nim b/tests/test_close.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52117c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_close.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import news, asyncdispatch, asynchttpserver, asyncnet
+
+proc cb(req: Request): Future[void] {.async.} =
+  echo "cb ", req
+  var ws = await newWebsocket(req)
+  await ws.send("Welcome to simple echo server")
+  while ws.readyState == Open:
+    let packet = await ws.receivePacket()
+    await ws.send(packet)
+    await ws.shutdown()
+  await req.respond(Http200, "Hello World")
+
+
+proc sendMsg() {.async.} =
+  var ws = await newWebSocket("ws://localhost:9001")
+  await ws.send("hi")
+  while ws.readyState == Open:
+    let str = await ws.receiveString()
+    echo "received ", str
+  ws.close()
+
+
+proc sendClose() {.async.} =
+  var ws = await newWebSocket("ws://echo.websocket.org:80")
+  await ws.sendPing()
+  let pong = await ws.receivePacket()
+  assert(pong.kind == Pong)
+  await ws.shutdown()
+  let close = await ws.receivePacket()
+  assert(close.kind == Close)
+  ws.close()
+
+proc run() {.async.} =
+  var server = newAsyncHttpServer()
+  asyncCheck server.serve(Port(9001), cb)
+  await sendMsg()
+  await sendClose()
+  server.close()
+
+waitFor run()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_ping.nim b/tests/test_ping.nim
index 4473fb9..98e40ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_ping.nim
+++ b/tests/test_ping.nim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import news, asyncdispatch, asynchttpserver
 var continueTest = true
 
 proc establishConnectionAndListen() {.async.} =
-    var ws = await newWebSocket("ws://echo.websocket.org:80/")
+    var ws = await newWebSocket("ws://echo.websocket.org:80")
     await ws.sendPing()
     let pong = await ws.receivePacket()
     assert(pong.kind == Pong)