diff --git a/src/taoensso/timbre/appenders/socket.clj b/src/taoensso/timbre/appenders/socket.clj
index 290e6c9..6bf3668 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/timbre/appenders/socket.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/timbre/appenders/socket.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 (ns taoensso.timbre.appenders.socket
   "TCP Socket appender. Depends on https://github.com/technomancy/server-socket."
   {:author "Emlyn Corrin"}
-  (:require [server.socket :refer [create-server]])
+  (:require [server.socket :refer [create-server]]
+            [taoensso.timbre :refer [stacktrace]])
   (:import [java.net Socket InetAddress]
            [java.io BufferedReader InputStreamReader PrintWriter]))
 
@@ -15,25 +16,33 @@
     (when-not (re-find #"(?i)^quit" (first lines))
       (recur (rest lines)))))
 
-(defn conect [{:keys [port listen-addr]}]
-  (let [addr (when listen-addr (InetAddress/getByName listen-addr))]
-    (create-server port listener-fun 0 ^InetAddress addr)))
+(defn on-thread-daemon [f]
+  (doto (Thread. ^Runnable f)
+    (.setDaemon true)
+    (.start)))
+
+(defn connect [{:keys [port listen-addr]}]
+  (let [addr (when (not= :all listen-addr)
+               (InetAddress/getByName listen-addr))]
+    (with-redefs [server.socket/on-thread on-thread-daemon]
+      (create-server port listener-fun 0 ^InetAddress addr))))
 
 (defn ensure-conn [socket-config]
   (swap! conn #(or % (connect socket-config))))
 
-(defn appender-fn [{:keys [ap-config prefix message] :as params}]
+(defn appender-fn [{:keys [ap-config prefix message throwable] :as params}]
   (when-let [socket-config (:socket ap-config)]
     (let [c (ensure-conn socket-config)]
       (doseq [sock @(:connections c)]
         (let [out (PrintWriter. (.getOutputStream ^Socket sock))]
           (binding [*out* out]
-            (println prefix message)))))))
+            (println prefix message
+                     (stacktrace throwable))))))))
 
 (def socket-appender
   {:doc (str "Logs to a listening socket.\n"
              "Needs :socket config map in :shared-appender-config, e.g.:
-             {:listen-addr nil
+             {:listen-addr :all
               :port 9000}")
    :min-level :trace :enabled? true :async? false
    :max-message-per-msecs nil ; no rate limit by default