diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
index bdc6b04d..6c6e05ee 100644
--- a/config.example.json
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     //log:set log output,drogon output logs to stdout by default
     "log": {
       //log_path:log file path,empty by default,in which case,log will output to the stdout
-      "log_path": "./",
+      //"log_path": "./",
       //logfile_base_name:log file base name,empty by default which means drogon will name logfile as
       //drogon.log ...
       "logfile_base_name": "",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       "log_size_limit": 100000000,
       //log_level:"DEBUG" by default,options:"TRACE","DEBUG","INFO","WARN"
       //The TRACE level is only valid when built in DEBUG mode.
-      "log_level": "DEBUG"
+      "log_level": "TRACE"
     },
     //run_as_daemon:false by default
     "run_as_daemon": false,
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
         "http_methods": ["get","post"],
         "filters": ["FilterClassName"]
       }
-    ]
+    ],
+    //idle_connection_timeout: defaults to 60 seconds, the lifetime 
+    //of the connection without read or write
+    "idle_connection_timeout":10
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/inc/drogon/HttpAppFramework.h b/lib/inc/drogon/HttpAppFramework.h
index 7e2b8167..7d29277f 100755
--- a/lib/inc/drogon/HttpAppFramework.h
+++ b/lib/inc/drogon/HttpAppFramework.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class HttpAppFramework : public trantor::NonCopyable
     virtual bool useGzip() const = 0;
     virtual void setStaticFilesCacheTime(int cacheTime) = 0;
     virtual int staticFilesCacheTime() const = 0;
+    virtual void setIdleConnectionTimeout(size_t timeout) = 0;
 
   private:
     virtual void registerHttpApiController(const std::string &pathPattern,
diff --git a/lib/src/ConfigLoader.cc b/lib/src/ConfigLoader.cc
index bd930e29..f894f502 100644
--- a/lib/src/ConfigLoader.cc
+++ b/lib/src/ConfigLoader.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static void loadControllers(const Json::Value &controllers)
                 constraints.push_back(filter.asString());
             }
         }
-        HttpAppFramework::instance().registerHttpSimpleController(path,ctrlName,constraints);
+        HttpAppFramework::instance().registerHttpSimpleController(path, ctrlName, constraints);
     }
 }
 static void loadApp(const Json::Value &app)
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ static void loadApp(const Json::Value &app)
     auto staticFilesCacheTime = app.get("static_files_cache_time", 5).asInt();
     HttpAppFramework::instance().setStaticFilesCacheTime(staticFilesCacheTime);
     loadControllers(app["simple_controllers_map"]);
+    //Kick off idle connections
+    auto kickOffTimeout = app.get("idle_connection_timeout", 60).asUInt64();
+    HttpAppFramework::instance().setIdleConnectionTimeout(kickOffTimeout);
 }
 static void loadListeners(const Json::Value &listeners)
 {
diff --git a/lib/src/HttpAppFrameworkImpl.cc b/lib/src/HttpAppFrameworkImpl.cc
index 3890aeb1..e39c86cb 100755
--- a/lib/src/HttpAppFrameworkImpl.cc
+++ b/lib/src/HttpAppFrameworkImpl.cc
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ void HttpAppFrameworkImpl::run()
             }
             serverPtr->setHttpAsyncCallback(std::bind(&HttpAppFrameworkImpl::onAsyncRequest, this, _1, _2));
             serverPtr->setConnectionCallback(std::bind(&HttpAppFrameworkImpl::onConnection, this, _1));
+            serverPtr->kickoffIdleConnections(_idleConnectionTimeout);
             serverPtr->start();
             servers.push_back(serverPtr);
         }
@@ -465,6 +466,7 @@ void HttpAppFrameworkImpl::run()
         serverPtr->setWebsocketMessageCallback(std::bind(&HttpAppFrameworkImpl::onWebsockMessage, this, _1, _2));
         serverPtr->setDisconnectWebsocketCallback(std::bind(&HttpAppFrameworkImpl::onWebsockDisconnect, this, _1));
         serverPtr->setConnectionCallback(std::bind(&HttpAppFrameworkImpl::onConnection, this, _1));
+        serverPtr->kickoffIdleConnections(_idleConnectionTimeout);
         serverPtr->start();
         servers.push_back(serverPtr);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/src/HttpAppFrameworkImpl.h b/lib/src/HttpAppFrameworkImpl.h
index 44be39e7..bb8e17a0 100644
--- a/lib/src/HttpAppFrameworkImpl.h
+++ b/lib/src/HttpAppFrameworkImpl.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class HttpAppFrameworkImpl : public HttpAppFramework
     virtual bool useGzip() const override { return _useGzip; }
     virtual void setStaticFilesCacheTime(int cacheTime) override { _staticFilesCacheTime = cacheTime; }
     virtual int staticFilesCacheTime() const override { return _staticFilesCacheTime; }
+    virtual void setIdleConnectionTimeout(size_t timeout) override { _idleConnectionTimeout = timeout; }
     virtual ~HttpAppFrameworkImpl()
     {
         //Destroy the following objects before _loop destruction
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ class HttpAppFrameworkImpl : public HttpAppFramework
     //if uuid package found,we can use a uuid string as session id;
     //set _sessionTimeout=0 to make location session valid forever based on cookies;
     size_t _sessionTimeout = 0;
+    size_t _idleConnectionTimeout = 60;
     bool _useSession = false;
     typedef std::shared_ptr<Session> SessionPtr;
     std::unique_ptr<CacheMap<std::string, SessionPtr>> _sessionMapPtr;
diff --git a/lib/src/HttpServer.h b/lib/src/HttpServer.h
index 5be4cea8..152bcfed 100755
--- a/lib/src/HttpServer.h
+++ b/lib/src/HttpServer.h
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ class HttpServer : trantor::NonCopyable
     {
         server_.setIoLoopNum(numThreads);
     }
-
+    void kickoffIdleConnections(size_t timeout)
+    {
+        server_.kickoffIdleConnections(timeout);
+    }
     void start();
 
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
diff --git a/trantor b/trantor
index 531fa9df..2bfc3572 160000
--- a/trantor
+++ b/trantor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 531fa9df4b81adfcd7d202f37455f31f0915728d
+Subproject commit 2bfc35721c70625cbd1393fa3a249c50fca1a1dc