diff --git a/libmproxy/console/__init__.py b/libmproxy/console/__init__.py
index a59209158..ca395ed9f 100644
--- a/libmproxy/console/__init__.py
+++ b/libmproxy/console/__init__.py
@@ -599,6 +599,8 @@ class ConsoleMaster(flow.FlowMaster):
         try:
             self.ui.run_wrapper(self.loop)
         except Exception:
+            self.ui.stop()
+            sys.stdout.flush()
             print >> sys.stderr, traceback.format_exc()
             print >> sys.stderr, "mitmproxy has crashed!"
             print >> sys.stderr, "Please lodge a bug report at: https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy"
diff --git a/libmproxy/protocol/http.py b/libmproxy/protocol/http.py
index 90d8ff163..253192ddc 100644
--- a/libmproxy/protocol/http.py
+++ b/libmproxy/protocol/http.py
@@ -605,11 +605,12 @@ class HTTPResponse(HTTPMessage):
         return f
 
     def __repr__(self):
+        size = utils.pretty_size(len(self.content)) if self.content else "content missing"
         return "<HTTPResponse: {code} {msg} ({contenttype}, {size})>".format(
             code=self.code,
             msg=self.msg,
-            contenttype=self.headers.get_first("content-type", "?"),
-            size=utils.pretty_size(len(self.content))
+            contenttype=self.headers.get_first("content-type", "unknown content type"),
+            size=size
         )
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/test/test_server.py b/test/test_server.py
index 4b8c796c5..21d01f5aa 100644
--- a/test/test_server.py
+++ b/test/test_server.py
@@ -108,13 +108,6 @@ class TestHTTP(tservers.HTTPProxTest, CommonMixin, AppMixin):
         assert p.request(req)
         assert p.request(req)
 
-    def test_proxy_ioerror(self):
-        # Tests a difficult-to-trigger condition, where an IOError is raised
-        # within our read loop.
-        with mock.patch("libmproxy.protocol.http.HTTPRequest.from_stream") as m:
-            m.side_effect = IOError("error!")
-            tutils.raises("server disconnect", self.pathod, "304")
-
     def test_get_connection_switching(self):
         def switched(l):
             for i in l: