diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index bae70a62..7deff0c3 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static size_t _http_on_read_plain_internal(tf_http_connection_t* connection, con
 
 			if (connection->content_length)
 			{
-				connection->body = tf_malloc(connection->content_length);
+				connection->body = tf_realloc(connection->body, connection->content_length);
 			}
 
 			if (!_http_find_handler(connection->http, connection->path, &connection->callback, &connection->trace_name, &connection->user_data) ||
@@ -940,9 +940,16 @@ void tf_http_request_ref(tf_http_request_t* request)
 
 void tf_http_request_unref(tf_http_request_t* request)
 {
+	bool connection_destroyed = false;
+
 	if (--request->connection->ref_count == 0)
 	{
-		if (!request->connection->is_websocket)
+		if (request->connection->http->is_shutting_down)
+		{
+			_http_connection_destroy(request->connection, "unref during shutdown");
+			connection_destroyed = true;
+		}
+		else if (!request->connection->is_websocket)
 		{
 			_http_reset_connection(request->connection);
 		}
@@ -950,7 +957,10 @@ void tf_http_request_unref(tf_http_request_t* request)
 
 	if (--request->ref_count == 0)
 	{
-		request->connection->request = NULL;
+		if (!connection_destroyed)
+		{
+			request->connection->request = NULL;
+		}
 		tf_free(request);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/ssb.c b/src/ssb.c
index 343c5f8a..af52899e 100644
--- a/src/ssb.c
+++ b/src/ssb.c
@@ -2462,6 +2462,7 @@ void tf_ssb_destroy(tf_ssb_t* ssb)
 	tf_printf("uv loop closed.\n");
 	if (ssb->own_context)
 	{
+		tf_printf("closing ssb context\n");
 		JS_FreeContext(ssb->context);
 		JS_FreeRuntime(ssb->runtime);
 		ssb->own_context = false;
diff --git a/src/task.c b/src/task.c
index 98a7cdbd..4aeb4600 100644
--- a/src/task.c
+++ b/src/task.c
@@ -1911,10 +1911,10 @@ void tf_task_destroy(tf_task_t* task)
 		uv_run(&task->_loop, UV_RUN_ONCE);
 	}
 
-	int index = 0;
+	//int index = 0;
 	while (uv_loop_close(&task->_loop) != 0)
 	{
-		if (index++ > 0)
+		//if (index++ > 0)
 		{
 			tf_printf("--\n");
 			uv_print_all_handles(&task->_loop, stdout);
diff --git a/src/tests.c b/src/tests.c
index ded78722..ea5f54ab 100644
--- a/src/tests.c
+++ b/src/tests.c
@@ -737,6 +737,71 @@ static void _test_http(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	uv_thread_join(&thread);
 }
 
+static void _test_auto_process_exit(uv_process_t* process, int64_t status, int termination_signal)
+{
+	tf_printf("Process exit %d signal=%d.\n", (int)WEXITSTATUS(status), termination_signal);
+	assert(WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0);
+	process->data = NULL;
+	uv_close((uv_handle_t*)process, NULL);
+}
+
+static void _test_auto(const tf_test_options_t* options)
+{
+	uv_loop_t loop = { 0 };
+	uv_loop_init(&loop);
+
+	char executable[1024];
+	size_t size = sizeof(executable);
+	uv_exepath(executable, &size);
+
+	unlink("out/selenium.sqlite");
+	unlink("out/selenium.sqlite-shm");
+	unlink("out/selenium.sqlite-wal");
+
+	char* args[] = { executable, "run", "-d", "out/selenium.sqlite", "-b", "0", "-p", "8888", NULL };
+
+	uv_stdio_container_t io[3] =
+	{
+		{ .flags = UV_INHERIT_FD },
+		{ .flags = UV_INHERIT_FD },
+		{ .flags = UV_INHERIT_FD },
+	};
+
+	uv_process_options_t process_options = {0};
+	process_options.args = args;
+	process_options.exit_cb = _test_auto_process_exit;
+	process_options.stdio = io;
+	process_options.stdio_count = sizeof(io) / sizeof(*io);
+	process_options.file = args[0];
+
+	uv_process_t process = { .data = &process };
+	int spawn_result = uv_spawn(&loop, &process, &process_options);
+	if (spawn_result)
+	{
+		abort();
+	}
+
+	char* selenium_args[] = { "python3", "tools/autotest.py", NULL };
+	process_options.args = selenium_args;
+	process_options.exit_cb = _test_auto_process_exit;
+	process_options.file = selenium_args[0];
+
+	uv_process_t selenium = { .data = &selenium };
+	spawn_result = uv_spawn(&loop, &selenium, &process_options);
+	if (spawn_result)
+	{
+		abort();
+	}
+
+	while (selenium.data)
+	{
+		uv_run(&loop, UV_RUN_ONCE);
+	}
+	uv_process_kill(&process, SIGTERM);
+	uv_run(&loop, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+	uv_loop_close(&loop);
+}
+
 static void _tf_test_run(const tf_test_options_t* options, const char* name, void (*test)(const tf_test_options_t* options), bool opt_in)
 {
 	bool specified = false;
@@ -800,6 +865,7 @@ void tf_tests(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	_tf_test_run(options, "b64", _test_b64, false);
 	_tf_test_run(options, "rooms", tf_ssb_test_rooms, false);
 	_tf_test_run(options, "bench", tf_ssb_test_bench, false);
+	_tf_test_run(options, "auto", _test_auto, false);
 	_tf_test_run(options, "go-ssb-room", tf_ssb_test_go_ssb_room, true);
 	tf_printf("Tests completed.\n");
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/autotest.py b/tools/autotest.py
index f61559f7..b6036f48 100755
--- a/tools/autotest.py
+++ b/tools/autotest.py
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 
-for path in ('out/selenium.sqlite', 'out/selenium.sqlite-shm', 'out/selenium.sqlite-wal'):
-	try:
-		os.unlink(path)
-	except:
-		pass
-tf = subprocess.Popen(['out/debug/tildefriends', 'run', '-d', 'out/selenium.sqlite', '-b', '0', '-p', '8888'] + sys.argv[1:])
-
 def exists_in_shadow_root(shadow_root, by, value):
 	return lambda driver: shadow_root.find_element(by, value)
 
@@ -165,8 +158,6 @@ finally:
 	driver.close()
 	driver.quit()
 
-tf.terminate()
-
 if success:
 	print('\033[92mTEST SUCCEEDED.\033[0m')
 else: