diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd8d34e..28703d5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 *.log
 /temp/
 *.lock
+/archive/
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 66591e2..93bc8e2 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ examples/
 yarn.lock
 travis.yml
 .eslintrc.js
+archive/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d391e53..d1969d5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     "esm": "^3.0.84",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
-    "mz": "^2.7.0",
     "nodemon": "^1.18.6"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/consumer.js b/src/consumer.js
index 3f26826..1fff8d3 100644
--- a/src/consumer.js
+++ b/src/consumer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Socket } from 'net'
 import path from 'path'
+import { promisify } from 'util'
 import btc from 'better-try-catch'
 import JsonStream from './json-stream'
 
@@ -46,11 +47,12 @@ class SocketConsumer extends Socket {
     this.opts = opts
     this.keepAlive = 'keepAlive' in opts ? opts.keepAlive : true
     this._ready = false
-    this.timeout = opts.timeout || 30
+    this.timeout = opts.timeout || 30  // 5 minutes and then rejects
     this.wait = opts.wait || 1
     this.stream = new JsonStream()
     // bind to class for other class functions
     this.connect = this.connect.bind(this)
+    this.close = promisify(this.end).bind(this)
     this.__ready = this.__ready.bind(this)
     // this._write = this._write.bind(this)
   }
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ class SocketConsumer extends Socket {
       }
 
       let reconnect = {}
+      // this is only for initial connection
       const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
         clearTimeout(reconnect)
         log.fatal({ opts: this.opts }, `unable to connect in ${this.timeout}s`)
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ class SocketConsumer extends Socket {
       let res = await this._packetProcess(packet)
       if (!res) {
         // if process was not promise returning like just logged to console
-        // log.warn('consumer function was not promise returning')
+        log.warn('consumer packet processing function was not promise returning')
       }
     })
     // listen on socket stream
diff --git a/src/socket-class.js b/src/socket-class.js
index 55cfb6d..8d7985c 100644
--- a/src/socket-class.js
+++ b/src/socket-class.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
       } else {
         if (typeof opts.path === 'boolean')
           opts.path = path.join(DEFAULT_PIPE_DIR, DEFAULT_SOCKET_NAME)
-        if (path.dirname(opts.path) === '.')
+        if (path.dirname(opts.path) === '.')  // relative path sent
           opts.path = path.join(DEFAULT_PIPE_DIR, opts.path)
       }
       this.clientTracking = opts.clientTracking || true
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
       //self bindings
       this._listen = this._listen.bind(this)
       this.create = this.create.bind(this)
+      this.close = promisify(this.close).bind(this)
       log = logger({
         file: 'src/socket.js',
         class: 'Socket',