diff --git a/socketserver/cmd/ffzsocketserver/console.go b/socketserver/cmd/ffzsocketserver/console.go
index a09399b7..a6638d39 100644
--- a/socketserver/cmd/ffzsocketserver/console.go
+++ b/socketserver/cmd/ffzsocketserver/console.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func commandLineConsole() {
 			if val.Mallocs == 0 {
 				continue
 			}
-			shell.Println(val.Size, "bytes:", val.Mallocs, "allocs", val.Frees, "frees")
+			shell.Print(fmt.Sprintf("%5d: %6d outstanding (%d total)\n", val.Size, val.Mallocs - val.Frees, val.Mallocs))
 		}
 		shell.Println(m.NumGC, "collections occurred")
 		return "", nil
diff --git a/socketserver/internal/server/backend.go b/socketserver/internal/server/backend.go
index 08547026..10b2bb73 100644
--- a/socketserver/internal/server/backend.go
+++ b/socketserver/internal/server/backend.go
@@ -136,9 +136,12 @@ func RequestRemoteData(remoteCommand, data string, auth AuthInfo) (responseStr s
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return "", httpError(resp.StatusCode)
+	}
 
 	respBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	resp.Body.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -162,6 +165,10 @@ func SendAggregatedData(sealedForm url.Values) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		resp.Body.Close()
+		return httpError(resp.StatusCode)
+	}
 
 	return resp.Body.Close()
 }
@@ -180,6 +187,10 @@ func FetchBacklogData(chatSubs []string) ([]ClientMessage, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return nil, httpError(resp.StatusCode)
+	}
 	dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
 	var messages []ClientMessage
 	err = dec.Decode(messages)
@@ -190,6 +201,10 @@ func FetchBacklogData(chatSubs []string) ([]ClientMessage, error) {
 	return messages, nil
 }
 
+func httpError(statusCode int) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("backend http error: %d", statusCode)
+}
+
 func GenerateKeys(outputFile, serverId, theirPublicStr string) {
 	var err error
 	output := ConfigFile{