diff --git a/frame.go b/frame.go
index dacddc6..300473e 100644
--- a/frame.go
+++ b/frame.go
@@ -60,25 +60,25 @@ func (f *Frame) UnmarshalBinary(bts []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-type RawHeader []byte
+type rawHeader []byte
 
-func (h RawHeader) Version() byte {
+func (h rawHeader) Version() byte {
 	return h[0]
 }
 
-func (h RawHeader) Cmd() byte {
+func (h rawHeader) Cmd() byte {
 	return h[1]
 }
 
-func (h RawHeader) StreamID() uint32 {
+func (h rawHeader) StreamID() uint32 {
 	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(h[2:])
 }
 
-func (h RawHeader) Length() uint32 {
+func (h rawHeader) Length() uint32 {
 	return binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(h[6:])
 }
 
-func (h RawHeader) String() string {
+func (h rawHeader) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Version:%d Cmd:%d StreamID:%d Length:%d",
 		h.Version(), h.Cmd(), h.StreamID(), h.Length())
 }
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index 025f388..c17fced 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package smux
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"log"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -73,11 +72,18 @@ func newSession(maxframes uint32, conn io.ReadWriteCloser, client bool) *Session
 func (s *Session) OpenStream() (*Stream, error) {
 	chNotifyReader := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	stream := newStream(s.nextStreamID, defaultFrameSize, chNotifyReader, s)
+
+	// track stream
 	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 	s.rdEvents[s.nextStreamID] = chNotifyReader
 	s.nextStreamID += 2
 	s.streams[stream.id] = stream
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// send SYN packet
+	f := newFrame(cmdSYN, stream.id)
+	bts, _ := f.MarshalBinary()
+	s.lw.Write(bts)
 	return stream, nil
 }
 
@@ -130,7 +136,7 @@ func (s *Session) readFrame() (f Frame, err error) {
 		return f, errors.Wrap(err, "readFrame")
 	}
 
-	dec := RawHeader(h)
+	dec := rawHeader(h)
 	data := h
 	if dec.Length() > 0 {
 		data = make([]byte, headerSize+dec.Length())
@@ -143,6 +149,7 @@ func (s *Session) readFrame() (f Frame, err error) {
 	return f, err
 }
 
+// recvLoop keeps on reading from underlying connection if tokens are available
 func (s *Session) recvLoop() {
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ func (s *Session) recvLoop() {
 				}
 				s.mu.Unlock()
 			} else {
-				log.Println(err)
+				return
 			}
 		case <-s.die:
 			return
diff --git a/session_test.go b/session_test.go
index b30a1bd..7235124 100644
--- a/session_test.go
+++ b/session_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func handleConnection(conn net.Conn) {
 			for {
 				n, err := stream.Read(buf)
 				if err != nil {
-					panic(err)
+					return
 				}
 				count++
 				stream.Write(buf[:n])
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestEcho(t *testing.T) {
 		if n, err := stream.Read(buf); err == nil {
 			fmt.Println("recv:", string(buf[:n]))
 		} else {
-			panic(err)
+			return
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/stream.go b/stream.go
index 2a2c2db..db97c9b 100644
--- a/stream.go
+++ b/stream.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package smux
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -24,9 +25,6 @@ func newStream(id uint32, frameSize uint32, chNotifyReader chan struct{}, sess *
 	s.frameSize = frameSize
 	s.sess = sess
 	s.die = make(chan struct{})
-	f := newFrame(cmdSYN, s.id)
-	bts, _ := f.MarshalBinary()
-	sess.lw.Write(bts)
 	return s
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ READ:
 	f := s.sess.read(s.id)
 	if f != nil {
 		switch f.cmd {
-		case cmdRST:
 		case cmdPSH:
 			n = copy(b, f.data)
 			if len(f.data) > n {
@@ -50,6 +47,8 @@ READ:
 				copy(s.buffer, f.data[n:])
 			}
 			return n, nil
+		default:
+			return 0, io.EOF
 		}
 	}