diff --git a/integration_test/client/srv_say.rb b/integration_test/client/srv_say.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9031547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_test/client/srv_say.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative '../../lib/teeworlds_client'
+
+client = TeeworldsClient.new
+
+connected = false
+
+client.on_connected do |_|
+  client.rcon_auth(password: 'rcon')
+  connected = true
+end
+
+# this should nicley print the server message
+client.on_chat do |_, msg|
+  puts "[chat] #{msg}"
+end
+
+# connect and block main thread
+client.connect('localhost', 8377, detach: true)
+
+sleep 0.5 until connected
+
+puts '[test] sending server hello'
+client.rcon('say "hello"')
+sleep 1
+
+client.rcon('shutdown')
+sleep 0.2
+
+# this is also testing a disconnect
+# if the server shutdown already
+# should never crash
+client.disconnect
diff --git a/integration_test/run.sh b/integration_test/run.sh
index 4886cf0..262396c 100755
--- a/integration_test/run.sh
+++ b/integration_test/run.sh
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ then
 	then
 		fail "Error: server still running rcon shutdown failed"
 	fi
+elif [ "$testname" == "client/srv_say.rb" ]
+then
+	if ! grep -q '^\[chat\].*hello' "$logdir/ruby_client.txt"
+	then
+		fail "Error: missing 'hello' chat message in client log"
+	fi
 elif [ "$testname" == "client/multiple_blocks.rb" ]
 then
 	sleep 1
diff --git a/lib/models/chat_message.rb b/lib/models/chat_message.rb
index 2de12c9..4c62eee 100644
--- a/lib/models/chat_message.rb
+++ b/lib/models/chat_message.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ class ChatMesage
   end
 
   def to_s
-    "#{@author.name}: #{@message}"
+    # server message
+    return "*** #{@message}" if @client_id == -1
+
+    # player message
+    # should never be from an invalid id
+    # but lets not crash if servers send weird stuff
+    name = ''
+    name = @author.name if @author
+    "#{name}: #{@message}"
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/teeworlds_client.rb b/lib/teeworlds_client.rb
index 30df9a5..b5fcdff 100644
--- a/lib/teeworlds_client.rb
+++ b/lib/teeworlds_client.rb
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ class TeeworldsClient
     # puts "tick"
     begin
       pck = @s.recvfrom_nonblock(1400)
+    rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
+      puts 'connection problems ...'
+      pck = nil
     rescue IO::EAGAINWaitReadable
       pck = nil
     end