diff --git a/sjrpc/core/connectionmanagers.py b/sjrpc/core/connectionmanagers.py
index c47076b704b2e2e4b06900ec288fb50e00933a76..e6ced6478c2739b08637d0a70c5c13f7d0c913c1 100644
--- a/sjrpc/core/connectionmanagers.py
+++ b/sjrpc/core/connectionmanagers.py
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ class ConnectionManager(object):
         '''
         
         while self._running:
-            events = self._poll.poll(ConnectionManager.POLL_TIMEOUT)
-            for fd, event in events:
-                self.handle_event(fd, event)
+            try:
+                events = self._poll.poll(ConnectionManager.POLL_TIMEOUT)
+            except IOError:
+                pass
+            else:
+                for fd, event in events:
+                    self.handle_event(fd, event)
 
     def start(self, daemonize=False):
         '''