diff --git a/lib/http_parser.cpp b/lib/http_parser.cpp
index 7408c016..93d3f9e1 100644
--- a/lib/http_parser.cpp
+++ b/lib/http_parser.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ std::string &HTTP::Parser::BuildRequest(){
   /// \todo Include POST variable handling for vars?
   std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
   if (protocol.size() < 5 || protocol[4] != '/'){protocol = "HTTP/1.0";}
-  if (method == "GET" && vars.size() && url.find('?') == std::string::npos){
+  if (method != "POST" && vars.size() && url.find('?') == std::string::npos){
     builder = method + " " + Encodings::URL::encode(url, "/:=@[]") + allVars() + " " + protocol + "\r\n";
   }else{
     builder = method + " " + Encodings::URL::encode(url, "/:=@[]") + " " + protocol + "\r\n";
@@ -277,9 +277,10 @@ void HTTP::Parser::SendResponse(std::string code, std::string message, Socket::C
 void HTTP::Parser::StartResponse(std::string code, std::string message, const HTTP::Parser &request,
                                  Socket::Connection &conn, bool bufferAllChunks){
   std::string prot = request.protocol;
-  sendingChunks =
+  bool willSendChunks =
       (!bufferAllChunks && request.protocol == "HTTP/1.1" && request.GetHeader("Connection") != "close");
   CleanPreserveHeaders();
+  sendingChunks = willSendChunks;
   protocol = prot;
   if (sendingChunks){
     SetHeader("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked");
diff --git a/lib/urireader.cpp b/lib/urireader.cpp
index f65a27e9..b52d496a 100644
--- a/lib/urireader.cpp
+++ b/lib/urireader.cpp
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ namespace HTTP{
   void URIReader::dataCallback(const char *ptr, size_t size){allData.append(ptr, size);}
 
   bool URIReader::open(const HTTP::URL &uri){
-    close();
     myURI = uri;
     curPos = 0;
     allData.truncate(0);
     bufPos = 0;
 
     if (!myURI.protocol.size() || myURI.protocol == "file"){
+      close();
       if (!myURI.path.size() || myURI.path == "-"){
         downer.getSocket().open(-1, fileno(stdin));
         stateType = HTTP::Stream;
diff --git a/src/output/output_hls.cpp b/src/output/output_hls.cpp
index edf7f29d..44d3ec9c 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hls.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hls.cpp
@@ -230,13 +230,11 @@ namespace Mist{
     std::string sessId = H.GetVar("sessId");
 
     if (H.url == "/crossdomain.xml"){
-      H.Clean();
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
       H.SetHeader("Server", APPIDENT);
       H.setCORSHeaders();
       if (method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
         H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-        H.Clean();
         return;
       }
       H.SetBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM "
@@ -244,13 +242,11 @@ namespace Mist{
                 "cross-domain-policy.dtd\"><cross-domain-policy><allow-access-from domain=\"*\" "
                 "/><site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies=\"all\"/></cross-domain-policy>");
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-      H.Clean(); // clean for any possible next requests
       return;
     }// crossdomain.xml
 
     if (H.method == "OPTIONS"){
       bool isTS = (HTTP::URL(H.url).getExt().substr(0, 3) != "m3u");
-      H.Clean();
       H.setCORSHeaders();
       if (isTS){
         H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp2t");
@@ -266,7 +262,6 @@ namespace Mist{
       }
       H.SetBody("");
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-      H.Clean();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -294,11 +289,9 @@ namespace Mist{
       if (sscanf(tmpStr.c_str(), "/%zu_%zu/%" PRIu64 "_%" PRIu64 ".ts", &vidTrack, &audTrack, &from, &until) != 4){
         if (sscanf(tmpStr.c_str(), "/%zu/%" PRIu64 "_%" PRIu64 ".ts", &vidTrack, &from, &until) != 3){
           MEDIUM_MSG("Could not parse URL: %s", H.getUrl().c_str());
-          H.Clean();
           H.setCORSHeaders();
           H.SetBody("The HLS URL wasn't understood - what did you want, exactly?\n");
           myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("404", "URL mismatch"));
-          H.Clean(); // clean for any possible next requests
           return;
         }
         userSelect.clear();
@@ -314,12 +307,10 @@ namespace Mist{
       }
 
       if (M.getLive() && from < M.getFirstms(vidTrack)){
-        H.Clean();
         H.setCORSHeaders();
         H.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be "
                   "served.\n");
         myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("404", "Fragment out of range"));
-        H.Clean(); // clean for any possible next requests
         WARN_MSG("Fragment @ %" PRIu64 " too old", from);
         return;
       }
@@ -335,7 +326,6 @@ namespace Mist{
       }
       if (method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
         H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-        H.Clean();
         return;
       }
 
@@ -353,17 +343,14 @@ namespace Mist{
     }else{
       initialize();
       std::string request = H.url.substr(H.url.find("/", 5) + 1);
-      H.Clean();
       H.setCORSHeaders();
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl");
       if (!M.getValidTracks().size()){
         H.SendResponse("404", "Not online or found", myConn);
-        H.Clean();
         return;
       }
       if (method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
         H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-        H.Clean();
         return;
       }
       std::string manifest;
@@ -373,7 +360,6 @@ namespace Mist{
         size_t idx = atoi(request.substr(0, request.find("/")).c_str());
         if (!M.getValidTracks().count(idx)){
           H.SendResponse("404", "No corresponding track found", myConn);
-          H.Clean();
           return;
         }
 
@@ -389,7 +375,6 @@ namespace Mist{
     if (thisPacket.getTime() >= until){
       stop();
       wantRequest = true;
-      parseData = false;
 
       // Ensure alignment of contCounters, to prevent discontinuities.
       for (std::map<size_t, uint16_t>::iterator it = contCounters.begin(); it != contCounters.end(); it++){
@@ -407,6 +392,7 @@ namespace Mist{
 
       // Signal end of data
       H.Chunkify("", 0, myConn);
+      H.Clean();
       return;
     }
     // Invoke the generic TS output sendNext handler
diff --git a/src/output/output_http.cpp b/src/output/output_http.cpp
index c69c9e32..5abe6cdf 100644
--- a/src/output/output_http.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_http.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace Mist{
     idleInterval = 0;
     idleLast = 0;
     if (config->getString("ip").size()){myConn.setHost(config->getString("ip"));}
-    firstRun = true;
     if (config->getString("prequest").size()){
       myConn.Received().prepend(config->getString("prequest"));
     }
@@ -197,14 +196,11 @@ namespace Mist{
       if (!isBlocking && !parseData){Util::sleep(100);}
       return;
     }
-    // If we can't read anything more and we're non-blocking, sleep some.
-    if (!firstRun && !myConn.spool()){
-      if (!isBlocking && !parseData){Util::sleep(100);}
-      return;
-    }
-    firstRun = false;
 
+    //Attempt to read a HTTP request, regardless of data being available
+    bool sawRequest = false;
     while (H.Read(myConn)){
+      sawRequest = true;
       std::string handler = getHandler();
       if (handler != capa["name"].asStringRef() || H.GetVar("stream") != streamName){
         INFO_MSG("Received request: %s => %s (%s)", H.getUrl().c_str(), handler.c_str(), H.GetVar("stream").c_str());
@@ -307,8 +303,12 @@ namespace Mist{
       if (!myConn){return;}
       onHTTP();
       idleLast = Util::bootMS();
-      if (!H.bufferChunks){H.Clean();}
+      // Prevent the clean as well as the loop when we're in the middle of handling a request now
+      if (!wantRequest){return;}
+      H.Clean();
     }
+    // If we can't read anything more and we're non-blocking, sleep some.
+    if (!sawRequest && !myConn.spool() && !isBlocking && !parseData){Util::sleep(100);}
   }
 
   /// Default HTTP handler.
diff --git a/src/output/output_http.h b/src/output/output_http.h
index 402bd742..3acb1b01 100644
--- a/src/output/output_http.h
+++ b/src/output/output_http.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ namespace Mist{
     bool parseRange(std::string header, uint64_t &byteStart, uint64_t &byteEnd);
 
   protected:
-    bool firstRun;
     bool responded;
     HTTP::Parser H;
     HTTP::Websocket *webSock;