diff --git a/source/eventcore/posix.d b/source/eventcore/posix.d
index 2ed7cd3..b49792f 100644
--- a/source/eventcore/posix.d
+++ b/source/eventcore/posix.d
@@ -102,15 +102,11 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 
 	private void onConnect(FD sock)
 	{
-		stopNotify!(EventType.status)(sock);
-		stopNotify!(EventType.write)(sock);
 		m_fds[sock].connectCallback(cast(StreamSocketFD)sock, ConnectStatus.connected);
 	}
 
 	private void onConnectError(FD sock)
 	{
-		stopNotify!(EventType.status)(sock);
-		stopNotify!(EventType.write)(sock);
 		// FIXME: determine the correct kind of error!
 		m_fds[sock].connectCallback(cast(StreamSocketFD)sock, ConnectStatus.refused);
 	}
@@ -156,10 +152,11 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 			() @trusted { sockfd = accept(listenfd, addr.name, &addr_len); } ();
 			if (sockfd == -1) break;
 			() @trusted { fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK, 1); } ();
-			registerFD(cast(FD)sockfd, EventMask.read|EventMask.write|EventMask.status);
-			addFD(cast(FD)sockfd);
+			auto fd = cast(StreamSocketFD)sockfd;
+			registerFD(fd, EventMask.read|EventMask.write|EventMask.status);
+			addFD(fd);
 			//print("accept %d", sockfd);
-			m_fds[listenfd].acceptCallback(cast(StreamListenSocketFD)listenfd, cast(StreamSocketFD)sockfd);
+			m_fds[listenfd].acceptCallback(cast(StreamListenSocketFD)listenfd, fd);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -211,7 +208,7 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 			readBuffer = buffer;
 		}
 
-		startNotify!(EventType.read)(socket, &onSocketRead);
+		setNotifyCallback!(EventType.read)(socket, &onSocketRead);
 	}
 
 	private void onSocketRead(FD fd)
@@ -221,7 +218,7 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 
 		void finalize()(IOStatus status)
 		{
-			stopNotify!(EventType.read)(socket);
+			setNotifyCallback!(EventType.read)(socket, null);
 			//m_fds[fd].readBuffer = null;
 			slot.readCallback(socket, status, slot.bytesRead);
 		}
@@ -292,7 +289,7 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 			writeBuffer = buffer;
 		}
 
-		startNotify!(EventType.write)(socket, &onSocketWrite);
+		setNotifyCallback!(EventType.write)(socket, &onSocketWrite);
 	}
 
 	private void onSocketWrite(FD fd)
@@ -306,14 +303,14 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			auto err = errno;
 			if (err != EAGAIN) {
-				stopNotify!(EventType.write)(socket);
+				setNotifyCallback!(EventType.write)(socket, null);
 				slot.readCallback(socket, IOStatus.error, slot.bytesRead);
 				return;
 			}
 		}
 
 		if (ret == 0) {
-			stopNotify!(EventType.write)(socket);
+			setNotifyCallback!(EventType.write)(socket, null);
 			slot.writeCallback(cast(StreamSocketFD)socket, IOStatus.disconnected, slot.bytesWritten);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -322,7 +319,7 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 			slot.bytesWritten += ret;
 			slot.writeBuffer = slot.writeBuffer[ret .. $];
 			if (slot.writeMode != IOMode.all || slot.writeBuffer.length == 0) {
-				stopNotify!(EventType.write)(socket);
+				setNotifyCallback!(EventType.write)(socket, null);
 				slot.writeCallback(cast(StreamSocketFD)socket, IOStatus.ok, slot.bytesWritten);
 				return;
 			}
@@ -362,7 +359,7 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 			readBuffer = null;
 		}
 
-		startNotify!(EventType.read)(socket, &onSocketDataAvailable);
+		setNotifyCallback!(EventType.read)(socket, &onSocketDataAvailable);
 	}
 
 	private void onSocketDataAvailable(FD fd)
@@ -372,7 +369,7 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 
 		void finalize()(IOStatus status)
 		{
-			stopNotify!(EventType.read)(socket);
+			setNotifyCallback!(EventType.read)(socket, null);
 			//m_fds[fd].readBuffer = null;
 			slot.readCallback(socket, status, 0);
 		}
@@ -479,7 +476,7 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 
 	private void startNotify(EventType evt)(FD fd, FDSlotCallback callback)
 	{
-		assert(m_fds[fd].callback[evt] is null, "Waiting for event which is already being waited for.");
+		//assert(m_fds[fd].callback[evt] is null, "Waiting for event which is already being waited for.");
 		m_fds[fd].callback[evt] = callback;
 		assert(m_fds[0].callback[evt] is null);
 		m_waiterCount++;
@@ -488,12 +485,18 @@ abstract class PosixEventDriver : EventDriver {
 
 	private void stopNotify(EventType evt)(FD fd)
 	{
-		assert(m_fds[fd].callback[evt] !is null, "Stopping waiting for event which is not being waited for.");
+		//ssert(m_fds[fd].callback[evt] !is null, "Stopping waiting for event which is not being waited for.");
 		m_fds[fd].callback[evt] = null;
 		m_waiterCount--;
 		updateFD(fd, m_fds[fd].eventMask);
 	}
 
+	private void setNotifyCallback(EventType evt)(FD fd, FDSlotCallback callback)
+	{
+		assert((callback !is null) != (m_fds[fd].callback[evt] !is null));
+		m_fds[fd].callback[evt] = callback;
+	}
+
 	private SocketFD createSocket(AddressFamily family)
 	{
 		int sock;