diff --git a/libi2pd/Streaming.cpp b/libi2pd/Streaming.cpp
index f7737646..63cf20a2 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Streaming.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Streaming.cpp
@@ -474,6 +474,29 @@ namespace stream
 			Close (); // check is all outgoing messages have been sent and we can send close
 	}
 
+	size_t Stream::Receive (uint8_t * buf, size_t len, int timeout)
+	{
+		if (!len) return 0;
+		size_t ret = 0;
+		std::condition_variable newDataReceived;
+		std::mutex newDataReceivedMutex;
+		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(newDataReceivedMutex);
+		AsyncReceive (boost::asio::buffer (buf, len),
+			[&ret, &newDataReceived, &newDataReceivedMutex](const boost::system::error_code& ecode, std::size_t bytes_transferred)
+			{
+				if (ecode == boost::asio::error::timed_out)
+					ret = 0;
+				else
+					ret = bytes_transferred;
+				std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(newDataReceivedMutex);
+				newDataReceived.notify_all ();
+			},
+			timeout);
+		if (newDataReceived.wait_for (l, std::chrono::seconds (timeout)) == std::cv_status::timeout)
+			ret = 0;
+		return ret;
+	}	
+		
 	size_t Stream::Send (const uint8_t * buf, size_t len)
 	{
 		AsyncSend (buf, len, nullptr);
diff --git a/libi2pd/Streaming.h b/libi2pd/Streaming.h
index 19f2f8f6..1662f0e4 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Streaming.h
+++ b/libi2pd/Streaming.h
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ namespace stream
 			template<typename Buffer, typename ReceiveHandler>
 			void AsyncReceive (const Buffer& buffer, ReceiveHandler handler, int timeout = 0);
 			size_t ReadSome (uint8_t * buf, size_t len) { return ConcatenatePackets (buf, len); };
-
+			size_t Receive (uint8_t * buf, size_t len, int timeout);
+			
 			void AsyncClose() { m_Service.post(std::bind(&Stream::Close, shared_from_this())); };
 
 			/** only call close from destination thread, use Stream::AsyncClose for other threads */
@@ -336,11 +337,10 @@ namespace stream
 				int t = (timeout > MAX_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT) ? MAX_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT : timeout;
 				s->m_ReceiveTimer.expires_from_now (boost::posix_time::seconds(t));
 				int left = timeout - t;
-				auto self = s->shared_from_this();
-				self->m_ReceiveTimer.async_wait (
-					[self, buffer, handler, left](const boost::system::error_code & ec)
+				s->m_ReceiveTimer.async_wait (
+					[s, buffer, handler, left](const boost::system::error_code & ec)
 					{
-						self->HandleReceiveTimer(ec, buffer, handler, left);
+						s->HandleReceiveTimer(ec, buffer, handler, left);
 					});
 			}
 		});
diff --git a/libi2pd_client/AddressBook.cpp b/libi2pd_client/AddressBook.cpp
index 3a35a817..62a619c4 100644
--- a/libi2pd_client/AddressBook.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd_client/AddressBook.cpp
@@ -892,24 +892,20 @@ namespace client
 		int numAttempts = 0;
 		while (!end)
 		{
-			stream->AsyncReceive (boost::asio::buffer (recv_buf, 4096),
-				[&](const boost::system::error_code& ecode, std::size_t bytes_transferred)
-				{
-					if (bytes_transferred)
-						response.append ((char *)recv_buf, bytes_transferred);
-					if (ecode == boost::asio::error::timed_out || !stream->IsOpen ())
-						end = true;
-					newDataReceived.notify_all ();
-				},
-				SUBSCRIPTION_REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
-			std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(newDataReceivedMutex);
-			// wait 1 more second
-			if (newDataReceived.wait_for (l, std::chrono::seconds (SUBSCRIPTION_REQUEST_TIMEOUT + 1)) == std::cv_status::timeout)
+			size_t received = stream->Receive (recv_buf, 4096, SUBSCRIPTION_REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
+			if (received)
+			{
+				response.append ((char *)recv_buf, received);
+				if (!stream->IsOpen ()) end = true;
+			}	
+			else if (!stream->IsOpen ())
+				end = true;
+			else
 			{
 				LogPrint (eLogError, "Addressbook: Subscriptions request timeout expired");
 				numAttempts++;
 				if (numAttempts > 5) end = true;
-			}
+			}	
 		}
 		// process remaining buffer
 		while (size_t len = stream->ReadSome (recv_buf, sizeof(recv_buf)))