diff --git a/NTCPSession.cpp b/NTCPSession.cpp
index 7eb1614a..e21e8d18 100644
--- a/NTCPSession.cpp
+++ b/NTCPSession.cpp
@@ -56,11 +56,19 @@ namespace ntcp
 	{
 		m_IsEstablished = false;
 		m_Socket.close ();
+		i2p::transports.RemoveNTCPSession (this);
+		int numDelayed = 0;
 		for (auto it :m_DelayedMessages)
-			delete it;
+		{	
+			// try to send them again
+			i2p::transports.SendMessage (m_RemoteRouterInfo.GetIdentHash (), it);
+			numDelayed++;
+		}	
 		m_DelayedMessages.clear ();
+		if (numDelayed > 0)
+			LogPrint ("NTCP session ", numDelayed, " not sent");
 		// TODO: notify tunnels
-		i2p::transports.RemoveNTCPSession (this);
+		
 		delete this;
 		LogPrint ("NTCP session terminated");
 	}	
@@ -327,6 +335,7 @@ namespace ntcp
 		if (ecode)
         {
 			LogPrint ("Phase 4 read error: ", ecode.message ());
+			GetRemoteRouterInfo ().SetUnreachable (true); // this router doesn't like us
 			Terminate ();
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/Transports.cpp b/Transports.cpp
index 6c326e72..10c27afd 100644
--- a/Transports.cpp
+++ b/Transports.cpp
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ namespace i2p
 					// existing session not found. create new 
 					// try NTCP first
 					auto address = r->GetNTCPAddress ();
-					if (address)
+					if (address && !r->IsUnreachable ())
 					{	
 						auto s = new i2p::ntcp::NTCPClient (m_Service, address->host, address->port, *r);
 						AddNTCPSession (s);