diff --git a/qse/Makefile.in b/qse/Makefile.in
index 127cb8e0..83d14b98 100644
--- a/qse/Makefile.in
+++ b/qse/Makefile.in
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ host_triplet = @host@
 subdir = .
 DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/Makefile.am \
 	$(top_srcdir)/configure $(am__configure_deps) \
-	$(srcdir)/README.in ac/ar-lib ac/compile ac/config.guess \
-	ac/config.sub ac/depcomp ac/install-sh ac/missing ac/ltmain.sh \
-	$(top_srcdir)/ac/ar-lib $(top_srcdir)/ac/compile \
-	$(top_srcdir)/ac/config.guess $(top_srcdir)/ac/config.sub \
-	$(top_srcdir)/ac/install-sh $(top_srcdir)/ac/ltmain.sh \
-	$(top_srcdir)/ac/missing
+	$(srcdir)/README.in README ac/ar-lib ac/compile \
+	ac/config.guess ac/config.sub ac/depcomp ac/install-sh \
+	ac/missing ac/ltmain.sh $(top_srcdir)/ac/ar-lib \
+	$(top_srcdir)/ac/compile $(top_srcdir)/ac/config.guess \
+	$(top_srcdir)/ac/config.sub $(top_srcdir)/ac/install-sh \
+	$(top_srcdir)/ac/ltmain.sh $(top_srcdir)/ac/missing
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
 am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/m4/argz.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/m4/ax_check_sign.m4 \
diff --git a/qse/cmd/http/httpd.c b/qse/cmd/http/httpd.c
index d359b805..733b9335 100644
--- a/qse/cmd/http/httpd.c
+++ b/qse/cmd/http/httpd.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ struct server_hostcfg_t
 typedef struct server_xtn_t server_xtn_t;
 struct server_xtn_t
 {
+	int backlog_size;
 	int nodir; /* no directory listing */
 
 	int num; /* the server number in the xli configuration */
@@ -2034,6 +2035,22 @@ static qse_httpd_server_t* attach_server (qse_httpd_t* httpd, int num, qse_xli_l
 
 	httpd_xtn = qse_httpd_getxtnstd (httpd);
 
+	qse_memset (&dope, 0, QSE_SIZEOF(dope));
+
+	pair = qse_xli_findpair (httpd_xtn->xli, list, QSE_T("backlog-size"));
+	if (!pair) pair = qse_xli_findpair (httpd_xtn->xli, QSE_NULL, QSE_T("server-default.backlog-size"));
+	if (pair == QSE_NULL || pair->val->type != QSE_XLI_STR)
+	{
+		dope.backlog_size = 256;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		unsigned int v;
+		v = qse_strtoui (((qse_xli_str_t*)pair->val)->ptr, 10);
+		if (v <= 0) v = 256;
+		dope.backlog_size = v;
+	}
+
 	pair = qse_xli_findpair (httpd_xtn->xli, list, QSE_T("bind"));
 	if (pair == QSE_NULL || pair->val->type != QSE_XLI_STR)
 	{
@@ -2042,7 +2059,6 @@ static qse_httpd_server_t* attach_server (qse_httpd_t* httpd, int num, qse_xli_l
 		return QSE_NULL;
 	}
 
-	qse_memset (&dope, 0, QSE_SIZEOF(dope));
 	if (qse_strntonwad (((qse_xli_str_t*)pair->val)->ptr, ((qse_xli_str_t*)pair->val)->len, &dope.nwad) <= -1)
 	{
 		/*  TOOD: logging */
@@ -2174,6 +2190,7 @@ static int open_config_file (qse_httpd_t* httpd)
 		{ QSE_T("max-nofile"),                                       { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("max-nproc"),                                        { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 
+
 		{ QSE_T("hooks"),                                            { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALLIST | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 0, 0      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("hooks.module"),                                     { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALLIST | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYALIAS, 0, 0      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("hooks.module.file"),                                { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
@@ -2181,6 +2198,7 @@ static int open_config_file (qse_httpd_t* httpd)
 		                                                               QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP | QSE_XLI_SCM_VALIFFY, 0, 0      }  },
 
 		{ QSE_T("server-default"),                                   { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALLIST | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 0, 0      }  },
+		{ QSE_T("server-default.backlog-size"),                      { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("server-default.ssl-cert-file"),                     { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("server-default.ssl-key-file"),                      { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("server-default.root"),                              { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
@@ -2236,6 +2254,7 @@ static int open_config_file (qse_httpd_t* httpd)
 		{ QSE_T("server-default.proxy.urs-prerewrite-hook"),         { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 
 		{ QSE_T("server"),                                           { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALLIST,                        0, 0      }  },
+		{ QSE_T("server.backlog-size"),                              { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("server.bind"),                                      { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("server.ssl"),                                       { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
 		{ QSE_T("server.ssl-cert-file"),                             { QSE_XLI_SCM_VALSTR  | QSE_XLI_SCM_KEYNODUP, 1, 1      }  },
diff --git a/qse/cmd/http/httpd.conf b/qse/cmd/http/httpd.conf
index 94d54b72..03c5ead4 100644
--- a/qse/cmd/http/httpd.conf
+++ b/qse/cmd/http/httpd.conf
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ max-nproc = none;
 # default server configuration
 ################################################
 server-default {
+	backlog-size = 1024;
+
 	# default ssl certificate file
 	#ssl-cert-file = "/etc/qse/cert.pem";
 	# default ssl private key file
@@ -160,8 +162,8 @@ server-default {
 		dns-server = "192.168.1.1:53";
 		#dns-server = "[::1]:53";
 		#dns-server = "@/tmp/dns.sock"; # unix socket prefixed with @
-		#dns-timeout = 3
-		#dns-retries = 2
+		#dns-timeout = 3;
+		#dns-retries = 2;
 		dns-queries = a, aaaa;
 
 		#urs-enabled = yes; # no, yes,
@@ -174,8 +176,9 @@ server-default {
 }
 
 server {
+	backlog-size = 1024;
 	bind = "0.0.0.0:1999";
-	ssl = yes;
+	ssl = no;
 
 	# you can create certificate/key files as shown below
 	#  openssl genrsa -out key.pem
diff --git a/qse/include/qse/http/httpd.h b/qse/include/qse/http/httpd.h
index 8786fd44..16a00247 100644
--- a/qse/include/qse/http/httpd.h
+++ b/qse/include/qse/http/httpd.h
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ struct qse_httpd_server_dope_t
 	int          flags; /* bitwise-ORed of qse_httpd_server_flag_t */
 	qse_nwad_t   nwad; /* binding address */
 	unsigned int nwif; /* interface number to bind to */
+	int          backlog_size; /* backlog size for the listen call */
 	qse_httpd_server_detach_t detach; /* executed when the server is detached */
 };
 
diff --git a/qse/lib/http/httpd-std.c b/qse/lib/http/httpd-std.c
index e80b0d38..10536f68 100644
--- a/qse/lib/http/httpd-std.c
+++ b/qse/lib/http/httpd-std.c
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
 #	if defined(HAVE_SYS_EPOLL_H)
 #		include <sys/epoll.h>
 #	endif
+#	if defined(HAVE_SYS_POLL_H)
+#		include <sys/poll.h>
+#	endif
 #	if defined(__linux__)
 #		include <limits.h>
 #		if defined(HAVE_LINUX_NETFILTER_IPV4_H)
@@ -1044,7 +1047,8 @@ bind_ok:
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (listen (fd, 10) <= -1) 
+	HTTPD_DBGOUT1 ("Setting backlog size to %d\n", server->dope.backlog_size);
+	if (listen (fd, server->dope.backlog_size) <= -1) 
 	{
 		qse_httpd_seterrnum (httpd, SKERR_TO_ERRNUM());
 		goto oops;
@@ -1087,7 +1091,7 @@ static int server_accept (
 
 	#if 0
 /* TODO: implement maximum number of client per server??? */
-	if (fd >= FD_SETSIZE)
+	if (fd >= FD_SETSIZE - 1)
 	{
 		HTTPD_DEBUG ("ERROR: too many client - max %d, fd %d\n", (FD_SETSIZE, fd));
 		/*TODO: qse_httpd_seterrnum (httpd, QSE_HTTPD_EXXXXX);*/
@@ -1857,10 +1861,27 @@ static int mux_writable (qse_httpd_t* httpd, qse_httpd_hnd_t handle, const qse_n
 	tv = tmout? QSE_SECNSEC_TO_MSEC (tmout->sec, tmout->nsec): -1;
 	return os2_select (&handle, 0, 1, 0, tv);
 
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_POLL_H)
+	struct pollfd p;
+	int tv;
+
+	p.fd = handle;
+	p.events = POLLOUT;
+	p.revents = 0;
+
+	tv = tmout? QSE_SECNSEC_TO_MSEC(tmout->sec, tmout->nsec): -1;
+	return poll (&p, 1, tv);
 #else
+
 	fd_set w;
 	struct timeval tv, * tvp;
 
+	#if defined(FD_SETSIZE)
+	/* NOTE: when the handle exceeds FD_SETSIZE, 
+	 * select() may screw the entire program. */
+	if (handle >= FD_SETSIZE - 1) return -1;
+	#endif
+
 	FD_ZERO (&w);
 	FD_SET (handle, &w);
 
diff --git a/qse/lib/http/httpd.c b/qse/lib/http/httpd.c
index faf242fd..fe86b8bb 100644
--- a/qse/lib/http/httpd.c
+++ b/qse/lib/http/httpd.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <qse/cmn/mbwc.h>
 #include <qse/si/sio.h>
 
-
 #if !defined(QSE_HTTPD_DEFAULT_MODPREFIX)
 #	if defined(_WIN32)
 #		define QSE_HTTPD_DEFAULT_MODPREFIX "qsehttpd-"
@@ -1673,6 +1672,7 @@ static int invoke_client_task (
 		qse_ntime_t tmout;
 		tmout.sec = 0;
 		tmout.nsec = 0;
+
 		if (httpd->opt.scb.mux.writable (httpd, client->handle, &tmout) <= 0) 
 		{
 			/* it is not writable yet. so just skip 
@@ -1732,7 +1732,6 @@ static int perform_client_task (
 	else
 	{
 		/* locate an active client to the tail of the client list */
-
 		qse_gettime (&client->last_active); /* TODO: error check??? */
 		move_client_to_tail (httpd, client);