diff --git a/pkg/station/lib/proxies.go b/pkg/station/lib/proxies.go
index 9aee3f9b..fba7171a 100644
--- a/pkg/station/lib/proxies.go
+++ b/pkg/station/lib/proxies.go
@@ -154,8 +154,26 @@ func halfPipe(src net.Conn, dst net.Conn,
 	buf := make([]byte, 32*1024)
 	for {
 		nr, er := src.Read(buf)
+		if er != nil {
+			if nr > len(buf) {
+				log.Errorf("unexpected read len error - up:%t (%dB): %s", isUpload, nr, er)
+			}
+			if e := generalizeErr(er); e != nil {
+				if isUpload {
+					stats.ClientConnErr = e.Error()
+				} else {
+					stats.CovertConnErr = e.Error()
+				}
+			}
+			break
+		}
 		if nr > 0 {
-			nw, ew := dst.Write(buf[0:nr])
+			if nr > len(buf) && er == nil {
+				log.Errorf("unexpected read len error - up:%t (%dB)", isUpload, nr)
+			}
+
+			toWrite := int(math.Min(float64(len(buf)), float64(nr)))
+			nw, ew := dst.Write(buf[:toWrite])
 
 			// Update stats:
 			stats.addBytes(int64(nw), isUpload)
@@ -181,16 +199,6 @@ func halfPipe(src net.Conn, dst net.Conn,
 			}
 
 		}
-		if er != nil {
-			if e := generalizeErr(er); e != nil {
-				if isUpload {
-					stats.ClientConnErr = e.Error()
-				} else {
-					stats.CovertConnErr = e.Error()
-				}
-			}
-			break
-		}
 
 		// refresh stall timeout - set both because it only happens on write so if connection is
 		// sending traffic unidirectionally we prevent the receiving side from timing out.
diff --git a/pkg/station/lib/proxies_test.go b/pkg/station/lib/proxies_test.go
index 805d9ed3..f9003ee8 100644
--- a/pkg/station/lib/proxies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/station/lib/proxies_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	mrand "math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
@@ -21,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/refraction-networking/conjure/pkg/station/log"
 )
 
-var errNotExist = errors.New("not implemented")
-
 // under construction - not finalized or definitive
 // TODO: flesh out this test, or disable it. The go routines have a race condition that can result
 // in the test being useless.
@@ -79,14 +78,14 @@ type mockConn struct {
 
 func (m *mockConn) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if m.read == nil {
-		return 0, errNotExist
+		return 0, nil
 	}
 	return m.read(b)
 }
 
 func (m *mockConn) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if m.write == nil {
-		return 0, errNotExist
+		return 0, nil
 	}
 	return m.write(b)
 }
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ func (m *mockConn) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 // Close closes the connection.
 func (m *mockConn) Close() error {
 	if m.close == nil {
-		return errNotExist
+		return nil
 	}
 	return m.close()
 }
@@ -267,3 +266,79 @@ func TestHalfpipeDeadlineActual(t *testing.T) {
 	covertCovert.Close()
 	wg.Wait()
 }
+
+// Test large writes and what happens when short write error is hit
+func TestHalfpipeLargeWrite(t *testing.T) {
+
+	inbuf := make([]byte, 32805)
+
+	n, err := mrand.Read(inbuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, len(inbuf), n)
+
+	clientClient, clientStation := net.Pipe()
+	stationCovert, covertCovert := net.Pipe()
+
+	logger := log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0)
+	logger.SetLevel(log.TraceLevel)
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(2)
+
+	go func() {
+		b := make([]byte, 1024)
+		_, _ = io.CopyBuffer(io.Discard, covertCovert, b)
+	}()
+
+	go halfPipe(clientStation, stationCovert, &wg, logger, "Up "+"XXXXXX", &tunnelStats{proxyStats: getProxyStats()})
+	go halfPipe(stationCovert, clientStation, &wg, logger, "Down "+"XXXXXX", &tunnelStats{proxyStats: getProxyStats()})
+
+	nw, err := clientClient.Write(inbuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, len(inbuf), nw)
+
+	clientClient.Close()
+	covertCovert.Close()
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func TestHalfpipeUnreliableReader(t *testing.T) {
+
+	inbuf := make([]byte, 32805)
+
+	n, err := mrand.Read(inbuf)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, len(inbuf), n)
+
+	r := 0
+
+	clientConn := &mockConn{
+		read: func(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
+			// It cant possibly send all of the data in one write so the read will return a bad
+			// length here.
+			copy(b, inbuf)
+			// swap this to 0 to see the case where the read len is incorrect, but no error occurs
+			if r != 0 {
+				return len(inbuf), nil
+			} else {
+				return len(inbuf), errors.New("bad length")
+			}
+		},
+		write: func(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
+			return len(b), nil
+		},
+		close: func() error {
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	stationConn := &mockConn{}
+
+	logger := log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0)
+	logger.SetLevel(log.TraceLevel)
+	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	wg.Add(1)
+
+	go halfPipe(clientConn, stationConn, wg, logger, "Up "+"XXXXXX", &tunnelStats{proxyStats: getProxyStats()})
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/scripts/install_pfring.sh b/scripts/install_pfring.sh
index a877c2bc..71dc2929 100755
--- a/scripts/install_pfring.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_pfring.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ else
 	make install
 	mkdir -p /local/include/linux/
 	cp linux/pf_ring.h /usr/local/include/linux/
-	cd ..
-	make
+	cd ../userland
+	make all
 	make install
 fi