diff --git a/linux/bundle.go b/linux/bundle.go
index fbed32224..f1d957cf8 100644
--- a/linux/bundle.go
+++ b/linux/bundle.go
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ func ShimLocal(exchange *exchange.Exchange) ShimOpt {
 }
 
 // ShimConnect is a ShimOpt for connecting to an existing remote shim
-func ShimConnect() ShimOpt {
+func ShimConnect(onClose func()) ShimOpt {
 	return func(b *bundle, ns string, ropts *runctypes.RuncOptions) (shim.Config, client.Opt) {
-		return b.shimConfig(ns, ropts), client.WithConnect(b.shimAddress(ns))
+		return b.shimConfig(ns, ropts), client.WithConnect(b.shimAddress(ns), onClose)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/linux/runtime.go b/linux/runtime.go
index 5eb08c187..494c6868d 100644
--- a/linux/runtime.go
+++ b/linux/runtime.go
@@ -201,10 +201,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) Create(ctx context.Context, id string, opts runtime.CreateOpts
 				"id":        id,
 				"namespace": namespace,
 			}).Warn("cleaning up after killed shim")
-			err = r.cleanupAfterDeadShim(context.Background(), bundle, namespace, id, lc.pid)
-			if err == nil {
-				r.tasks.Delete(ctx, lc)
-			} else {
+			if err = r.cleanupAfterDeadShim(context.Background(), bundle, namespace, id, lc.pid); err != nil {
 				log.G(ctx).WithError(err).WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 					"id":        id,
 					"namespace": namespace,
@@ -313,7 +310,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) Delete(ctx context.Context, c runtime.Task) (*runtime.Exit, er
 		}
 		return nil, errdefs.FromGRPC(err)
 	}
-	r.tasks.Delete(ctx, lc)
+	r.tasks.Delete(ctx, lc.id)
 	if err := lc.shim.KillShim(ctx); err != nil {
 		log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Error("failed to kill shim")
 	}
@@ -383,7 +380,17 @@ func (r *Runtime) loadTasks(ctx context.Context, ns string) ([]*Task, error) {
 		)
 		ctx = namespaces.WithNamespace(ctx, ns)
 		pid, _ := runc.ReadPidFile(filepath.Join(bundle.path, proc.InitPidFile))
-		s, err := bundle.NewShimClient(ctx, ns, ShimConnect(), nil)
+		s, err := bundle.NewShimClient(ctx, ns, ShimConnect(func() {
+			log.G(ctx).WithError(err).WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+				"id":        id,
+				"namespace": ns,
+			}).Error("connecting to shim")
+			err := r.cleanupAfterDeadShim(ctx, bundle, ns, id, pid)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.G(ctx).WithError(err).WithField("bundle", bundle.path).
+					Error("cleaning up after dead shim")
+			}
+		}), nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.G(ctx).WithError(err).WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 				"id":        id,
@@ -433,6 +440,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) cleanupAfterDeadShim(ctx context.Context, bundle *bundle, ns,
 		ExitedAt:    exitedAt,
 	})
 
+	r.tasks.Delete(ctx, id)
 	if err := bundle.Delete(); err != nil {
 		log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Error("delete bundle")
 	}
@@ -448,12 +456,10 @@ func (r *Runtime) cleanupAfterDeadShim(ctx context.Context, bundle *bundle, ns,
 }
 
 func (r *Runtime) terminate(ctx context.Context, bundle *bundle, ns, id string) error {
-	ctx = namespaces.WithNamespace(ctx, ns)
 	rt, err := r.getRuntime(ctx, ns, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	if err := rt.Delete(ctx, id, &runc.DeleteOpts{
 		Force: true,
 	}); err != nil {
diff --git a/linux/shim/client/client.go b/linux/shim/client/client.go
index 6dd1a9fd7..aea7c8172 100644
--- a/linux/shim/client/client.go
+++ b/linux/shim/client/client.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func WithStart(binary, address, daemonAddress, cgroup string, debug bool, exitHa
 		if err = sys.SetOOMScore(cmd.Process.Pid, sys.OOMScoreMaxKillable); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to set OOM Score on shim")
 		}
-		c, clo, err := WithConnect(address)(ctx, config)
+		c, clo, err := WithConnect(address, func() {})(ctx, config)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to connect")
 		}
@@ -149,13 +149,15 @@ func annonDialer(address string, timeout time.Duration) (net.Conn, error) {
 }
 
 // WithConnect connects to an existing shim
-func WithConnect(address string) Opt {
+func WithConnect(address string, onClose func()) Opt {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, config shim.Config) (shimapi.ShimService, io.Closer, error) {
 		conn, err := connect(address, annonDialer)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
-		return shimapi.NewShimClient(ttrpc.NewClient(conn)), conn, nil
+		client := ttrpc.NewClient(conn)
+		client.OnClose(onClose)
+		return shimapi.NewShimClient(client), conn, nil
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/task_list.go b/runtime/task_list.go
index 05f34c323..98fc90974 100644
--- a/runtime/task_list.go
+++ b/runtime/task_list.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (l *TaskList) AddWithNamespace(namespace string, t Task) error {
 }
 
 // Delete a task
-func (l *TaskList) Delete(ctx context.Context, t Task) {
+func (l *TaskList) Delete(ctx context.Context, id string) {
 	l.mu.Lock()
 	defer l.mu.Unlock()
 	namespace, err := namespaces.NamespaceRequired(ctx)
@@ -101,6 +101,6 @@ func (l *TaskList) Delete(ctx context.Context, t Task) {
 	}
 	tasks, ok := l.tasks[namespace]
 	if ok {
-		delete(tasks, t.ID())
+		delete(tasks, id)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index 67910bdca..bd9359413 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ github.com/boltdb/bolt e9cf4fae01b5a8ff89d0ec6b32f0d9c9f79aefdd
 google.golang.org/genproto d80a6e20e776b0b17a324d0ba1ab50a39c8e8944
 golang.org/x/text 19e51611da83d6be54ddafce4a4af510cb3e9ea4
 github.com/dmcgowan/go-tar go1.10
-github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc d2710463e497617f16f26d1e715a3308609e7982
+github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc d4528379866b0ce7e9d71f3eb96f0582fc374577
 github.com/syndtr/gocapability db04d3cc01c8b54962a58ec7e491717d06cfcc16
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/channel.go b/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/channel.go
index 4a33827a4..9493d6862 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/channel.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/channel.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"
+	"net"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -60,16 +61,18 @@ func writeMessageHeader(w io.Writer, p []byte, mh messageHeader) error {
 var buffers sync.Pool
 
 type channel struct {
+	conn  net.Conn
 	bw    *bufio.Writer
 	br    *bufio.Reader
 	hrbuf [messageHeaderLength]byte // avoid alloc when reading header
 	hwbuf [messageHeaderLength]byte
 }
 
-func newChannel(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) *channel {
+func newChannel(conn net.Conn) *channel {
 	return &channel{
-		bw: bufio.NewWriter(w),
-		br: bufio.NewReader(r),
+		conn: conn,
+		bw:   bufio.NewWriter(conn),
+		br:   bufio.NewReader(conn),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/client.go b/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/client.go
index ae367f90e..f04718167 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/client.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/client.go
@@ -27,18 +27,20 @@ type Client struct {
 
 	closed    chan struct{}
 	closeOnce sync.Once
+	closeFunc func()
 	done      chan struct{}
 	err       error
 }
 
 func NewClient(conn net.Conn) *Client {
 	c := &Client{
-		codec:   codec{},
-		conn:    conn,
-		channel: newChannel(conn, conn),
-		calls:   make(chan *callRequest),
-		closed:  make(chan struct{}),
-		done:    make(chan struct{}),
+		codec:     codec{},
+		conn:      conn,
+		channel:   newChannel(conn),
+		calls:     make(chan *callRequest),
+		closed:    make(chan struct{}),
+		done:      make(chan struct{}),
+		closeFunc: func() {},
 	}
 
 	go c.run()
@@ -113,6 +115,11 @@ func (c *Client) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// OnClose allows a close func to be called when the server is closed
+func (c *Client) OnClose(closer func()) {
+	c.closeFunc = closer
+}
+
 type message struct {
 	messageHeader
 	p   []byte
@@ -158,6 +165,7 @@ func (c *Client) run() {
 
 	defer c.conn.Close()
 	defer close(c.done)
+	defer c.closeFunc()
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -199,7 +207,7 @@ func (c *Client) run() {
 			}
 			// broadcast the shutdown error to the remaining waiters.
 			for _, waiter := range waiters {
-				waiter.errs <- shutdownErr
+				waiter.errs <- c.err
 			}
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/server.go b/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/server.go
index 5d688e5d5..fd29b719e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/server.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/stevvooe/ttrpc/server.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (c *serverConn) run(sctx context.Context) {
 	)
 
 	var (
-		ch          = newChannel(c.conn, c.conn)
+		ch          = newChannel(c.conn)
 		ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(sctx)
 		active      int
 		state       connState = connStateIdle
diff --git a/windows/runtime.go b/windows/runtime.go
index 542c97363..d3721d4e3 100644
--- a/windows/runtime.go
+++ b/windows/runtime.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (r *windowsRuntime) Delete(ctx context.Context, t runtime.Task) (*runtime.E
 	}
 
 	wt.cleanup()
-	r.tasks.Delete(ctx, t)
+	r.tasks.Delete(ctx, t.ID())
 
 	r.publisher.Publish(ctx,
 		runtime.TaskDeleteEventTopic,