diff --git a/Gruffalo/src/main/java/com/outbrain/gruffalo/netty/MetricBatcher.java b/Gruffalo/src/main/java/com/outbrain/gruffalo/netty/MetricBatcher.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Gruffalo/src/main/java/com/outbrain/gruffalo/netty/MetricBatcher.java
+++ b/Gruffalo/src/main/java/com/outbrain/gruffalo/netty/MetricBatcher.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class MetricBatcher extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<String> {
             log.warn("Closing suspected leaked connection: {}", remoteAddress);
             idleChannelsClosed.inc();
             ctx.close();
+            lastRead = DateTime.now();
           }
         }
       }
Try to be just a little bit nicer to connections that don't get it ;)