diff --git a/exec/load/irclib.js b/exec/load/irclib.js
index 8f8bbc8ccd7d4be1baadcf24ec625b3741652907..53d466efacfe63ac5605765b37b5303c4e78f61e 100644
--- a/exec/load/irclib.js
+++ b/exec/load/irclib.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function IRC_quit(server,reason) {
 		reason = IRCLIB_VERSION;
 
 	server.send("QUIT :" + reason + "\r\n");
-	server.close();
+	server.is_writeable=false;
 
 	/* wait up to 5 seconds for server to disconnect */
 	var start=time();