diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index a8df4a5..c9f18d4 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ then iterating over every row using an #each like method yielding a block:
 
 == Special Thanks
 
-* Eric Wong - for the contribution (and informative explanations of) of some thread-safety, non-blocking I/O and cleanup patches. You rock dude
+* Eric Wong - for the contribution (and the informative explanations) of some thread-safety, non-blocking I/O and cleanup patches. You rock dude
 * Yury Korolev (http://github.com/yury) - for TONS of help testing the ActiveRecord adapter
 * Aaron Patterson (http://github.com/tenderlove) - tons of contributions, suggestions and general badassness
 * Mike Perham (http://github.com/mperham) - Async ActiveRecord adapter (uses Fibers and EventMachine)
diff --git a/ext/mysql2/client.c b/ext/mysql2/client.c
index 6079e81..b282864 100644
--- a/ext/mysql2/client.c
+++ b/ext/mysql2/client.c
@@ -113,26 +113,21 @@ static VALUE nogvl_close(void *ptr) {
      * we'll send a QUIT message to the server, but that message is more of a
      * formality than a hard requirement since the socket is getting shutdown
      * anyways, so ensure the socket write does not block our interpreter
+     *
+     *
+     * if the socket is dead we have no chance of blocking,
+     * so ignore any potential fcntl errors since they don't matter
      */
-    int fd = wrapper->client->net.fd;
-
-    if (fd >= 0) {
-      /*
-       * if the socket is dead we have no chance of blocking,
-       * so ignore any potential fcntl errors since they don't matter
-       */
-  #ifndef _WIN32
-      int flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
-      if (flags > 0 && !(flags & O_NONBLOCK))
-        fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
-  #else
-      u_long iMode = 1;
-      ioctlsocket(fd, FIONBIO, &iMode);
-  #endif
-    }
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    int flags = fcntl(wrapper->client->net.fd, F_GETFL);
+    if (flags > 0 && !(flags & O_NONBLOCK))
+      fcntl(wrapper->client->net.fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+#else
+    u_long iMode = 1;
+    ioctlsocket(wrapper->client->net.fd, FIONBIO, &iMode);
+#endif
 
     mysql_close(wrapper->client);
-    wrapper->client->net.fd = -1;
     free(wrapper->client);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
index a442fa8..c72c3c4 100644
--- a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
@@ -622,7 +622,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
           variable_assignments << "NAMES '#{encoding}'" if encoding
 
           # increase timeout so mysql server doesn't disconnect us
-          variable_assignments << "@@wait_timeout = #{@config[:wait_timeout] || 2592000}"
+          wait_timeout = @config[:wait_timeout] || 2592000
+          variable_assignments << "@@wait_timeout = #{wait_timeout}" if wait_timeout.is_a?(Fixnum)
 
           execute("SET #{variable_assignments.join(', ')}", :skip_logging)
         end
diff --git a/mysql2.gemspec b/mysql2.gemspec
index 75a9b8a..4dedcec 100644
--- a/mysql2.gemspec
+++ b/mysql2.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Brian Lopez"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-09-17}
+  s.date = %q{2010-10-18}
   s.email = %q{seniorlopez@gmail.com}
   s.extensions = ["ext/mysql2/extconf.rb"]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   ]
   s.files = [
     ".gitignore",
+     ".rspec",
      "CHANGELOG.md",
      "MIT-LICENSE",
      "README.rdoc",
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
      "benchmark/query_without_mysql_casting.rb",
      "benchmark/sequel.rb",
      "benchmark/setup_db.rb",
-     "benchmark/thread_alone.rb",
      "examples/eventmachine.rb",
      "examples/threaded.rb",
      "ext/mysql2/client.c",
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
      "spec/mysql2/error_spec.rb",
      "spec/mysql2/result_spec.rb",
      "spec/rcov.opts",
-     "spec/spec.opts",
      "spec/spec_helper.rb",
      "tasks/benchmarks.rake",
      "tasks/compile.rake",
+     "tasks/jeweler.rake",
+     "tasks/rspec.rake",
      "tasks/vendor_mysql.rake"
   ]
   s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/brianmario/mysql2}