diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -42,10 +42,18 @@
 int sendSignal(struct remoteio *rem, int signal)
 {
   size_t written;
+  size_t towrite;
   char *ssignal;
+
   _distren_asprintf(&ssignal, "%d", signal);
-  while( !remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, strlen(ssignal), &written) )
-    fprintf(stderr, "Writing...");
+  towrite = strlen(ssignal);
+  while( !remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, towrite, &written)
+	 && towrite
+	 && written)
+    {
+      printf(stderr, "Writing...");
+      towrite -= written;
+    }
   return 0;
 }
 /**