diff --git a/src/connections/handlers.rs b/src/connections/handlers.rs
index 10ed8bc..5bba0e1 100644
--- a/src/connections/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/connections/handlers.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub fn spawn_read_handler<R>(
     cancellation_token: CancellationToken,
     read_stream: R,
     read_output_tx: UnboundedSender<IncomingStreamData>,
-) -> JoinHandle<()>
+) -> JoinHandle<Result<(), Error>>
 where
     R: AsyncReadExt + Send + Unpin + 'static,
 {
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ where
         tokio::select! {
             _ = cancellation_token.cancelled() => {
                 debug!("Read handler cancelled");
+                Ok(())
             }
             e = handle => {
                 error!("Read handler unexpectedly terminated: {:#?}", e);
+                e
             }
         }
     })
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ pub fn spawn_write_handler<W>(
     cancellation_token: CancellationToken,
     write_stream: W,
     write_input_rx: tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<EncodedToRadioPacketWithHeader>,
-) -> JoinHandle<()>
+) -> JoinHandle<Result<(), Error>>
 where
     W: AsyncWriteExt + Send + Unpin + 'static,
 {
@@ -91,10 +93,14 @@ where
     spawn(async move {
         tokio::select! {
             _ = cancellation_token.cancelled() => {
-              debug!("Write handler cancelled");
+                debug!("Write handler cancelled");
+                Ok(())
             }
-            _ = handle => {
-                error!("Write handler unexpectedly terminated");
+            write_result = handle => {
+                if let Err(e) = &write_result {
+                    error!("Write handler unexpectedly terminated {e:?}");
+                }
+                write_result
             }
         }
     })
@@ -132,16 +138,19 @@ pub fn spawn_processing_handler(
     cancellation_token: CancellationToken,
     read_output_rx: UnboundedReceiver<IncomingStreamData>,
     decoded_packet_tx: UnboundedSender<protobufs::FromRadio>,
-) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+) -> JoinHandle<Result<(), Error>> {
     let handle = start_processing_handler(read_output_rx, decoded_packet_tx);
 
     spawn(async move {
         tokio::select! {
             _ = cancellation_token.cancelled() => {
-              debug!("Message processing handler cancelled");
+                debug!("Message processing handler cancelled");
+                Ok(())
             }
             _ = handle => {
-              error!("Message processing handler unexpectedly terminated");
+                error!("Message processing handler unexpectedly terminated");
+                Err(Error::InvalidaDataSize{data_length: 12})
+                // processing_result
             }
         }
     })
@@ -150,7 +159,7 @@ pub fn spawn_processing_handler(
 async fn start_processing_handler(
     mut read_output_rx: tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<IncomingStreamData>,
     decoded_packet_tx: UnboundedSender<protobufs::FromRadio>,
-) -> Result<(), Error> {
+) {
     trace!("Started message processing handler");
 
     let mut buffer = StreamBuffer::new(decoded_packet_tx);
@@ -161,6 +170,4 @@ async fn start_processing_handler(
     }
 
     trace!("Processing read_output_rx channel closed");
-
-    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/connections/stream_api.rs b/src/connections/stream_api.rs
index 60343e8..75713db 100644
--- a/src/connections/stream_api.rs
+++ b/src/connections/stream_api.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use futures_util::future::join3;
 use log::trace;
 use prost::Message;
 use std::{fmt::Display, marker::PhantomData};
@@ -70,9 +71,9 @@ pub struct StreamApi;
 pub struct ConnectedStreamApi<State = state::Configured> {
     write_input_tx: UnboundedSender<EncodedToRadioPacketWithHeader>,
 
-    read_handle: JoinHandle<()>,
-    write_handle: JoinHandle<()>,
-    processing_handle: JoinHandle<()>,
+    read_handle: JoinHandle<Result<(), Error>>,
+    write_handle: JoinHandle<Result<(), Error>>,
+    processing_handle: JoinHandle<Result<(), Error>>,
 
     cancellation_token: CancellationToken,
 
@@ -586,11 +587,15 @@ impl ConnectedStreamApi<state::Configured> {
 
         // Close worker threads
 
-        self.read_handle.await?;
-        self.write_handle.await?;
-        self.processing_handle.await?;
+        let (read_result, write_result, processing_result) =
+            join3(self.read_handle, self.write_handle, self.processing_handle).await;
 
-        trace!("TCP handlers fully disconnected");
+        // Note: we only return the first error.
+        read_result??;
+        write_result??;
+        processing_result??;
+
+        trace!("Handlers fully disconnected");
 
         Ok(StreamApi)
     }