diff --git a/async.zsh b/async.zsh
index d35f1287..fb273b13 100644
--- a/async.zsh
+++ b/async.zsh
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 #
 # zsh-async
 #
-# version: 1.7.0
+# version: 1.7.1
 # author: Mathias Fredriksson
 # url: https://github.com/mafredri/zsh-async
 #
 
-typeset -g ASYNC_VERSION=1.7.0
+typeset -g ASYNC_VERSION=1.7.1
 # Produce debug output from zsh-async when set to 1.
 typeset -g ASYNC_DEBUG=${ASYNC_DEBUG:-0}
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ _async_worker() {
 	unset $zsh_hook_functions           # And hooks with registered functions.
 	unset zsh_hooks zsh_hook_functions  # Cleanup.
 
-	child_exit() {
+	close_idle_coproc() {
 		local -a pids
 		pids=(${${(v)jobstates##*:*:}%\=*})
 
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ _async_worker() {
 			coproc :
 			coproc_pid=0
 		fi
+	}
+
+	child_exit() {
+		close_idle_coproc
 
 		# On older version of zsh (pre 5.2) we notify the parent through a
 		# SIGWINCH signal because `zpty` did not return a file descriptor (fd)
@@ -197,7 +201,6 @@ _async_worker() {
 		if (( do_eval )); then
 			shift cmd  # Strip _async_eval from cmd.
 			_async_eval $cmd
-			do_eval=0
 		else
 			# Run job in background, completed jobs are printed to stdout.
 			_async_job $cmd &
@@ -206,6 +209,14 @@ _async_worker() {
 		fi
 
 		processing=0  # Disable guard.
+
+		if (( do_eval )); then
+			do_eval=0
+
+			# When there are no active jobs we can't rely on the CHLD trap to
+			# manage the coproc lifetime.
+			close_idle_coproc
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
@@ -295,6 +306,22 @@ _async_zle_watcher() {
 	local worker=$ASYNC_PTYS[$1]
 	local callback=$ASYNC_CALLBACKS[$worker]
 
+	if [[ -n $2 ]]; then
+		# from man zshzle(1):
+		# `hup' for a disconnect, `nval' for a closed or otherwise
+		# invalid descriptor, or `err' for any other condition.
+		# Systems that support only the `select' system call always use
+		# `err'.
+
+		# this has the side effect to unregister the broken file descriptor
+		async_stop_worker $worker
+
+		if [[ -n $callback ]]; then
+			$callback '[async]' 2 "" 0 "$worker:zle -F $1 returned error $2" 0
+		fi
+		return
+	fi;
+
 	if [[ -n $callback ]]; then
 		async_process_results $worker $callback watcher
 	fi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55e667db..9416808e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pure-prompt-now",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.9.0-now.1",
   "description": "Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt with Zeit's Now flavor",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "chabou/pure-now",
diff --git a/pure.zsh b/pure.zsh
index 8296879f..e7ebf52e 100644
--- a/pure.zsh
+++ b/pure.zsh
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ prompt_pure_precmd() {
 	# Check if we should display the virtual env, we use a sufficiently high
 	# index of psvar (12) here to avoid collisions with user defined entries.
 	psvar[12]=
+	# Check if a conda environment is active and display it's name
+	if [[ -n $CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV ]]; then
+		psvar[12]="${CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV//[$'\t\r\n']}"
+	fi
 	# When VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT is empty, it was unset by the user and
 	# Pure should take back control.
 	if [[ -n $VIRTUAL_ENV ]] && [[ -z $VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT || $VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT = 12 ]]; then
@@ -396,6 +400,13 @@ prompt_pure_async_callback() {
 	local do_render=0
 
 	case $job in
+		\[async])
+			# code is 1 for corrupted worker output and 2 for dead worker
+			if [[ $code -eq 2 ]]; then
+				# our worker died unexpectedly
+				typeset -g prompt_pure_async_init=0
+			fi
+			;;
 		prompt_pure_async_vcs_info)
 			local -A info
 			typeset -gA prompt_pure_vcs_info