diff --git a/sipyco/pc_rpc.py b/sipyco/pc_rpc.py
index 7f649cc..2ca41e2 100644
--- a/sipyco/pc_rpc.py
+++ b/sipyco/pc_rpc.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 from sipyco.asyncio_tools import AsyncioServer as _AsyncioServer
 from sipyco.packed_exceptions import *
 
+CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERR = ConnectionAbortedError("Connection closed by the server")
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ class Client:
     automatically attempted. The user must call :meth:`~sipyco.pc_rpc.Client.close_rpc` to
     free resources properly after initialization completes successfully.
 
+    If the remote server shuts down during operation, ConnectionAbortedError is
+    raised by Client methods. The user should call
+    :meth:`~sipyco.pc_rpc.Client.close_rpc` and then discard this object. 
+
     :param host: Identifier of the server. The string can represent a
         hostname or a IPv4 or IPv6 address (see
         ``socket.create_connection`` in the Python standard library).
@@ -93,9 +99,12 @@ class Client:
         in the middle of a RPC can break subsequent RPCs (from the same
         client).
     """
+
     def __init__(self, host, port, target_name=AutoTarget, timeout=None):
         self.__socket = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout)
 
+        self.__closed = False
+
         try:
             self.__socket.sendall(_init_string)
 
@@ -144,12 +153,17 @@ def __send(self, obj):
         self.__socket.sendall(line.encode())
 
     def __recv(self):
+        if self.__closed:
+            raise CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERR
         buf = self.__socket.recv(4096).decode()
         while "\n" not in buf:
             more = self.__socket.recv(4096)
             if not more:
                 break
             buf += more.decode()
+        if not buf:
+            self.__closed = True
+            raise CONNECTION_CLOSED_ERR
         return pyon.decode(buf)
 
     def __do_action(self, action):
@@ -174,6 +188,7 @@ def get_rpc_method_list(self):
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         if name not in self.__valid_methods:
             raise AttributeError
+
         def proxy(*args, **kwargs):
             return self.__do_rpc(name, args, kwargs)
         return proxy
@@ -188,6 +203,7 @@ class AsyncioClient:
     Concurrent access from different asyncio tasks is supported; all calls
     use a single lock.
     """
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.__lock = asyncio.Lock()
         self.__reader = None
@@ -277,6 +293,7 @@ async def __do_rpc(self, name, args, kwargs):
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         if name not in self.__valid_methods:
             raise AttributeError
+
         async def proxy(*args, **kwargs):
             res = await self.__do_rpc(name, args, kwargs)
             return res
@@ -296,6 +313,7 @@ class BestEffortClient:
     :param retry: Amount of time to wait between retries when reconnecting
         in the background.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, host, port, target_name,
                  firstcon_timeout=1.0, retry=5.0):
         self.__host = host
@@ -407,6 +425,7 @@ def __do_rpc(self, name, args, kwargs):
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         if name not in self.__valid_methods:
             raise AttributeError
+
         def proxy(*args, **kwargs):
             return self.__do_rpc(name, args, kwargs)
         return proxy
@@ -473,6 +492,7 @@ class Server(_AsyncioServer):
     :param allow_parallel: Allow concurrent asyncio calls to the target's
         methods.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, targets, description=None, builtin_terminate=False,
                  allow_parallel=False):
         _AsyncioServer.__init__(self)
@@ -490,12 +510,12 @@ def __init__(self, targets, description=None, builtin_terminate=False,
     def _document_function(function):
         """
         Turn a function into a tuple of its arguments and documentation.
-        
+
         Allows remote inspection of what methods are available on a local device.
-        
+
         Args:
             function (Callable): a Python function to be documented.
-        
+
         Returns:
             Tuple[dict, str]: tuple of (argument specifications, 
             function documentation).
@@ -603,7 +623,7 @@ async def _handle_connection_cr(self, reader, writer):
                 if not line:
                     break
                 reply = await self._process_and_pyonize(target,
-                    pyon.decode(line.decode()))
+                                                        pyon.decode(line.decode()))
                 writer.write((reply + "\n").encode())
         except (ConnectionResetError, ConnectionAbortedError, BrokenPipeError):
             # May happens on Windows when client disconnects