diff --git a/zio-http-example/src/main/scala/example/WebSocketAdvanced.scala b/zio-http-example/src/main/scala/example/WebSocketAdvanced.scala
index 9d41d307b0..c2c6946e29 100644
--- a/zio-http-example/src/main/scala/example/WebSocketAdvanced.scala
+++ b/zio-http-example/src/main/scala/example/WebSocketAdvanced.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ object WebSocketAdvanced extends ZIOAppDefault {
 
         // Echo the same message 10 times if it's not "foo" or "bar"
         case Read(WebSocketFrame.Text(text))                 =>
-          channel.send(Read(WebSocketFrame.text(text))).repeatN(10)
+          channel
+            .send(Read(WebSocketFrame.text(s"echo $text")))
+            .repeatN(10)
+            .catchSomeCause { case cause =>
+              ZIO.logErrorCause(s"failed sending", cause)
+            }
 
         // Send a "greeting" message to the server once the connection is established
         case UserEventTriggered(UserEvent.HandshakeComplete) =>
diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/WebSocketChannel.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/WebSocketChannel.scala
index 8f072ac7f4..6f726c9fa9 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/WebSocketChannel.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/WebSocketChannel.scala
@@ -31,19 +31,24 @@ private[http] object WebSocketChannel {
     queue: Queue[WebSocketChannelEvent],
   ): WebSocketChannel =
     new WebSocketChannel {
-      def awaitShutdown: UIO[Unit]                                 =
+      def awaitShutdown: UIO[Unit] =
         nettyChannel.awaitClose
-      def receive: Task[WebSocketChannelEvent]                     =
+
+      def receive: Task[WebSocketChannelEvent] =
         queue.take
-      def send(in: WebSocketChannelEvent): Task[Unit]              =
+
+      def send(in: WebSocketChannelEvent): Task[Unit] = {
         in match {
           case Read(message) => nettyChannel.writeAndFlush(frameToNetty(message))
           case _             => ZIO.unit
         }
+      }
+
       def sendAll(in: Iterable[WebSocketChannelEvent]): Task[Unit] =
         ZIO.suspendSucceed {
           val iterator = in.iterator.collect { case Read(message) => message }
 
+          println(s"sendAll")
           ZIO.whileLoop(iterator.hasNext) {
             val message = iterator.next()
             if (iterator.hasNext) nettyChannel.write(frameToNetty(message))
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ private[http] object WebSocketChannel {
         nettyChannel.close(false).orDie
     }
 
-  private def frameToNetty(frame: WebSocketFrame): JWebSocketFrame =
+  private def frameToNetty(frame: WebSocketFrame): JWebSocketFrame = {
     frame match {
       case b: WebSocketFrame.Binary                 =>
         new BinaryWebSocketFrame(b.isFinal, 0, Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(b.bytes.toArray))
@@ -71,4 +76,5 @@ private[http] object WebSocketChannel {
       case c: WebSocketFrame.Continuation           =>
         new ContinuationWebSocketFrame(c.isFinal, 0, Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(c.buffer.toArray))
     }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyChannel.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyChannel.scala
index 411215a855..a978775877 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyChannel.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyChannel.scala
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package zio.http.netty
 import zio.stacktracer.TracingImplicits.disableAutoTrace
 import zio.{Task, Trace, UIO, ZIO}
 
-import zio.http.Channel
-
 import io.netty.channel.{Channel => JChannel, ChannelFuture => JChannelFuture}
 final case class NettyChannel[-A](
   private val channel: JChannel,
@@ -28,9 +26,12 @@ final case class NettyChannel[-A](
 ) {
   self =>
 
-  private def foreach[S](await: Boolean)(run: JChannel => JChannelFuture)(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] = {
-    if (await) NettyFutureExecutor.executed(run(channel))
-    else ZIO.attempt(run(channel): Unit)
+  private def run(await: Boolean)(run: JChannel => JChannelFuture)(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] = {
+    if (await) {
+      NettyFutureExecutor.executed(run(channel))
+    } else {
+      ZIO.attempt(run(channel): Unit)
+    }
   }
 
   def autoRead(flag: Boolean)(implicit trace: Trace): UIO[Unit] =
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ final case class NettyChannel[-A](
     ()
   }
 
-  def close(await: Boolean = false)(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] = foreach(await) { _.close() }
+  def close(await: Boolean = false)(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] =
+    run(await) { _.close() }
 
   def contramap[A1](f: A1 => A): NettyChannel[A1] = copy(convert = convert.compose(f))
 
@@ -53,13 +55,15 @@ final case class NettyChannel[-A](
 
   def read(implicit trace: Trace): UIO[Unit] = ZIO.succeed(channel.read(): Unit)
 
-  def write(msg: A, await: Boolean = false)(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] = foreach(await) {
-    _.write(convert(msg))
-  }
+  def write(msg: A, await: Boolean = false)(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] =
+    run(await) {
+      _.write(convert(msg))
+    }
 
-  def writeAndFlush(msg: A, await: Boolean = true)(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] = foreach(await) {
-    _.writeAndFlush(convert(msg))
-  }
+  def writeAndFlush(msg: => A, await: Boolean = true)(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] =
+    run(await) { ch =>
+      ch.writeAndFlush(convert(msg))
+    }
 }
 
 object NettyChannel {
diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyFutureExecutor.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyFutureExecutor.scala
index b57676c3eb..d42d9cf7e7 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyFutureExecutor.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyFutureExecutor.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ object NettyFutureExecutor {
   def make[A](jFuture: => Future[A])(implicit trace: Trace): Task[NettyFutureExecutor[A]] =
     ZIO.succeed(new NettyFutureExecutor(jFuture))
 
-  def executed[A](jFuture: => Future[A])(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] = make(jFuture).flatMap(_.execute.unit)
+  def executed[A](jFuture: => Future[A])(implicit trace: Trace): Task[Unit] =
+    make(jFuture).flatMap(_.execute.unit)
 
   def scoped[A](jFuture: => Future[A])(implicit trace: Trace): ZIO[Scope, Throwable, Unit] =
     make(jFuture).flatMap(_.scoped.unit)