diff --git a/async-bot.py b/async-bot.py
index ccf7d69..f9464b7 100644
--- a/async-bot.py
+++ b/async-bot.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class AsyncBotManager:
     @staticmethod
     def get_text_image(text: str, font: ImageFont.ImageFont | ImageFont.FreeTypeFont) -> Image.Image:
         left, top, right, bottom = font.getbbox(text)
-        with Image.new("LA", (int(right - left) + 4, int(bottom - top) + 8), 0) as im:
+        with Image.new("LA", (int(right - left) + 4, int(bottom - top) + 16), 0) as im:
             draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
             draw.rectangle((0, 0, im.width, im.height), (0, 0))
             draw.text((left + 2, top + 2), text, font=font, fill=(255, 0),
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class AsyncBotManager:
                         else:
                             print("unknown event", event, data)
                         now = time_now()
-                        if (now - self._last_printout) > 10:
+                        if (now - self._last_printout) > 5:
                             outgoing = self._written_boxes / (now - self._last_printout)
                             incoming = self._read_boxes / (now - self._last_printout)
                             print()
@@ -239,26 +239,30 @@ class AsyncBotManager:
     ):
         proxy = ProxyConnector.from_url(proxy_url) if proxy_url else None
         await self.ready_event.wait()
-        async with ClientSession(connector=proxy, timeout=TIMEOUT) as http:
-            async with AsyncSimpleClient(http_session=http) as sio:
-                await sio.connect(f"{self.base}/socket.io")
-                print(f"Writer {bot_index} connected")
-                offset = 0
-                while not self._shutdown:
-                    diff = list(self.difference.items())
-                    diff = sorted(diff, key=lambda kv: kv[0])
-                    for _ in range(100):
-                        index, expected = diff[offset % len(diff)]
-                        offset += randint(0, 1000)
-                        y, x = divmod(index, 1000)
-                        current = self.canvas.getpixel((x, y)) > 0  # type: ignore
-                        if current != expected:
-                            self._written_boxes += 1
-                            await sio.emit("toggle_bit", {"index": index})
-                            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
-                            self._active.add(bot_index)
-                    with suppress():
-                        await sio.receive(0.1)
+        try:
+            async with ClientSession(connector=proxy, timeout=TIMEOUT) as http:
+                async with AsyncSimpleClient(http_session=http) as sio:
+                    await sio.connect(f"{self.base}/socket.io")
+                    print(f"Writer {bot_index} connected")
+                    offset = 0
+                    while not self._shutdown:
+                        diff = list(self.difference.items())
+                        diff = sorted(diff, key=lambda kv: kv[0])
+                        for _ in range(100):
+                            index, expected = diff[offset % len(diff)]
+                            offset += randint(0, 1000)
+                            y, x = divmod(index, 1000)
+                            current = self.canvas.getpixel((x, y)) > 0  # type: ignore
+                            if current != expected:
+                                self._written_boxes += 1
+                                await sio.emit("toggle_bit", {"index": index})
+                                await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+                                self._active.add(bot_index)
+                        with suppress(BaseException):
+                            await sio.receive(0.1)
+                    print(f"Worker {bot_index} stopped: shutdown")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Worker {bot_index} died: {e!r}")
 
     async def __aenter__(self):
         self._listener_task = asyncio.create_task(self.listener())