diff --git a/app/vmm_prometheus_stats.ml b/app/vmm_prometheus_stats.ml
index 98a2df9..f46398e 100644
--- a/app/vmm_prometheus_stats.ml
+++ b/app/vmm_prometheus_stats.ml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ let cmd =
     `P "$(tname) connects to a server and initiates a TLS handshake" ]
   in
   Term.(pure run_client $ setup_log $ cas $ client_cert $ client_key $ destination $ db $ address $ port),
-  Term.info "vmm_client" ~version:"%%VERSION_NUM%%" ~doc ~man
+  Term.info "vmm_prometheus_stats" ~version:"%%VERSION_NUM%%" ~doc ~man
 
 let () =
   match Term.eval cmd
diff --git a/stats/vmm_stats.ml b/stats/vmm_stats.ml
index 9f406d3..9778df5 100644
--- a/stats/vmm_stats.ml
+++ b/stats/vmm_stats.ml
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ let remove_pid t pid =
   let pid_nic = IM.remove pid t.pid_nic in
   { t with pid_nic }
 
-let remove_all t = IM.iter (fun pid _ -> ignore (remove_pid t pid)) t.pid_nic
+let remove_pids t pids =
+  List.fold_left remove_pid t pids
 
 let handle t hdr buf =
   let open Vmm_wire in
@@ -170,19 +171,19 @@ let handle t hdr buf =
       | Some Add ->
         decode_pid_taps cs >>= fun (pid, taps) ->
         add_pid t pid taps >>= fun t ->
-        Ok (t, success ~msg:"added" hdr.id my_version)
+        Ok (t, `Add pid, success ~msg:"added" hdr.id my_version)
       | Some Remove ->
         decode_pid cs >>= fun pid ->
         let t = remove_pid t pid in
-        Ok (t, success ~msg:"removed" hdr.id my_version)
+        Ok (t, `Remove pid, success ~msg:"removed" hdr.id my_version)
       | Some Stat_request ->
         decode_pid cs >>= fun pid ->
         stats t pid >>= fun s ->
-        Ok (t, stat_reply hdr.id my_version (encode_stats s))
+        Ok (t, `None, stat_reply hdr.id my_version (encode_stats s))
       | _ -> Error (`Msg "unknown command")
   in
   match r with
-  | Ok (t, out) -> t, out
+  | Ok (t, action, out) -> t, action, out
   | Error (`Msg msg) ->
     Logs.err (fun m -> m "error while processing %s" msg) ;
-    t, fail ~msg hdr.id my_version
+    t, `None, fail ~msg hdr.id my_version
diff --git a/stats/vmm_stats_lwt.ml b/stats/vmm_stats_lwt.ml
index 1bcadac..ab2aab8 100644
--- a/stats/vmm_stats_lwt.ml
+++ b/stats/vmm_stats_lwt.ml
@@ -23,24 +23,29 @@ let pp_sockaddr ppf = function
 
 let handle s addr () =
   Logs.info (fun m -> m "handling stats connection %a" pp_sockaddr addr) ;
-  let rec loop () =
+  let rec loop acc =
     Vmm_lwt.read_exactly s >>= function
-    | Error (`Msg msg) -> Logs.err (fun m -> m "error while reading %s" msg) ; loop ()
-    | Error _ -> Logs.err (fun m -> m "exception while reading") ; Lwt.return_unit
+    | Error (`Msg msg) -> Logs.err (fun m -> m "error while reading %s" msg) ; loop acc
+    | Error _ -> Logs.err (fun m -> m "exception while reading") ; Lwt.return acc
     | Ok (hdr, data) ->
       Logs.debug (fun m -> m "received %a" Cstruct.hexdump_pp (Cstruct.of_string data)) ;
-      let t', out = Vmm_stats.handle !t hdr data in
+      let t', action, out = Vmm_stats.handle !t hdr data in
+      let acc = match action with
+        | `Add pid -> pid :: acc
+        | `Remove pid -> List.filter (fun m -> m <> pid) acc
+        | `None -> acc
+      in
       t := t' ;
       Logs.debug (fun m -> m "sent %a" Cstruct.hexdump_pp (Cstruct.of_string out)) ;
       Vmm_lwt.write_raw s out >>= function
-      | Ok () -> loop ()
-      | Error _ -> Logs.err (fun m -> m "exception while writing") ; Lwt.return_unit
+      | Ok () -> loop acc
+      | Error _ -> Logs.err (fun m -> m "exception while writing") ; Lwt.return acc
   in
-  loop () >>= fun () ->
+  loop [] >>= fun pids ->
   Lwt.catch (fun () -> Lwt_unix.close s) (fun _ -> Lwt.return_unit) >|= fun () ->
-  Logs.warn (fun m -> m "disconnect, dropping vmm_stats!") ;
-  Vmm_stats.remove_all !t ;
-  t := Vmm_stats.empty ()
+  Logs.warn (fun m -> m "disconnect, dropping %d pids!" (List.length pids)) ;
+  let t' = Vmm_stats.remove_pids !t pids in
+  t := t'
 
 let rec timer interval () =
   t := Vmm_stats.tick !t ;