diff --git a/docs/meshtastic/index.html b/docs/meshtastic/index.html
index 7bccb86..a6a0d41 100644
--- a/docs/meshtastic/index.html
+++ b/docs/meshtastic/index.html
@@ -1291,7 +1291,10 @@ class TCPInterface(StreamInterface):
         # the socket here
         self._wantExit = True
         if not self.socket is None:
-            self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+            try:
+                self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+            except:
+                pass # Ignore errors in shutdown, because we might have a race with the server
             self.socket.close()
 
     def _writeBytes(self, b):
@@ -3418,7 +3421,10 @@ hostname {string} &ndash; Hostname/IP address of the device to connect to</p></d
         # the socket here
         self._wantExit = True
         if not self.socket is None:
-            self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+            try:
+                self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+            except:
+                pass # Ignore errors in shutdown, because we might have a race with the server
             self.socket.close()
 
     def _writeBytes(self, b):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dc44d78..d465e58 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
 # This call to setup() does all the work
 setup(
     name="meshtastic",
-    version="1.2.17",
+    version="1.2.18",
     description="Python API & client shell for talking to Meshtastic devices",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",