diff --git a/Redis/include/Poco/Redis/AsyncReader.h b/Redis/include/Poco/Redis/AsyncReader.h
index 79ce85b37..ad99a3975 100644
--- a/Redis/include/Poco/Redis/AsyncReader.h
+++ b/Redis/include/Poco/Redis/AsyncReader.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "Poco/Redis/Redis.h"
 #include "Poco/Redis/Client.h"
+#include "Poco/Redis/RedisEventArgs.h"
 #include "Poco/Activity.h"
 
 namespace Poco {
@@ -37,8 +38,10 @@ class Redis_API AsyncReader
 {
 public:
 
-	BasicEvent<RedisType::Ptr> redisResponse;
+	BasicEvent<RedisEventArgs> redisResponse;
 		/// Event that is called when a message is received
+	BasicEvent<RedisEventArgs> redisException;
+		/// Event that is called when an error occurred.
 
 	AsyncReader(Client& client);
 		/// Constructor.
diff --git a/Redis/include/Poco/Redis/RedisEventArgs.h b/Redis/include/Poco/Redis/RedisEventArgs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eca6c9877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Redis/include/Poco/Redis/RedisEventArgs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+//
+// RedisEventArgs.h
+//
+// $Id$
+//
+// Library: Redis
+// Package: Redis
+// Module:  RedisEventArgs
+//
+// Definition of the RedisEventArgs class.
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
+// and Contributors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier:	BSL-1.0
+//
+
+#ifndef Redis_RedisEventArgs_INCLUDED
+#define Redis_RedisEventArgs_INCLUDED
+
+#include "Poco/Redis/Type.h"
+
+namespace Poco {
+namespace Redis {
+
+class Redis_API RedisEventArgs
+{
+public:
+	RedisEventArgs(RedisType::Ptr message);
+		/// Constructor
+
+	RedisEventArgs(Exception* e);
+		/// Constructor
+
+	~RedisEventArgs();
+		/// Destructor
+
+	RedisType::Ptr message() const;
+		/// Returns the message retrieved from the Redis server.
+		/// This can be a NULL pointer when this event is about an exception.
+
+	const Exception* exception() const;
+		/// Returns the exception if any, otherwise it returns null pointer
+
+	void stop();
+		/// When called, the AsyncReader will stop.
+		/// Note: The AsyncReader will always stop when this is an exception
+		/// event. Use this for example for pub/sub when there are no
+		/// subcribers anymore ...
+
+	bool isStopped() const;
+		/// Returns true when the AsyncReader will stop
+
+private:
+	RedisType::Ptr _message;
+
+	Exception* _exception;
+
+	bool _stop;
+};
+
+inline RedisType::Ptr RedisEventArgs::message() const
+{
+	return _message;
+}
+
+inline const Exception* RedisEventArgs::exception() const
+{
+	return _exception;
+}
+
+inline bool RedisEventArgs::isStopped() const
+{
+	return _stop;
+}
+
+inline void RedisEventArgs::stop()
+{
+	_stop = true;
+}
+
+
+}} // namespace Poco::Redis
+
+#endif // Redis_RedisEventArgs_INCLUDED
diff --git a/Redis/src/AsyncReader.cpp b/Redis/src/AsyncReader.cpp
index 2a9663629..41a3ebcba 100644
--- a/Redis/src/AsyncReader.cpp
+++ b/Redis/src/AsyncReader.cpp
@@ -40,16 +40,19 @@ void AsyncReader::runActivity()
 		try
 		{
 			RedisType::Ptr reply = _client.readReply();
-			redisResponse.notify(this, reply);
+
+			RedisEventArgs args(reply);
+			redisResponse.notify(this, args);
+
+			if ( args.isStopped() ) stop();
 		}
-		catch(TimeoutException&)
-		{
-			continue;
-		}
-		catch(Exception &)
+		catch(Exception& e)
 		{
+			RedisEventArgs args(&e);
+			redisException.notify(this, args);
 			stop();
 		}
+		if (!_activity.isStopped()) Thread::trySleep(100);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/Redis/src/RedisEventArgs.cpp b/Redis/src/RedisEventArgs.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a7cd7e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Redis/src/RedisEventArgs.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+//
+// RedisEventArgs.cpp
+//
+// $Id$
+//
+// Library: Redis
+// Package: Redis
+// Module:  RedisEventArgs
+//
+// Implementation of the RedisEventArgs class.
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
+// and Contributors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier:	BSL-1.0
+//
+
+#include "Poco/Redis/RedisEventArgs.h"
+
+namespace Poco {
+namespace Redis {
+
+RedisEventArgs::RedisEventArgs(RedisType::Ptr message) :
+	_message(message),
+	_exception(0),
+	_stop(false)
+{
+}
+
+RedisEventArgs::RedisEventArgs(Exception* exception) :
+	_message(),
+	_exception(exception ? exception->clone() : 0),
+	_stop(false)
+{
+}
+
+RedisEventArgs::~RedisEventArgs()
+{
+	delete _exception;
+}
+
+
+}} // namespace Poco::Redis
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