diff --git a/lib/sonic/channels/base.rb b/lib/sonic/channels/base.rb
index e0f2d9d..0f89471 100644
--- a/lib/sonic/channels/base.rb
+++ b/lib/sonic/channels/base.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,23 @@ def help(manual)
       end
 
       def quit
-        execute('QUIT')
+        if connection.connected?
+          execute('QUIT')
+          connection.disconnect
+          return true
+        end
+
+        return false
+      end
+
+      def close
         connection.disconnect
       end
 
+      def connected?
+        connection.connected?
+      end
+
       private
 
       def execute(*args)
@@ -33,7 +46,8 @@ def normalize(value)
       end
 
       def sanitize(value)
-        value.gsub('"', '\\"').gsub(/[\r\n]+/, ' ')
+        # remove backslashes entirely
+        value.gsub(/\\/, "").gsub('"', '\\"').gsub(/[\r\n]+/, '\\n')
       end
 
       def quote(value)
@@ -46,7 +60,7 @@ def type_cast_response(value)
         elsif value.start_with?('RESULT ')
           value.split(' ').last.to_i
         elsif value.start_with?('EVENT ')
-          value.split(' ')[3..-1].join(' ')
+          value.split(' ')[3..-1]
         else
           value
         end
diff --git a/lib/sonic/channels/control.rb b/lib/sonic/channels/control.rb
index c56f1a9..ce1f575 100644
--- a/lib/sonic/channels/control.rb
+++ b/lib/sonic/channels/control.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ class Control < Base
       def trigger(action)
         execute('TRIGGER', action)
       end
+
+      def info
+        execute('INFO')
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/sonic/channels/ingest.rb b/lib/sonic/channels/ingest.rb
index eed89fa..c436be9 100644
--- a/lib/sonic/channels/ingest.rb
+++ b/lib/sonic/channels/ingest.rb
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ module Sonic
   module Channels
     class Ingest < Base
       def push(collection, bucket, object, text, lang = nil)
-        arr = [collection, bucket, object, quote(text)]
+        arr = [collection, bucket, object, normalize(text)]
         arr << "LANG(#{lang})" if lang
 
         execute('PUSH', *arr)
       end
 
       def pop(collection, bucket, object, text)
-        execute('POP', collection, bucket, object, quote(text))
+        execute('POP', collection, bucket, object, normalize(text))
       end
 
       def count(collection, bucket = nil, object = nil)
diff --git a/lib/sonic/channels/search.rb b/lib/sonic/channels/search.rb
index 79a1acb..e13a332 100644
--- a/lib/sonic/channels/search.rb
+++ b/lib/sonic/channels/search.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module Sonic
   module Channels
     class Search < Base
       def query(collection, bucket, terms, limit = nil, offset = nil, lang = nil) # rubocop:disable Metrics/ParameterLists, Metrics/LineLength
-        arr = [collection, bucket, quote(terms)]
+        arr = [collection, bucket, normalize(terms)]
         arr << "LIMIT(#{limit})" if limit
         arr << "OFFSET(#{offset})" if offset
         arr << "LANG(#{lang})" if lang
@@ -13,13 +13,23 @@ def query(collection, bucket, terms, limit = nil, offset = nil, lang = nil) # ru
       end
 
       def suggest(collection, bucket, word, limit = nil)
-        arr = [collection, bucket, quote(word)]
+        arr = [collection, bucket, normalize(word)]
         arr << "LIMIT(#{limit})" if limit
 
         execute('SUGGEST', *arr) do
           connection.read # ...
         end
       end
+
+      def list(collection, bucket, limit = nil, offset = nil)
+        arr = [collection, bucket]
+        arr << "LIMIT(#{limit})" if limit
+        arr << "OFFSET(#{offset})" if offset
+
+        execute('LIST', *arr) do
+          connection.read # ...
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/sonic/connection.rb b/lib/sonic/connection.rb
index b137515..40b608d 100644
--- a/lib/sonic/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/sonic/connection.rb
@@ -13,30 +13,57 @@ def initialize(host, port, channel_type, password = nil)
     end
 
     def connect
-      read # ...
+      socket.gets # ...
       write(['START', @channel_type, @password].compact.join(' '))
       read.start_with?('STARTED ')
     end
 
     def disconnect
-      socket.close
+      socket&.close
+      socket = nil
+    end
+
+    def connected?
+      !socket.nil?
     end
 
     def read
-      data = socket.gets.chomp
-      raise ServerError, data if data.start_with?('ERR ')
+      data = socket.gets&.chomp
+
+      if data.nil?
+        # connection was dropped from timeout
+        disconnect
+        raise ServerError, "Connection expired. Please reconnect."
+      end
+
+      raise ServerError, "#{data.force_encoding('UTF-8')} (#{@last_write})" if data.start_with?('ENDED ')
+      raise ServerError, "#{data.force_encoding('UTF-8')} (#{@last_write})" if data.start_with?('ERR ')
 
       data
     end
 
     def write(data)
-      socket.puts(data)
+      @last_write = data
+
+      begin
+        socket.puts(data)
+      rescue Errno::EPIPE => error
+        disconnect
+        raise ServerError, "Connection expired. Please reconnect.", error.backtrace
+      end
     end
 
+
     private
 
     def socket
-      @socket ||= TCPSocket.open(@host, @port)
+      @socket ||= begin
+                    socket = TCPSocket.open(@host, @port)
+                    # disables Nagle's Algorithm, prevents multiple round trips with MULTI
+                    socket.setsockopt(Socket::IPPROTO_TCP, Socket::TCP_NODELAY, 1)
+                    socket
+                  end
     end
+
   end
 end