diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 272041c..4a9d20a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,17 +8,11 @@
 
 var debug = require('debug');
 var error = debug('charon:error');
-var ClusterManager = require('cluster-man');
 var server = require('./lib/server.js');
 
-var manager = new ClusterManager(function () {
-  server.start(function (err) {
-    if (err) {
-      error('Could not start server: ' + err);
-      process.kill(1);
-    }
-  });
+server.start(function (err) {
+  if (err) {
+    error('Could not start server: ' + err);
+    process.kill(1);
+  }
 });
-
-// Start the cluster
-manager.start();
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index de746d4..3540a08 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ function socketError(err) {
  * @param {Error} err Unhandled error.
  */
 function unhandledError(err) {
-  // TODO This should, potentially, kill the process. But we are gonna
-  //      wait on the "nuclear" option until we have clustering.
   monitor.increment('error.unhandled');
+  monitor.histogram('status', 0);
   unhandled(err.stack);
+  process.exit(1);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ function start(cb) {
   // callback is executed after the server is listening (events, pfft).
   // TODO Rewrite simple UDP server to make it more robust (later).
   server.once('listening', function() {
+    monitor.histogram('status', 1);
     info('DNS Running on Port', process.env.PORT);
     cb(null);
   });
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ function stop(cb) {
   // callback is executed after the server is listening (events, pfft).
   // TODO Rewrite simple UDP server to make it more robust (later).
   server.once('close', function() {
+    monitor.histogram('status', 0);
     info('Server Shutdown');
     cb(null);
   });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a622bde..1b1aa70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "callback-count": "^0.1.0",
-    "cluster-man": "^1.0.0",
     "debug": "^2.1.3",
     "dns-rcodes": "^1.0.0",
     "loadenv": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/test/functional/charon.js b/test/functional/charon.js
index f94532d..3ba8562 100644
--- a/test/functional/charon.js
+++ b/test/functional/charon.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var afterEach = lab.afterEach;
 var Code = require('code');
 var expect = Code.expect;
 var sinon = require('sinon');
+var createCount = require('callback-count');
 
 require('loadenv')('charon:env');
 var server = require('../../lib/server');
@@ -90,6 +91,14 @@ describe('charon', function() {
         done();
       });
     });
+
+    it('should not crash after many repeated requests', function (done) {
+      var numRequests = 200;
+      var count = createCount(numRequests, done);
+      for (var i = 0; i < numRequests; i++) {
+        dnsRequest('example.runnableapp.com', count.next);
+      }
+    })
   }); // end 'server (functional)'
 
   describe('monitoring', function () {
diff --git a/test/unit/server.js b/test/unit/server.js
index 4c0dd51..bee2f4d 100644
--- a/test/unit/server.js
+++ b/test/unit/server.js
@@ -101,49 +101,93 @@ describe('server', function() {
   }); // end 'api integration'
 
   describe('domains', function() {
+    var testError = new Error();
+
     beforeEach(function (done) {
       monitorStub.stubAll();
+      var exitStub = sinon.stub(process, 'exit');
       done();
     });
 
     afterEach(function (done) {
       monitorStub.restoreAll();
+      process.exit.restore();
       done();
     });
 
     it('should use domains to catch unhandled `start` exceptions', function (done) {
       expect(server.start.domain).to.exist();
       sinon.stub(apiClient, 'login', function(cb) {
-        throw new Error();
+        throw testError;
         cb();
       });
-
-      server.start.domain.on('error', function errorListener() {
+      server.start.domain.on('error', function errorListener(err) {
+        expect(err).to.equal(testError);
         server.start.domain.removeListener('error', errorListener);
-        expect(monitor.increment.calledWith('error.unhandled'))
-          .to.be.true();
         apiClient.login.restore();
         done();
       });
       server.start();
     });
 
-    it ('should use domains to catch unhandled `stop` exceptions', function (done) {
+    it('should use domains to catch unhandled `stop` exceptions', function (done) {
       expect(server.stop.domain).to.exist();
       sinon.stub(server.instance, 'close', function() {
-        throw new Error();
+        throw testError;
       });
-
-      server.stop.domain.on('error', function errorListener() {
-        server.stop.domain.removeListener('error', errorListener);
-        expect(monitor.increment.calledWith('error.unhandled'))
-          .to.be.true();
+      server.stop.domain.on('error', function errorListener(err) {
+        expect(err).to.equal(testError);
         server.instance.close.restore();
+        server.stop.domain.removeListener('error', errorListener);
         done();
       });
       server.start(function() {
         server.stop();
       });
     });
+
+    describe('unhandledError', function() {
+      var domain = server.start.domain;
+
+      beforeEach(function (done) {
+        sinon.stub(apiClient, 'login', function (cb) {
+          throw new Error();
+        });
+        done();
+      });
+
+      afterEach(function (done) {
+        apiClient.login.restore();
+        done();
+      });
+
+      it('should exit the process', function (done) {
+        domain.on('error', function errorListener() {
+          expect(process.exit.calledOnce).to.be.true();
+          expect(process.exit.calledWith(1)).to.be.true();
+          domain.removeListener('error', errorListener);
+          done();
+        });
+        server.start();
+      });
+
+      it('should monitor unhandled errors', function (done) {
+        domain.on('error', function errorListener() {
+          expect(monitor.increment.calledWith('error.unhandled')).to.be.true();
+          domain.removeListener('error', errorListener);
+          done();
+        });
+        server.start();
+      });
+
+      it('should set server status monitor to "down" (0)', function (done) {
+        domain.on('error', function errorListener() {
+          expect(monitor.histogram.calledWith('status', 0)).to.be.true();
+          domain.removeListener('error', errorListener);
+          done();
+        });
+        server.start();
+      });
+    });
   }); // end 'domains'
 }); // end 'server'