@@ -237,10 +237,15 @@
 		[delegate connectionWasClosed: self];
 
 	[parser parseBuffer: buf
 		   withSize: size];
 }
+
+- (OFTCPSocket*)socket
+{
+	return [[sock retain] autorelease];
+}
 
 - (void)sendStanza: (OFXMLElement*)elem
 {
 	of_log(@"Out: %@", elem);
 	[sock writeString: [elem XMLString]];