diff --git a/tunnel-server/src/ssh/base-server.ts b/tunnel-server/src/ssh/base-server.ts
index 598809ba..945fed86 100644
--- a/tunnel-server/src/ssh/base-server.ts
+++ b/tunnel-server/src/ssh/base-server.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ const parseForwardRequestFromSocketBindInfo = (
 }
 
 export interface ClientForward extends EventEmitter {
-  localSocketPath: string
-  on: (event: 'close', listener: () => void) => this
+  on: (
+    (event: 'close', listener: () => void) => this
+  ) & (
+    (event: 'error', listener: (err: Error) => void) => this
+  )
 }
 
 export interface BaseSshClient extends EventEmitter {
@@ -196,9 +199,6 @@ export const baseSshServer = (
                     if (err) {
                       log.error('error forwarding request %j: %s', request, inspect(err))
                       socket.end()
-                      socketServer.close(closeErr => {
-                        log.error('error closing socket server for request %j: %j', request, inspect(closeErr))
-                      })
                       return
                     }
                     upstream.pipe(socket).pipe(upstream)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export const baseSshServer = (
                   log.debug('streamlocal-forward@openssh.com: request %j calling accept: %j', request, accept)
                   accept?.()
                   socketServers.set(request, socketServer)
-                  resolveForward(Object.assign(socketServer, { localSocketPath: socketPath }))
+                  resolveForward(socketServer)
                 })
                 .on('error', (err: unknown) => {
                   log.error('socketServer request %j error: %j', request, err)
diff --git a/tunnel-server/src/ssh/index.ts b/tunnel-server/src/ssh/index.ts
index f0dc6fc1..b6254b7b 100644
--- a/tunnel-server/src/ssh/index.ts
+++ b/tunnel-server/src/ssh/index.ts
@@ -65,12 +65,18 @@ export const createSshServer = ({
           return undefined
         }
         tunnels.set(requestId, tunnelUrl(clientId, tunnelPath))
-        forward.on('close', () => {
-          log.info('deleting tunnel %s', key)
+        const onForwardClose = (event: 'close' | 'error') => (err?: Error) => {
+          if (err) {
+            log.info('%s: deleting tunnel %s due to forward server error: %j', event, key, inspect(err))
+          } else {
+            log.info('%s: deleting tunnel %s', event, key)
+          }
           tunnels.delete(requestId)
           void activeTunnelStore.delete(key, setTx)
           tunnelsGauge.dec({ clientId })
-        })
+        }
+        forward.on('close', onForwardClose('close'))
+        forward.on('error', onForwardClose('error'))
         tunnelsGauge.inc({ clientId })
         return undefined
       })