diff --git a/gateleen-cache/pom.xml b/gateleen-cache/pom.xml
index 70714321..a198fcd3 100644
--- a/gateleen-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-cache/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-cache</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-core/pom.xml b/gateleen-core/pom.xml
index ac25dc07..07e32e2b 100644
--- a/gateleen-core/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-core/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/core/http/LocalHttpClientRequest.java b/gateleen-core/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/core/http/LocalHttpClientRequest.java
index 4bc9060c..fb152839 100644
--- a/gateleen-core/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/core/http/LocalHttpClientRequest.java
+++ b/gateleen-core/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/core/http/LocalHttpClientRequest.java
@@ -825,7 +825,11 @@ public boolean reset(long code, Throwable cause) {
 
     @Override
     public HttpConnection connection() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        // Cited from API specification:
+        //     @return the {@link HttpConnection} associated with this request
+        // As "no connection" is associated with this request, we return "no connection".
+        log.debug("There's no connection associated with this request.");
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/gateleen-delegate/pom.xml b/gateleen-delegate/pom.xml
index 80f8ab32..931e3047 100644
--- a/gateleen-delegate/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-delegate/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-delegate</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-delta/pom.xml b/gateleen-delta/pom.xml
index 6827f7e9..27ab6941 100644
--- a/gateleen-delta/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-delta/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-delta</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-expansion/pom.xml b/gateleen-expansion/pom.xml
index 87f58a81..84e879c3 100644
--- a/gateleen-expansion/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-expansion/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-expansion</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-hook-js/pom.xml b/gateleen-hook-js/pom.xml
index 3f47a679..c2c4c210 100644
--- a/gateleen-hook-js/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-hook-js/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>gateleen-hook-js</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/gateleen-hook/pom.xml b/gateleen-hook/pom.xml
index 719dd8cf..d9ee5afc 100644
--- a/gateleen-hook/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-hook/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-hook</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-kafka/pom.xml b/gateleen-kafka/pom.xml
index 1f303fb4..09ef6787 100644
--- a/gateleen-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-kafka</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-logging/pom.xml b/gateleen-logging/pom.xml
index fa0c73c3..ad1f692d 100644
--- a/gateleen-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-logging/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-merge/pom.xml b/gateleen-merge/pom.xml
index 6b027504..3e117188 100644
--- a/gateleen-merge/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-merge/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-merge</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-monitoring/pom.xml b/gateleen-monitoring/pom.xml
index c0acd69c..9330ab73 100644
--- a/gateleen-monitoring/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-monitoring/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-monitoring</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-monitoring/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/monitoring/RedisMonitor.java b/gateleen-monitoring/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/monitoring/RedisMonitor.java
index e0f8c214..c5e2b4e2 100644
--- a/gateleen-monitoring/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/monitoring/RedisMonitor.java
+++ b/gateleen-monitoring/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/monitoring/RedisMonitor.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ private void collectMetrics(Buffer buffer) {
                     publisher.publishMetric(key, value);
                 }
             } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                // ignore this field
+                log.trace("ignore field '{}' because '{}' doesnt look number-ish enough", key, valueStr);
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/gateleen-packing/pom.xml b/gateleen-packing/pom.xml
index cc1b8b56..8caa2a77 100644
--- a/gateleen-packing/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-packing/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-packing</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-player/pom.xml b/gateleen-player/pom.xml
index d4943687..f8007ece 100644
--- a/gateleen-player/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-player/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-player</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-playground/pom.xml b/gateleen-playground/pom.xml
index 7ebce794..46000613 100644
--- a/gateleen-playground/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-playground/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-playground</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-qos/pom.xml b/gateleen-qos/pom.xml
index 691b98b9..0436bc81 100644
--- a/gateleen-qos/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-qos/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-qos</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-queue/pom.xml b/gateleen-queue/pom.xml
index 0724a190..e6216802 100644
--- a/gateleen-queue/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-queue/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-queue</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-routing/pom.xml b/gateleen-routing/pom.xml
index 08ba6d86..a3278757 100644
--- a/gateleen-routing/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-routing/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-routing</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/Forwarder.java b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/Forwarder.java
index 17114f6d..c2e0dded 100755
--- a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/Forwarder.java
+++ b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/Forwarder.java
@@ -371,12 +371,13 @@ public WriteStream<Buffer> drainHandler(@Nullable Handler<Void> handler) {
                     };
 
                     req.exceptionHandler(t -> {
-                        RequestLoggerFactory
-                                .getLogger(Forwarder.class, req)
-                                .warn("Exception during forwarding - closing (forwarding) client connection", t);
+                        log.info("Exception during forwarding - closing (forwarding) client connection", t);
                         HttpConnection connection = cReq.connection();
                         if (connection != null) {
                             connection.close();
+                        } else {
+                            log.warn("There's no connection we could close in {}, gateleen wishes your request a happy timeout ({})",
+                                    cReq.getClass(), req.uri());
                         }
                     });
 
diff --git a/gateleen-runconfig/pom.xml b/gateleen-runconfig/pom.xml
index 96406796..18817fb8 100644
--- a/gateleen-runconfig/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-runconfig/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-runconfig</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-scheduler/pom.xml b/gateleen-scheduler/pom.xml
index d43fb41a..56b80e7f 100644
--- a/gateleen-scheduler/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-scheduler/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-scheduler</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-security/pom.xml b/gateleen-security/pom.xml
index 20d1c625..2ade1783 100644
--- a/gateleen-security/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-security/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-security</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-test/pom.xml b/gateleen-test/pom.xml
index a3fe34dd..93589a23 100644
--- a/gateleen-test/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>gateleen-test</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/gateleen-testhelper/pom.xml b/gateleen-testhelper/pom.xml
index 122e9385..cd5f28a1 100644
--- a/gateleen-testhelper/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-testhelper/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-testhelper</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-user/pom.xml b/gateleen-user/pom.xml
index f27b93e1..7a4c07c9 100644
--- a/gateleen-user/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-user/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-user</artifactId>
diff --git a/gateleen-validation/pom.xml b/gateleen-validation/pom.xml
index 86ba033e..a7714e64 100644
--- a/gateleen-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-validation/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
         <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>gateleen-validation</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ad78e21..e0d3e8d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.swisspush.gateleen</groupId>
     <artifactId>gateleen</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>gateleen</name>
     <description>Middleware library based on Vert.x to build advanced JSON/REST communication servers</description>