diff --git a/docs/CONFIGURE.md b/docs/CONFIGURE.md
index f7f41c0aa..5ff9e5e8b 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIGURE.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIGURE.md
@@ -343,11 +343,11 @@ pulseaudio is the default sound system on many Linux computers, including the Ra
 
 An example command to set up pulseaudio to receive 8 kHz audio (digital audio) from simplestream on TCP port 9125:
 ```
-pacmd load-module module-simple-protocol-tcp sink=1 playback=true port=9125 format=s16be rate=8000 channels=1 
+pacmd load-module module-simple-protocol-tcp sink=1 playback=true port=9125 format=s16le rate=8000 channels=1 
 ```
 An example command to set up pulseaudio to receive 16 kHz audio (analog audio) from simplestream on TCP port 9125:
 ```
-pacmd load-module module-simple-protocol-tcp sink=1 playback=true port=9125 format=s16be rate=16000 channels=1 
+pacmd load-module module-simple-protocol-tcp sink=1 playback=true port=9125 format=s16le rate=16000 channels=1 
 ```
 The matching simplestream config to send audio from talkgroup 58918 to TCP port 9125 would then be something like this:
 ```yaml
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ The matching simplestream config to send audio from talkgroup 58918 to TCP port
             "TGID":58918,
             "address":"127.0.0.1",
             "port":9125,
-            "sendTGID":true,
+            "sendTGID":false,
             "shortName":"CountyTrunked",
             "useTCP":true}
         }
diff --git a/plugins/simplestream/simplestream.cc b/plugins/simplestream/simplestream.cc
index c68c1a347..892d01294 100644
--- a/plugins/simplestream/simplestream.cc
+++ b/plugins/simplestream/simplestream.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ class Simple_Stream : public Plugin_Api {
   int start(){
     BOOST_FOREACH (auto& stream, streams){
       if (stream.tcp == true){
-        io_service my_tcp_io_service;
         ip::tcp::socket *my_tcp_socket = new ip::tcp::socket{my_tcp_io_service};
         stream.tcp_socket = my_tcp_socket;
         stream.tcp_socket->connect(ip::tcp::endpoint( boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(stream.address), stream.port ));
@@ -113,6 +112,7 @@ class Simple_Stream : public Plugin_Api {
   int stop(){
     BOOST_FOREACH (auto& stream, streams){
       if (stream.tcp == true){
+        stream.tcp_socket->shutdown(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_both);
         stream.tcp_socket->close();
       }
     }