diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/SlackHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/SlackHandler.php
index c5428759..ac2af023 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/SlackHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/SlackHandler.php
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ class SlackHandler extends SocketHandler
     protected function write(array $record)
     {
         parent::write($record);
+        $res = $this->getResource();
+        if (is_resource($res)) {
+            @fread($res, 2048);
+        }
         $this->closeSocket();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
index f8d60ea2..c458b1ca 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/SocketHandler.php
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ class SocketHandler extends AbstractProcessingHandler
         return (string) $record['formatted'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return resource|null
+     */
+    protected function getResource()
+    {
+        return $this->resource;
+    }
+
     private function connect()
     {
         $this->createSocketResource();