diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/confetty b/confluent_client/bin/confetty
index e1126df8..e14a55ed 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/confetty
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/confetty
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2
+#!/usr/bin/python3
 # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
 
 # Copyright 2014 IBM Corporation
@@ -654,13 +654,17 @@ def quitconfetty(code=0, fullexit=False, fixterm=True):
 def get_session_node(shellargs):
     # straight to node console
     if len(shellargs) == 1 and ' ' not in shellargs[0]:
-        return shellargs[0]
+        targ = "/nodes/%s/console/session" % shellargs[0]
+        return targ, shellargs[0]
     if len(shellargs) == 2 and shellargs[0] == 'start':
         args = [s for s in shellargs[1].split('/') if s]
         if len(args) == 4 and args[0] == 'nodes' and args[2] == 'console' and \
                 args[3] == 'session':
-            return args[1]
-    return None
+            return shellargs[1], args[1]
+        if len(args) == 5 and args[0] == 'nodes' and args[2] == 'shell' and \
+                args[3] == 'sessions':
+            return shellargs[1], args[1]
+    return None, None
 
 
 def run_inline_command(path, arg, completion, **kwargs):
@@ -917,10 +921,10 @@ def main():
     doexit = False
     inconsole = False
     pendingcommand = ""
-    session_node = get_session_node(shellargs)
+    targ, session_node = get_session_node(shellargs)
     if session_node is not None:
         consoleonly = True
-        do_command("start /nodes/%s/console/session" % session_node, netserver)
+        do_command("start %s" % targ, netserver)
         doexit = True
     elif shellargs:
         do_command(shellargs, netserver)
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/shell/ssh.py b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/shell/ssh.py
index f802f842..cbb8586e 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/shell/ssh.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/shell/ssh.py
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ class SshShell(conapi.Console):
         self.height = height
         if not self.connected:
             return
-        self.shell.resize_pty(width=width, height=height)
+        try:
+            self.shell.resize_pty(width=width, height=height)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
 
     def recvdata(self):
         while self.connected:
@@ -254,6 +257,7 @@ class SshShell(conapi.Console):
             self.shell.sendall(data)
 
     def close(self):
+        self.connected = False
         if self.ssh is not None:
             self.ssh.close()
         self.datacallback = None
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/shellserver.py b/confluent_server/confluent/shellserver.py
index 4e81ec2b..386f7f56 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/shellserver.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/shellserver.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class _ShellHandler(consoleserver.ConsoleHandler):
         self._send_rcpts({'connectstate': self.connectstate})
         for session in list(self.livesessions):
             session.destroy()
+        self.feedbuffer('\x1bc')
 
 
 
@@ -136,9 +137,14 @@ class ShellSession(consoleserver.ConsoleSession):
             while str(self.sessionid) in activesessions[(tenant, self.node, self.username)]:
                 self.sessionid += 1
             self.sessionid = str(self.sessionid)
-        if self.sessionid not in activesessions[(tenant, self.node, self.username)]:
+        conshdl = activesessions[(tenant, self.node, self.username)].get(self.sessionid, None)
+        if conshdl and conshdl.connectstate == 'closed':
+            del activesessions[(tenant, self.node, self.username)][self.sessionid]
+            conshdl = None
+        if not conshdl:
             activesessions[(tenant, self.node, self.username)][self.sessionid] = _ShellHandler(self.node, self.configmanager, width=self.width, height=self.height, prefix='s_{}_{}'.format(self.username, self.sessionid))
-        self.conshdl = activesessions[(self.configmanager.tenant, self.node, self.username)][self.sessionid]
+            conshdl = activesessions[(self.configmanager.tenant, self.node, self.username)][self.sessionid]
+        self.conshdl = conshdl
         self.conshdl.numusers += 1
 
     def destroy(self):