diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a84f60d5..2bdad4d0 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -244,10 +244,10 @@ function session(options){
           }
 
           debug('destroyed');
-          writeend();
+          return _end.call(res, chunk, encoding);
         });
 
-        return writetop();
+        //return writetop();
       }
 
       // no session to save
@@ -266,13 +266,15 @@ function session(options){
           }
 
           debug('saved');
-          writeend();
+          return _end.call(res, chunk, encoding);
         });
 
-        return writetop();
+        //return writetop();
+      } else {
+        return _end.call(res, chunk, encoding);
       }
 
-      return _end.call(res, chunk, encoding);
+      //return _end.call(res, chunk, encoding);
     };
 
     // generate the session
@@ -489,4 +491,4 @@ function setcookie(res, name, val, secret, options) {
     : [prev, data];
 
   res.setHeader('set-cookie', header)
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7494c9f6..1f4c2502 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "express-session",
-  "version": "1.7.6",
+  "version": "1.8.2",
   "description": "Simple session middleware for Express",
   "author": "TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca> (http://tjholowaychuk.com)",
   "contributors": [