gistfile1.txt

index 648e2b8..807cb2a 100644
--- a/src/app.vala
+++ b/src/app.vala
@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@ namespace Valatra {
         var request = new HTTPRequest(conn);
 
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+       var cancel = new Cancellable();
 
         while(true) {
           StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder.sized(100);
 
-          ssize_t ret = conn.socket.receive(buf.str, 100);
+          ssize_t ret = conn.socket.receive((uint8[])buf.str,cancel);
 
           if(ret > 0) {
             sb.append(buf.str[0 : ret]);
@@ -189,6 +190,11 @@ namespace Valatra {
           if(ret < 100) {
             break;
           }
+
+         if(cancel.is_cancelled()) {
+            break;
+          }
+
         }
 
         var req_str = sb.str;