diff --git a/modules/spl-meter/module.json b/modules/spl-meter/module.json
index e469e98..520978a 100644
--- a/modules/spl-meter/module.json
+++ b/modules/spl-meter/module.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "spl-meter",
   "name": "SPL Meter",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "proddash": ">=1.5.0",
   "description": "Calibrated sound level, Leq and RTA from an audio input on this machine",
   "permissions": [
diff --git a/modules/spl-meter/server.js b/modules/spl-meter/server.js
index d3609a4..98fb47c 100644
--- a/modules/spl-meter/server.js
+++ b/modules/spl-meter/server.js
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ module.exports = {
       moduleDir,
       log,
       onUpdate(update) {
+        if (!state) return;        // a frame in flight when the module unmounted
         if (update.error) {
           if (update.error !== state.error) log(update.error);
           state.error = update.error;
@@ -146,9 +147,10 @@ module.exports = {
       },
     });
 
+    const mineStreams = state.streams;
     state.pinger = setInterval(() => {
-      for (const res of state.streams) {
-        try { res.write(': ping\n\n'); } catch { state.streams.delete(res); }
+      for (const res of mineStreams) {
+        try { res.write(': ping\n\n'); } catch { mineStreams.delete(res); }
       }
     }, PING_MS);
 
@@ -260,8 +262,14 @@ module.exports = {
         try {
           res.write(`event: state\ndata: ${JSON.stringify(snapshot())}\n\n`);
         } catch { return; }
-        state.streams.add(res);
-        req.on('close', () => state.streams.delete(res));
+        // Hold this mount's set, not `state`. teardown() nulls `state` and
+        // then ends every stream, which fires these close handlers — a
+        // handler that reached through `state` threw on null and took the
+        // whole server down with it, on any re-init with a browser
+        // connected. Deleting from a set nobody reads any more is harmless.
+        const streams = state.streams;
+        streams.add(res);
+        req.on('close', () => streams.delete(res));
       },
 
       /** Device list for the admin page. Runs the capture tool's --list,
@@ -311,6 +319,7 @@ module.exports = {
         const samples = [];
         const started = Date.now();
         const tick = setInterval(() => {
+          if (!state) { clearInterval(tick); return; }   // module unmounted mid-measure
           const ch = state.frame && state.frame.ch.find((c) => c.i === wanted);
           if (ch && Number.isFinite(ch.dbfs) && ch.dbfs > -200) samples.push(ch.dbfs);
           if (Date.now() - started < MEASURE_MS) return;
@@ -343,6 +352,7 @@ module.exports = {
 /* ── helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 function snapshot() {
+  if (!state) return { error: 'not measuring', calibrated: false, channels: [], frame: null };
   return {
     error: state.error,
     calibrated: state.calibrated,
@@ -356,6 +366,7 @@ function snapshot() {
 }
 
 function broadcast() {
+  if (!state) return;              // a listener callback landing after teardown
   const payload = snapshot();
   const line = JSON.stringify(payload);
   if (line === state.lastSent) return;      // nothing moved since last frame