diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b9aede..554bc04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,34 @@
 # zmq-anyio
 
 Asynchronous API for ZMQ using AnyIO.
+
+## Usage
+
+`zmq_anyio.Socket` is a subclass of `zmq.Socket`. Here is how it must be used:
+- Create a blocking ZMQ socket `sock` using a `zmq.Context`.
+- Create an async `zmq_anyio.Socket(sock)`, passing the `sock`.
+- Use the `zmq_anyio.Socket` with an async context manager.
+- Use `arecv()` for the async API, `recv()` for the blocking API, etc.
+
+```py
+import anyio
+import zmq
+import zmq_anyio
+
+ctx = zmq.Context()
+sock1 = ctx.socket(zmq.PAIR)
+port = sock1.bind("tcp://127.0.0.1:1234")
+sock2 = ctx.socket(zmq.PAIR)
+sock2.connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:1234")
+
+# wrap the `zmq.Socket` with `zmq_anyio.Socket`:
+sock1 = zmq_anyio.Socket(sock1)
+sock2 = zmq_anyio.Socket(sock2)
+
+async def main():
+    async with sock1, sock2:  # use an async context manager
+        await sock1.asend(b"Hello")  # use `asend` instead of `send`
+        assert await sock2.arecv() == b"Hello"  # use `arecv` instead of `recv`
+
+anyio.run(main)
+```
diff --git a/src/zmq_anyio/_socket.py b/src/zmq_anyio/_socket.py
index 1bd479f..c561ae3 100644
--- a/src/zmq_anyio/_socket.py
+++ b/src/zmq_anyio/_socket.py
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ def close(self, linger: int | None = None) -> None:
 
     def get(self, key):
         result = super().get(key)
-        # if key == EVENTS:
-        #     self._schedule_remaining_events(result)
+        if key == EVENTS:
+            self._schedule_remaining_events(result)
         return result
 
     get.__doc__ = zmq.Socket.get.__doc__
@@ -429,45 +429,6 @@ async def asend_multipart(
     def _deserialize(self, recvd, load):
         """Deserialize with Futures"""
         return load(recvd)
-        # f = Future()
-
-        # def _chain(_):
-        #    """Chain result through serialization to recvd"""
-        #    if f.done():
-        #        # chained future may be cancelled, which means nobody is going to get this result
-        #        # if it's an error, that's no big deal (probably zmq.Again),
-        #        # but if it's a successful recv, this is a dropped message!
-        #        if not recvd.cancelled() and recvd.exception() is None:
-        #            warnings.warn(
-        #                # is there a useful stacklevel?
-        #                # ideally, it would point to where `f.cancel()` was called
-        #                f"Future {f} completed while awaiting {recvd}. A message has been dropped!",
-        #                RuntimeWarning,
-        #            )
-        #        return
-        #    if recvd.exception():
-        #        f.set_exception(recvd.exception())
-        #    else:
-        #        buf = recvd.result()
-        #        try:
-        #            loaded = load(buf)
-        #        except Exception as e:
-        #            f.set_exception(e)
-        #        else:
-        #            f.set_result(loaded)
-
-        # recvd.add_done_callback(_chain)
-
-        # def _chain_cancel(_):
-        #    """Chain cancellation from f to recvd"""
-        #    if recvd.done():
-        #        return
-        #    if f.cancelled():
-        #        recvd.cancel()
-
-        # f.add_done_callback(_chain_cancel)
-
-        # return await f.wait()
 
     async def apoll(self, timeout=None, flags=zmq.POLLIN) -> int:  # type: ignore
         """poll the socket for events
@@ -839,6 +800,9 @@ async def _start(self, *, task_status: TaskStatus[None]):
             raise RuntimeError("Socket already started")
         self.started.set()
         task_status.started()
-        while True:
-            await wait_socket_readable(self._shadow_sock.FD)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-            await self._handle_events()
+        try:
+            while True:
+                await wait_socket_readable(self._shadow_sock.FD)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                await self._handle_events()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
diff --git a/tests/test_socket.py b/tests/test_socket.py
index 00997dd..93e2983 100644
--- a/tests/test_socket.py
+++ b/tests/test_socket.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async def recv(messages):
 async def test_arecv_json(context, create_bound_pair):
     a, b = create_bound_pair(zmq.PUSH, zmq.PULL)
     a, b = Socket(a), Socket(b)
-    async with b, a, create_task_group() as tg:
+    async with a, b, create_task_group() as tg:
 
         async def recv(messages):
             for message in messages: