diff --git a/hbd/client/main.py b/hbd/client/main.py
index 9587385..cfce61f 100644
--- a/hbd/client/main.py
+++ b/hbd/client/main.py
@@ -463,18 +463,14 @@ async def cleanup(connections: List[AsyncConnection]):
     logger = logging.getLogger("hbc.cleanup")
     logger.info("Cleaning up connections")
     
-    for conn in connections:
+    target = next((c for c in connections if c.transport), connections[0] if connections else None)
+    if target:
         try:
-            msg = {
-                "shutdown": 1,
-                "acks": conn.ackcount
-            }
-            await conn.sendto(msg)
+            await target.sendto({"shutdown": 1, "acks": target.ackcount})
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error sending shutdown: {e}")
-        
+    for conn in connections:
         conn.close()
-        break  # Only send shutdown on first connection to avoid duplicates
     
     # Give messages time to send
     await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
@@ -539,9 +535,8 @@ async def async_main(args, config):
             boot_msg["msg"] = args.message
         
         boot_msg["acks"] = 0
-        for conn in connections:
-            await conn.sendto(boot_msg)
-            break  # Only send message on first connection to avoid duplicates
+        target = next((c for c in connections if c.transport), connections[0])
+        await target.sendto(boot_msg)
         
         if args.message and not args.daemon:
             # Message-only mode
diff --git a/scripts/hbc_mini.py b/scripts/hbc_mini.py
index b056707..a21de83 100755
--- a/scripts/hbc_mini.py
+++ b/scripts/hbc_mini.py
@@ -1052,9 +1052,8 @@ async def _async_main(args, cfg: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
         if args.message:
             bmsg["service"] = "service"
             bmsg["msg"] = args.message
-        for c in connections:
-            await c.sendto(bmsg)
-            break
+        target = next((c for c in connections if c._transport), connections[0])
+        await target.sendto(bmsg)
         if args.message and not args.daemon:
             await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
             for c in connections:
@@ -1086,12 +1085,12 @@ async def _async_main(args, cfg: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
         pass
 
     log.info("shutting down")
-    for conn in connections:
+    target = next((c for c in connections if c._transport), connections[0] if connections else None)
+    if target:
         try:
-            await conn.sendto({"shutdown": 1, "acks": conn.ackcount})
+            await target.sendto({"shutdown": 1, "acks": target.ackcount})
         except Exception:
             pass
-        break
     for conn in connections:
         conn.close()
     await asyncio.sleep(0.3)