diff --git a/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/botbuilder/streaming/payload_transport/payload_receiver.py b/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/botbuilder/streaming/payload_transport/payload_receiver.py
index df054ced8..092c0f1cb 100644
--- a/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/botbuilder/streaming/payload_transport/payload_receiver.py
+++ b/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/botbuilder/streaming/payload_transport/payload_receiver.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ async def disconnect(self, event_args: DisconnectedEventArgs = None):
 
     async def _receive_packets(self):
         is_closed = False
+        disconnect_args = None
 
         while self._receiver and self._receiver.is_connected and not is_closed:
             # receive a single packet
diff --git a/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/botbuilder/streaming/payload_transport/send_queue.py b/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/botbuilder/streaming/payload_transport/send_queue.py
index 07d197496..4163e7558 100644
--- a/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/botbuilder/streaming/payload_transport/send_queue.py
+++ b/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/botbuilder/streaming/payload_transport/send_queue.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async def _process(self):
         while True:
             try:
                 while True:
-                    await sleep(1)
+                    await sleep(0.2)
                     item = await self._queue.get()
                     try:
                         await self._action(item)
diff --git a/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/tests/test_payload_receiver.py b/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/tests/test_payload_receiver.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..315bd23a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/botbuilder-streaming/tests/test_payload_receiver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from typing import List
+
+import aiounittest
+
+from botbuilder.streaming import PayloadStream
+from botbuilder.streaming.payload_transport import PayloadReceiver
+from botbuilder.streaming.transport import TransportReceiverBase
+
+
+class MockTransportReceiver(TransportReceiverBase):
+    def __init__(self, mock_header: bytes, mock_payload: bytes):
+        self._is_connected = True
+        self._mock_gen = self._mock_receive(mock_header, mock_payload)
+
+    def _mock_receive(self, mock_header: bytes, mock_payload: bytes):
+        yield mock_header
+        yield mock_payload
+
+    @property
+    def is_connected(self):
+        if self._is_connected:
+            self._is_connected = False
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    async def close(self):
+        return
+
+    async def receive(self, buffer: object, offset: int, count: int) -> int:
+        resp_buffer = list(next(self._mock_gen))
+        for index, val in enumerate(resp_buffer):
+            buffer[index] = val
+        return len(resp_buffer)
+
+
+class MockStream(PayloadStream):
+    # pylint: disable=super-init-not-called
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.buffer = None
+        self._producer_length = 0  # total length
+
+    def give_buffer(self, buffer: List[int]):
+        self.buffer = buffer
+
+
+class TestBotFrameworkHttpClient(aiounittest.AsyncTestCase):
+    async def test_connect(self):
+        mock_header = b"S.000004.e35ed534-0808-4acf-af1e-24aa81d2b31d.1\n"
+        mock_payload = b"test"
+
+        mock_receiver = MockTransportReceiver(mock_header, mock_payload)
+        mock_stream = MockStream()
+
+        receive_action_called = False
+
+        def mock_get_stream(header):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+            return mock_stream
+
+        def mock_receive_action(header, stream, offset):
+            nonlocal receive_action_called
+            assert header.type == "S"
+            assert len(stream.buffer) == offset
+            receive_action_called = True
+
+        sut = PayloadReceiver()
+        sut.subscribe(mock_get_stream, mock_receive_action)
+        await sut.connect(mock_receiver)
+
+        assert bytes(mock_stream.buffer) == mock_payload
+        assert receive_action_called