--- a/src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/nio/BlockingChannelConnector.java	Sun Oct 02 16:17:38 2016 -0600
+++ b/src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/nio/BlockingChannelConnector.java	Sun Oct 02 20:38:06 2016 -0600
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpException;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.Buffer;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
 	protected void doStart() throws Exception
 	{
 		super.doStart();
-		getThreadPool().dispatch(new Runnable()
+		getThreadPool().execute(new Runnable()
 		{
 
 			public void run()
@@ -224,8 +225,9 @@
 		/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 		void dispatch() throws IOException
 		{
-			if (!getThreadPool().dispatch(this))
-			{
+			try {
+				getThreadPool().execute(this);
+			} catch(RejectedExecutionException e) {
 				LOG.warn("dispatch failed for  {}",_connection);
 				super.close();
 			}
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@
 					_idleTimestamp=System.currentTimeMillis();
 					if (_connection.isIdle())
 					{
-						if (getServer().getThreadPool().isLowOnThreads())
+						if (getServer().isLowOnThreads())
 						{
 							int lrmit = getLowResourcesMaxIdleTime();
 							if (lrmit>=0 && _timeout!= lrmit)