diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85b4665..c2f63c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Libcurl.js Changelog:
 
+## v0.6.9 (4/30/24):
+- Fix a possible double free when requests get aborted
+- Handle `ReadableStream` objects as the request payload
+- Support the Clang AddressSanitizer
+
 ## v0.6.8 (4/30/24):
 - Add support for relative URLs in HTTP sessions
 - Better error handling for invalid URLs
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed28743..1cfb377 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,8 +59,11 @@ sudo apt install make cmake emscripten autoconf automake libtool pkg-config wget
 The build script will generate `client/out/libcurl.js` as well as `client/out/libcurl.mjs`, which is an ES6 module. You can supply the following arguments to the build script to control the build:
 - `release` - Use all optimizations.
 - `single_file` - Include the WASM binary in the outputted JS using base64. 
+- `asan` - Use the Clang AddressSanitizer to catch possible memory bugs
 - `all` - Build twice, once normally, and once as a single file.
 
+Note: non-release builds will have the `-dev` version suffix and ASan builds will have the `-asan` suffix.
+
 ## Javascript API:
 
 ### Importing the Library:
diff --git a/client/build.sh b/client/build.sh
index 1bc0b66..b26279f 100755
--- a/client/build.sh
+++ b/client/build.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ EXPORTED_FUNCS="${EXPORTED_FUNCS:1}"
 #compile options
 RUNTIME_METHODS="addFunction,removeFunction,allocate,ALLOC_NORMAL"
 COMPILER_OPTIONS="-o $MODULE_FILE -lcurl -lwolfssl -lcjson -lz -lbrotlidec -lbrotlicommon -lnghttp2 -I $INCLUDE_DIR -L $LIB_DIR"
-EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="-lwebsocket.js -sENVIRONMENT=worker,web -sASSERTIONS=1 -sLLD_REPORT_UNDEFINED -sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sEXPORTED_FUNCTIONS=$EXPORTED_FUNCS -sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=$RUNTIME_METHODS"
+EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="-lwebsocket.js -sENVIRONMENT=worker,web -sASSERTIONS=1 -sLLD_REPORT_UNDEFINED -sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sNO_EXIT_RUNTIME -sEXPORTED_FUNCTIONS=$EXPORTED_FUNCS -sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=$RUNTIME_METHODS"
 
 #clean output dir
 rm -rf $OUT_DIR
@@ -50,8 +50,13 @@ if [[ "$*" == *"release"* ]]; then
   COMPILER_OPTIONS="-Oz -flto $COMPILER_OPTIONS"
   echo "note: building with release optimizations"
 else
-  COMPILER_OPTIONS="$COMPILER_OPTIONS --profiling -g"
-  EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="$EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS -sSTACK_OVERFLOW_CHECK=2 -sSAFE_HEAP=1"
+  COMPILER_OPTIONS="$COMPILER_OPTIONS --profiling -g "
+  EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="$EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS -sSTACK_OVERFLOW_CHECK=2"
+fi
+
+if [[ "$*" == *"asan"* ]]; then
+  COMPILER_OPTIONS="$COMPILER_OPTIONS -fsanitize=address"
+  echo "note: building with asan, performance will suffer"
 fi
 
 if [[ "$*" == *"single_file"* ]]; then
@@ -78,6 +83,8 @@ rm $MODULE_FILE
 
 #add version number and copyright notice
 VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r '.version')
+[[ "$*" != *"release"* ]] && VERSION="$VERSION-dev"
+[[ "$*" == *"asan"* ]] && VERSION="$VERSION-asan"
 sed -i "s/__library_version__/$VERSION/" $OUT_FILE
 WISP_VERSION=$(cat $WISP_CLIENT/package.json | jq -r '.version')
 sed -i "s/__wisp_version__/$WISP_VERSION/" $OUT_FILE
diff --git a/client/javascript/http.js b/client/javascript/http.js
index ec4456b..b459613 100644
--- a/client/javascript/http.js
+++ b/client/javascript/http.js
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ class HTTPSession extends CurlSession {
 
   request_async(url, params, body) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      let http_handle;
+      let http_handle = null;
       let body_ptr = null; 
-  
+
       let headers_callback = (stream) => {
         let response_json = c_func_str(_http_get_info, [http_handle]);
         let response = this.constructor.create_response(stream, JSON.parse(response_json));
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ class HTTPSession extends CurlSession {
           _free(body_ptr);
           body_ptr = null;
         }
+        if (http_handle == null) {
+          //a race condition with aborting requests may lead to this state
+          //if the request gets cancelled right before it finishes normally, this function gets called twice
+          //fortunately, we can just return here to prevent anything bad from happening
+          return;
+        }
         if (error > 0) {
           error_msg(`Request "${url}" failed with error code ${error}: ${get_error_str(error)}`);
           reject(`Request failed with error code ${error}: ${get_error_str(error)}`);
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ class HTTPSession extends CurlSession {
           reject("Request failed because redirects were disallowed.");
         }
         this.remove_request(http_handle);
+        http_handle = null;
       }
       
       body_ptr = body ? allocate_array(body) : null;
@@ -94,9 +101,15 @@ class HTTPSession extends CurlSession {
       params.headers = params.headers || Object.fromEntries(resource.headers);
       params.method = params.method || resource.method;
     }
-    else {
+    else if (typeof url === "string" || url instanceof String) {
       url = (new URL(url, this.base_url)).href;
     }
+    else if (url instanceof URL) {
+      url = url.href;
+    }
+    else {
+      url = "" + url;
+    }
     let body = await this.constructor.create_options(params);
     return await this.request_async(url, params, body);
   }
diff --git a/client/javascript/session.js b/client/javascript/session.js
index e3e0574..6259f79 100644
--- a/client/javascript/session.js
+++ b/client/javascript/session.js
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ class CurlSession {
       }
       catch (e) {
         //the readable stream has been closed elsewhere, so cancel the request
+        if (aborted) return;
+        aborted = true;
         if (e instanceof TypeError) {
           end_callback(-1);
         }
diff --git a/client/libcurl/http.c b/client/libcurl/http.c
index ace91c0..4821a13 100644
--- a/client/libcurl/http.c
+++ b/client/libcurl/http.c
@@ -110,4 +110,7 @@ char* http_get_info(CURL* http_handle) {
   cJSON_Delete(response_json);
 
   return response_json_str;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+//the address sanitizer falsely flags any malloc operation as a memory leak
+const char* __asan_default_options() { return "detect_leaks=false"; }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 0a9269c..919fe24 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libcurl.js",
-  "version": "0.6.8",
+  "version": "0.6.9",
   "description": "An experimental port of libcurl to WebAssembly for use in the browser.",
   "main": "libcurl.mjs",
   "exports": {