diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 7d63b6611..a056e016c 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-06-13 zzz
+ * NTCP: Fix clearing of write interest ops on
+   inbound establishment (ticket #2237)
+
 2018-06-09 zzz
  * eepsite: Fix up help page in prep for translation (ticket #2214)
  * i2psnark: Fix torrent ignoring priority settings when
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index 80cfb9c84..5b1ba79e3 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 18;
+    public final static long BUILD = 19;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "";
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
index cd8a61f02..fd098a390 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/ntcp/NTCPConnection.java
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ public class NTCPConnection implements Closeable {
      * as it occurs in the selector thread)
      */
     public void outboundConnected() {
-        _conKey.interestOps(SelectionKey.OP_READ);
+        _conKey.interestOps(_conKey.interestOps() | SelectionKey.OP_READ);
         // schedule up the beginning of our handshaking by calling prepareNextWrite on the
         // writer thread pool
         _transport.getWriter().wantsWrite(this, "outbound connected");