diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f386cc..3f87a65 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Counter {
 }
 
 // Invoking the counter actor
-const counter = actors.stub(Counter).id("counter-id");
+const counter = actors.proxy(Counter).id("counter-id");
 // Increment counter
 await counter.increment();
 // Get current count
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index 6b7f4a6..b8e51dc 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./src/actors/mod.ts",
     "./hono": "./src/actors/hono/middleware.ts",
-    "./proxy": "./src/actors/stub.ts",
-    "./stub": "./src/actors/stub.ts",
+    "./proxy": "./src/actors/proxy.ts",
     "./watch": "./src/actors/util/watch.ts",
     "./server-run": "./src/actors/server/run.ts",
     "./server-gen": "./src/actors/server/gen.ts",
diff --git a/src/actors/mod.ts b/src/actors/mod.ts
index b65b787..c337852 100644
--- a/src/actors/mod.ts
+++ b/src/actors/mod.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 export interface Actor {
 }
 
+export type { ActorProxy } from "./proxyutil.ts";
 export { ActorRuntime } from "./runtime.ts";
 export type { ActorConstructor } from "./runtime.ts";
 export { ActorState } from "./state.ts";
 export { type ActorStorage } from "./storage.ts";
-export type { ActorProxy, ActorProxy as ActorStub } from "./stubutil.ts";
 export { actorId } from "./util/id.ts";
diff --git a/src/actors/stub.ts b/src/actors/proxy.ts
similarity index 53%
rename from src/actors/stub.ts
rename to src/actors/proxy.ts
index d925313..0cd48fe 100644
--- a/src/actors/stub.ts
+++ b/src/actors/proxy.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // deno-lint-ignore-file no-explicit-any
-import type { Actor, ActorConstructor } from "./runtime.ts";
 import {
   type ActorProxy,
   create,
   createHttpInvoker,
-  type StubFactory,
-} from "./stubutil.ts";
-export type { ActorProxy, ActorProxy as ActorStub };
+  type ProxyFactory,
+} from "./proxyutil.ts";
+import type { Actor, ActorConstructor } from "./runtime.ts";
+export type { ActorProxy };
 export interface ActorsServer {
   url: string;
   credentials?: RequestCredentials;
@@ -18,19 +18,16 @@ export interface ActorsOptions {
   actorIdHeaderName?: string;
   errorHandling?: Record<string, new (...args: any[]) => Error>;
 }
-const stub = <TInstance extends Actor>(
-  actor: ActorConstructor<TInstance> | string,
-  options?: ActorsOptions | undefined,
-): { id: StubFactory<TInstance> } => {
-  const factory = (id: string, discriminator?: string) =>
-    createHttpInvoker(id, discriminator, options);
-  return create(actor, factory);
-};
-
 /**
  * utilities to create and manage actors.
  */
 export const actors = {
-  proxy: stub,
-  stub,
+  proxy: <TInstance extends Actor>(
+    actor: ActorConstructor<TInstance> | string,
+    options?: ActorsOptions | undefined,
+  ): { id: ProxyFactory<TInstance> } => {
+    const factory = (id: string, discriminator?: string) =>
+      createHttpInvoker(id, discriminator, options);
+    return create(actor, factory);
+  },
 };
diff --git a/src/actors/stubutil.ts b/src/actors/proxyutil.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from src/actors/stubutil.ts
rename to src/actors/proxyutil.ts
index 19783d6..6bed01f 100644
--- a/src/actors/stubutil.ts
+++ b/src/actors/proxyutil.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // deno-lint-ignore-file no-explicit-any
 import process from "node:process";
+import type { ActorsOptions, ActorsServer } from "./proxy.ts";
 import type { InvokeRequest, InvokeResponse } from "./rpc.ts";
 import type { Actor, ActorConstructor } from "./runtime.ts";
 import { EVENT_STREAM_RESPONSE_HEADER, readFromStream } from "./stream.ts";
-import type { ActorsOptions, ActorsServer, ActorStub } from "./stub.ts";
 import {
   type Channel,
   type ChannelUpgrader,
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ export const ACTOR_CONSTRUCTOR_NAME_HEADER = "x-error-constructor-name";
 export const ACTOR_DISCRIMINATOR_HEADER_NAME = "x-actor-discriminator";
 export const ACTOR_DISCRIMINATOR_QS_NAME = "actor_discriminator";
 
-export type StubFactory<TInstance> = (
+export type ProxyFactory<TInstance> = (
   id: string,
   discriminator?: string,
-) => ActorStub<TInstance>;
+) => ActorProxy<TInstance>;
 /**
  * Promise.prototype.then onfufilled callback type.
  */
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ export interface ProxyOptions<TInstance extends Actor> {
   server: string;
 }
 
-export type StubOptions<TInstance extends Actor> = ProxyOptions<TInstance>;
-
 export type PromisifyKey<Actor, key extends keyof Actor> = Actor[key] extends
   (...args: infer Args) => Awaited<infer Return>
   ? Return extends ChannelUpgrader<infer TSend, infer TReceive>
@@ -372,11 +370,9 @@ export const createRPCInvoker = <
       const resolver: RequestResolver<TResponse> = { response };
       pendingRequests.set(id, resolver);
       const cleanup = () => {
-        if (!pendingRequests.has(id)) {
-          return;
-        }
         const channelClosed = new Error("Channel closed");
         response.reject(channelClosed);
+        resolver.throw?.(channelClosed);
         resolver.stream?.close();
         resolver.ch?.close();
       };
@@ -514,7 +510,7 @@ export const create = <TInstance extends Actor>(
   invokerFactory: (id: string, discriminator?: string) => ActorInvoker,
   metadata?: unknown,
   disposer?: () => void,
-): { id: StubFactory<TInstance> } => {
+): { id: ProxyFactory<TInstance> } => {
   const name = typeof actor === "string" ? actor : actor.name;
   return {
     id: (id: string, discriminator?: string): ActorProxy<TInstance> => {
diff --git a/src/actors/rpc.ts b/src/actors/rpc.ts
index a4036f0..ed7a41e 100644
--- a/src/actors/rpc.ts
+++ b/src/actors/rpc.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // deno-lint-ignore-file no-explicit-any
+import type { ActorInvoker } from "./proxyutil.ts";
 import { isEventStreamResponse } from "./stream.ts";
-import type { ActorInvoker } from "./stubutil.ts";
 import {
   type ChannelUpgrader,
   type DuplexChannel,
diff --git a/src/actors/runtime.test.ts b/src/actors/runtime.test.ts
index e0c608c..b539224 100644
--- a/src/actors/runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/actors/runtime.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { assertEquals, assertFalse } from "jsr:@std/assert@^1.0.5";
+import { actors } from "./proxy.ts";
 import { ActorRuntime } from "./runtime.ts";
 import type { ActorState } from "./state.ts";
-import { actors } from "./stub.ts";
 import type { ChannelUpgrader } from "./util/channels/channel.ts";
 import { WatchTarget } from "./util/watch.ts";
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Counter {
   }
 
   callSayHello(): Promise<string> {
-    const hello = this.state.stub(Hello).id(this.state.id);
+    const hello = this.state.proxy(Hello).id(this.state.id);
     return hello.sayHello();
   }
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Counter {
   }
 
   async *readHelloChan(name: string): AsyncIterableIterator<string> {
-    const hello = this.state.stub(Hello).id(this.state.id);
+    const hello = this.state.proxy(Hello).id(this.state.id);
     using helloChan = hello.chan(name);
     for await (const event of helloChan.recv()) {
       yield event;
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ Deno.test("counter tests", async () => {
     reqCount++;
   });
   const actorId = "1234";
-  const counterStub = actors.stub(Counter);
+  const counterProxy = actors.proxy(Counter);
 
-  const counterActor = counterStub.id(actorId);
-  using rpcActor = counterStub.id("12345", "1234").rpc();
+  const counterActor = counterProxy.id(actorId);
+  using rpcActor = counterProxy.id("12345", "1234").rpc();
 
   for (const actor of [rpcActor, counterActor]) {
     const name = `Counter Actor`;
diff --git a/src/actors/runtime.ts b/src/actors/runtime.ts
index 7070844..ec8da20 100644
--- a/src/actors/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/actors/runtime.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 // deno-lint-ignore-file no-explicit-any
 import process from "node:process";
 import { ActorError } from "./errors.ts";
+import {
+  ACTOR_CONSTRUCTOR_NAME_HEADER,
+  ACTOR_DISCRIMINATOR_HEADER_NAME,
+  ACTOR_DISCRIMINATOR_QS_NAME,
+  ACTOR_ID_HEADER_NAME,
+} from "./proxyutil.ts";
 import { ActorSilo } from "./silo.ts";
 import type { ActorState } from "./state.ts";
 import type { ActorStorage } from "./storage.ts";
@@ -10,12 +16,6 @@ import {
   EVENT_STREAM_RESPONSE_HEADER,
   isEventStreamResponse,
 } from "./stream.ts";
-import {
-  ACTOR_CONSTRUCTOR_NAME_HEADER,
-  ACTOR_DISCRIMINATOR_HEADER_NAME,
-  ACTOR_DISCRIMINATOR_QS_NAME,
-  ACTOR_ID_HEADER_NAME,
-} from "./stubutil.ts";
 import { serializeUint8Array } from "./util/buffers.ts";
 import { isUpgrade, makeWebSocket } from "./util/channels/channel.ts";
 import { actorId as getActorId } from "./util/id.ts";
diff --git a/src/actors/runtimes/cf/fetcher.ts b/src/actors/runtimes/cf/fetcher.ts
index 87a9fbc..1bb40d1 100644
--- a/src/actors/runtimes/cf/fetcher.ts
+++ b/src/actors/runtimes/cf/fetcher.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { DurableObjectNamespace } from "@cloudflare/workers-types";
+import { ACTOR_ID_HEADER_NAME } from "../../proxyutil.ts";
 import type { ActorConstructor, ActorFetcher } from "../../runtime.ts";
-import { ACTOR_ID_HEADER_NAME } from "../../stubutil.ts";
 import { actorId as getActorId } from "../../util/id.ts";
 import { registerActors } from "./actorDO.ts";
 
diff --git a/src/actors/silo.ts b/src/actors/silo.ts
index 13dee8b..381da6d 100644
--- a/src/actors/silo.ts
+++ b/src/actors/silo.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { ActorError } from "./errors.ts";
-import { rpc } from "./rpc.ts";
-import type { ActorConstructor, ActorInstance } from "./runtime.ts";
-import { ActorState } from "./state.ts";
-import type { ActorStorage } from "./storage.ts";
 import {
   type ActorInvoker,
   create,
   createHttpInvoker,
   WELL_KNOWN_RPC_MEHTOD,
-} from "./stubutil.ts";
+} from "./proxyutil.ts";
+import { rpc } from "./rpc.ts";
+import type { ActorConstructor, ActorInstance } from "./runtime.ts";
+import { ActorState } from "./state.ts";
+import type { ActorStorage } from "./storage.ts";
 import { isUpgrade, makeDuplexChannel } from "./util/channels/channel.ts";
 // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
 type FunctionType = (...args: any) => any;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class ActorSilo<TEnv extends object = object> {
         id: this.actorId,
         discriminator: this.discriminator,
         storage,
-        stub: (actor) => {
+        proxy: (actor) => {
           const invoker = (id: string) => {
             if (id === this.actorId) {
               return this.invoker;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export class ActorSilo<TEnv extends object = object> {
       );
     }
 
-    const actorStub = new Proxy(actorInstance.actor, {
+    const actorProxy = new Proxy(actorInstance.actor, {
       get(target, prop, receiver) {
         if (prop === "metadata") {
           return metadata;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class ActorSilo<TEnv extends object = object> {
 
     // deno-lint-ignore ban-types
     const result = await (methodImpl as Function).apply(
-      actorStub,
+      actorProxy,
       Array.isArray(args) ? args : [args],
     );
 
diff --git a/src/actors/state.ts b/src/actors/state.ts
index 502b215..1f789f7 100644
--- a/src/actors/state.ts
+++ b/src/actors/state.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
+import type { create } from "./proxyutil.ts";
 import type { Actor, ActorConstructor } from "./runtime.ts";
 import type { ActorStorage } from "./storage.ts";
-import type { create } from "./stubutil.ts";
 
 export interface ActorStateOptions {
   id: string;
   discriminator?: string;
   storage: ActorStorage;
-  stub: <TInstance extends Actor>(
+  proxy: <TInstance extends Actor>(
     actor: ActorConstructor<TInstance>,
   ) => ReturnType<typeof create<TInstance>>;
 }
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ export class ActorState {
   public id: string;
   public discriminator?: string;
   public storage: ActorStorage;
-  public stub: <TInstance extends Actor>(
+  public proxy: <TInstance extends Actor>(
     actor: ActorConstructor<TInstance>,
   ) => ReturnType<typeof create<TInstance>>;
   public initialization: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
   constructor(options: ActorStateOptions) {
     this.storage = options.storage;
-    this.stub = options.stub;
+    this.proxy = options.proxy;
     this.id = options.id;
     this.discriminator = options.discriminator;
   }
diff --git a/src/actors/util/id.ts b/src/actors/util/id.ts
index 761f3a2..0efbf1d 100644
--- a/src/actors/util/id.ts
+++ b/src/actors/util/id.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ACTOR_ID_HEADER_NAME, ACTOR_ID_QS_NAME } from "../stubutil.ts";
+import { ACTOR_ID_HEADER_NAME, ACTOR_ID_QS_NAME } from "../proxyutil.ts";
 
 /**
  * Retrieves the actor ID from the request.