diff --git a/includes/proxywatchd.py b/includes/proxywatchd.py
index 96d32af..63e016d 100644
--- a/includes/proxywatchd.py
+++ b/includes/proxywatchd.py
@@ -76,25 +76,23 @@ class Proxywatchd(Thread):
     else: return 1
 
   def connect_socket(self, proxy, servers, proto = None):
-    proto = ['http', 'socks5', 'socks4']
+    protos = ['http', 'socks5', 'socks4']
 
-    for p in proto:
+    for proto in protos:
       torhost = random.choice(self.torhosts)
       duration = time.time()
       proxies = [ rocksock.RocksockProxyFromURL('socks4://%s' % torhost),
-                  rocksock.RocksockProxyFromURL('%s://%s' % (p, proxy[0])),
+                  rocksock.RocksockProxyFromURL('%s://%s' % (proto, proxy[0])),
                 ]
 
-      tst = random.choice(servers).strip()
+      srv = random.choice(servers).strip()
       try:
-        sock = rocksock.Rocksock(host=tst, port=6697, ssl=True, proxies=proxies, timeout=self.timeout)
+        sock = rocksock.Rocksock(host=srv, port=6697, ssl=True, proxies=proxies, timeout=self.timeout)
         sock.connect()
         sock.send('%s\n' % random.choice(['NICK', 'USER', 'JOIN', 'MODE', 'PART', 'INVITE', 'KNOCK', 'WHOIS', 'WHO', 'NOTICE', 'PRIVMSG', 'PING', 'QUIT']))
-        return sock, p, duration, torhost, tst
+        return sock, proto, duration, torhost, srv
 
-      except:
-        #print('socket error, disconnecting')
-        sock.disconnect()
+      except: sock.disconnect()
 
     return False, False, False, False, False
 
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ class Proxywatchd(Thread):
         time.sleep(0.1)
         nextcheck = (time.time() + 1800 + ((1+int(proxy[1])) * 3600))
 
-        sock, proto, duration, tor, tst = self.connect_socket(proxy, servers, proto=proxy[3])
+        sock, proto, duration, tor, srv = self.connect_socket(proxy, servers, proto=proxy[3])
         if not sock:
           sqlite_requests.append(((proxy[1]+1), nextcheck, 1, 'unknown', 'http', 0, proxy[0],))
           continue
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ class Proxywatchd(Thread):
 
             #dronebl = self.is_drone_bl(proxy[0])
             sqlite_requests.append( (0, time.time(), 1, match, proto, duration, proxy[0],))
-            _log('%s://%s; c: %s; d: %d sec(s); tor: %s; irc: %s; recv: %s' % (proto, proxy[0], match, duration, tor, tst, recv), threadid)
+            _log('%s://%s; c: %s; d: %d sec(s); tor: %s; srv: %s; recv: %s' % (proto, proxy[0], match, duration, tor, srv, recv), threadid)
 
           # bad data
           else: