diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 3204a09..421c064 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ def load():
 	args = aparse.parse_args()
 
 	watchd_threads = args.watchd_threads
+
+	global servers
+	with open('servers.txt', 'r') as handle:
+		servers = handle.read().split('\n')
diff --git a/ppf.py b/ppf.py
index 59deb86..a7e308e 100755
--- a/ppf.py
+++ b/ppf.py
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ def proxyleech(sqlite, rows):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	config.load()
-	print repr(config.torhosts)
 	proxies={'http':'socks4://%s' % random.choice(config.torhosts),'https':'socks4://%s' % random.choice(config.torhosts)}
 
 	sqlite = mysqlite.mysqlite(config.database, str)
@@ -172,7 +171,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	empty = [ urignore.append(i.split('/')[2]) for i in searx_instances ]
 
 	# start proxy watcher
-	watcherd = proxywatchd.Proxywatchd() if config.watchd_threads > 0 else None
+	if config.watchd_threads > 0:
+		watcherd = proxywatchd.Proxywatchd()
+		watcherd.run_background()
+	else:
+		watcherd = None
 
 	while True:
 		try:
@@ -184,9 +187,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 			## sleep
 			else: time.sleep(10)
 
-		except KeyboardInterrupt: break
+		except KeyboardInterrupt:
+			print "XXXXXX"
+			if watcherd: watcherd.stop()
+			break
 
 	print '\r',
 
 	# stop things
-	if watcherd: watcherd.stop()
+	#if watcherd: watcherd.stop()
diff --git a/proxywatchd.py b/proxywatchd.py
index 1af99e0..ae4aef7 100644
--- a/proxywatchd.py
+++ b/proxywatchd.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from threading import Thread
-import threading, commands
-import socket, time, random, sys, string, re
+import threading
+import time, random, string, re, copy
 import requests
 #from geoip import geolite2
 
@@ -12,50 +11,13 @@ import mysqlite
 from misc import _log
 import rocksock
 
-class Proxywatchd(Thread):
-
-	def stop(self):
-		_log('Requesting proxywatchd to halt (%d thread(s))' % len([item for item in self.threads if item.isAlive()]))
-		self.running = 0
-
-	def __init__(self):
-		Thread.__init__(self)
-		config.load()
-		self.threads = []
-		self.running = 1
-
-		# create table if needed
-		self.mysqlite = mysqlite.mysqlite(config.database, str)
-		self.mysqlite.execute('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS proxylist (proxy BLOB, country BLOB, added INT, failed INT, tested INT, source BLOB, dronebl INT, proto TEXT, duration INT)')
-		self.mysqlite.commit()
-		self.echoise = time.time() - 3600;
-		self.ticks = time.time() - 3600;
-
-		with open('servers.txt', 'r') as handle: self.servers = handle.read().split('\n')
-
-		self.start()
-
-	def run(self):
-		_log('Starting proxywatchd..', 'notice')
-
-		threads = []
-		self.mysqlite = mysqlite.mysqlite(config.database, str)
-
-		while self.running:
-
-			if len(threads) < config.watchd_threads:
-				t = threading.Thread(target=self.daemon, args=(self.servers,))
-				t.start()
-				threads.append(t)
-				time.sleep( random.choice( xrange(1,3)))
-
-			else: time.sleep(1)
-
-			if (time.time() - self.echoise) >= 180:
-				_log('Proxywatchd threads: %d/%d' % (len(threads), config.watchd_threads))
-				self.echoise = time.time()
-
-		self.mysqlite.close()
+class WorkerJob():
+	def __init__(self, proxy, proto, failcount):
+		self.proxy = proxy
+		self.proto = proto
+		self.failcount = failcount
+		self.nextcheck = None
+		self.duration = None
 
 	def is_drone_bl(self, proxy):
 		p = proxy.split(':')[0]
@@ -64,85 +26,196 @@ class Proxywatchd(Thread):
 		if 'No incidents regarding' in resp.text: return 0
 		else: return 1
 
-	def connect_socket(self, proxy, servers, proto = None):
-		protos = ['http', 'socks5', 'socks4'] if proto is None else proto
+	def connect_socket(self):
+		protos = ['http', 'socks5', 'socks4'] if self.proto is None else self.proto
 
 		for proto in protos:
 			torhost = random.choice(config.torhosts)
 			duration = time.time()
-			proxies = [ rocksock.RocksockProxyFromURL('socks4://%s' % torhost),
-									rocksock.RocksockProxyFromURL('%s://%s' % (proto, proxy[0])),
-								]
+			proxies = [
+				rocksock.RocksockProxyFromURL('socks4://%s' % torhost),
+				rocksock.RocksockProxyFromURL('%s://%s' % (proto, self.proxy)),
+			]
 
-			srv = random.choice(servers).strip()
+			srv = random.choice(config.servers).strip()
 			try:
 				sock = rocksock.Rocksock(host=srv, port=6697, ssl=True, proxies=proxies, timeout=config.timeout)
 				sock.connect()
 				sock.send('%s\n' % random.choice(['NICK', 'USER', 'JOIN', 'MODE', 'PART', 'INVITE', 'KNOCK', 'WHOIS', 'WHO', 'NOTICE', 'PRIVMSG', 'PING', 'QUIT']))
 				return sock, proto, duration, torhost, srv
-
+			except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+				raise(e)
 			except: sock.disconnect()
 
 		return None, None, None, None, None
 
-	def daemon(self, servers):
-		sqlite = mysqlite.mysqlite(config.database, str)
-		threadid = ''.join( [ random.choice(string.letters) for x in range(5) ] )
+	def run(self):
+		self.nextcheck = (time.time() + 1800 + ((1+int(self.failcount)) * 3600))
 
-		q = 'SELECT proxy,failed,country,proto FROM proxylist WHERE failed<? and tested<? ORDER BY RANDOM() LIMIT ?'
+		sock, proto, duration, tor, srv = self.connect_socket()
+		if not sock:
+			self.failcount += 1
+			return
+		try:
+			recv = sock.recv(6)
 
-		while self.running:
-			sqlite_requests = []
-			rows = sqlite.execute(q, (config.maxfail, time.time(), random.randint(10,20))).fetchall()
-			if not len(rows):
-				time.sleep(random.randint(10,20))
-				continue
+			# good data
+			if re.match('^(:|ERROR|PING|PONG|NOTICE|\*\*\*)', recv, re.IGNORECASE):
+				duration = (time.time() - duration)
+				self.nextcheck = (time.time() + 1800)
 
-			abc = ' OR proxy='.join( [ '?' for x in xrange(0, len(rows)) ] )
-			args = [ (time.time() + 180) ]
-			e = [ args.append(i[0]) for i in rows ]
-			sqlite.executemany('UPDATE proxylist SET tested=? WHERE proxy=%s' % abc, (args,))
-			sqlite.commit()
+				#match = geolite2.lookup(proxy[0].split(':')[0])
+				match = None
+				if match is not None: match = match.country
+				else: match = 'unknown'
 
-			for proxy in rows:
-				time.sleep(0.1)
-				nextcheck = (time.time() + 1800 + ((1+int(proxy[1])) * 3600))
+				#dronebl = self.is_drone_bl(proxy[0])
+				self.proto = proto
+				self.duation = duration
+				self.failcount = 0
+				_log('%s://%s; c: %s; d: %d sec(s); tor: %s; srv: %s; recv: %s' % (proto, self.proxy, match, duration, tor, srv, recv), 'xxxxx')
+		except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+			raise e
+		except:
+			self.failcount += 1
+		finally:
+			sock.disconnect()
 
-				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', None, 0, proxy[0],))
-					continue
 
-				try:
-					recv = sock.recv(6)
+class WorkerThread():
+	def __init__ (self, id):
+		self.id = id
+		self.done = threading.Event()
+		self.thread = None
+		self.workqueue = []
+		self.workdone = []
+	def stop(self):
+		self.done.set()
+	def term(self):
+		if self.thread: self.thread.join()
+	def add_jobs(self, jobs):
+		self.workqueue.extend(jobs)
+	def jobcount(self):
+		return len(self.workqueue)
+	def collect(self):
+		wd = copy.copy(self.workdone)
+		self.workdone = []
+		return wd
+	def start_thread(self):
+		self.thread = threading.Thread(target=self.workloop)
+		self.thread.daemon = True
+		self.thread.start()
+	def workloop(self):
+		while True:
+			if len(self.workqueue):
+				job = self.workqueue.pop()
+				job.run()
+				self.workdone.append(job)
+			elif not self.thread:
+				break
+			if self.done.is_set(): break
+			time.sleep(0.01)
+		if self.thread:
+			_log("thread %s terminated", self.id)
 
-					# good data
-					if re.match('^(:|ERROR|PING|PONG|NOTICE|\*\*\*)', recv, re.IGNORECASE):
-						duration = (time.time() - duration)
-						nextcheck = (time.time() + 1800)
+class Proxywatchd():
 
-						#match = geolite2.lookup(proxy[0].split(':')[0])
-						match = None
-						if match is not None: match = match.country
-						else: match = 'unknown'
+	def stop(self):
+		_log('Requesting proxywatchd to halt (%d thread(s))' % len([item for item in self.threads if True]))
+		self.stopping.set()
 
-						#dronebl = self.is_drone_bl(proxy[0])
-						sqlite_requests.append( (0, nextcheck, 1, match, proto, duration, proxy[0],))
-						_log('%s://%s; c: %s; d: %d sec(s); tor: %s; srv: %s; recv: %s' % (proto, proxy[0], match, duration, tor, srv, recv), threadid)
+	def __init__(self):
+		config.load()
+		self.threads = []
+		self.stopping = threading.Event()
 
-					# bad data
-					else:
-						sqlite_requests.append(( (proxy[1]+1), nextcheck, 1, 'unknown', None, 0, proxy[0],))
+		# create table if needed
+		self.mysqlite = mysqlite.mysqlite(config.database, str)
+		self.mysqlite.execute('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS proxylist (proxy BLOB, country BLOB, added INT, failed INT, tested INT, source BLOB, dronebl INT, proto TEXT, duration INT)')
+		self.mysqlite.commit()
+		self.mysqlite.close()
+		self.mysqlite = None
 
-				# also bad
-				except:
-					sqlite_requests.append(( (proxy[1]+1), nextcheck, 1, 'unknown', None, 0, proxy[0],))
+		self.echoise = time.time() - 3600;
+		self.ticks = time.time() - 3600;
+		self.jobs = []
+		self.collected = []
 
-				finally:
-					sock.disconnect()
+	def prepare_jobs(self):
+		q = 'SELECT proxy,proto,failed FROM proxylist WHERE failed<? and tested<? ORDER BY RANDOM()' # ' LIMIT ?'
+		rows = self.mysqlite.execute(q, (config.maxfail, time.time())).fetchall()
+		for row in rows:
+			job = WorkerJob(row[0], row[1], row[2])
+			self.jobs.append(job)
 
-			for r in sqlite_requests:
-				sqlite.execute('UPDATE proxylist SET failed=?,tested=?,dronebl=?,country=?,proto=?,duration=? WHERE proxy=?', r)
-			sqlite.commit()
+	def collect_work(self):
+		for wt in self.threads:
+			self.collected.extend(wt.collect())
 
-		sqlite.close()
+	def submit_collected(self):
+		query = 'UPDATE proxylist SET failed=?,tested=?,dronebl=?,country=?,proto=?,duration=? WHERE proxy=?'
+		for job in self.collected:
+			self.mysqlite.execute(query, (job.failcount, job.nextcheck, 1, "unknown", job.proto, job.duration, job.proxy))
+		self.mysqlite.commit()
+
+	def find_best_thread(self):
+		least_jobs = 9999999999999999999
+		least_tid = 0
+		for i in range(len(self.threads)):
+			cnt = self.threads[i].jobcount()
+			if cnt < least_jobs:
+				least_jobs = cnt
+				least_tid = i
+		return least_tid
+
+	def run_background(self):
+		t = threading.Thread(target=self.run)
+                t.daemon = True
+                t.start()
+
+	def run(self):
+		_log('Starting proxywatchd..', 'notice')
+		self.mysqlite = mysqlite.mysqlite(config.database, str)
+
+		for i in range(config.watchd_threads):
+			threadid = ''.join( [ random.choice(string.letters) for x in range(5) ] )
+			wt = WorkerThread(threadid)
+			if config.watchd_threads > 1:
+				wt.start_thread()
+			self.threads.append(wt)
+
+		while True:
+
+			if self.stopping.is_set():
+				for wt in self.threads:
+					wt.stop()
+				for wt in self.threads:
+					wt.term()
+				self.collect_work()
+				self.submit_collected()
+				break
+
+			if len(self.jobs) == 0:
+				self.prepare_jobs()
+				while len(self.jobs):
+					tid = self.find_best_thread()
+					self.threads[tid].add_jobs([self.jobs.pop()])
+
+			if config.watchd_threads == 1: # single_thread scenario
+				self.threads[0].workloop()
+
+			self.collect_work()
+
+			if len(self.collected) > 50:
+				self.submit_collected()
+
+			time.sleep(1)
+
+		self.mysqlite.close()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	w = Proxywatchd()
+	try:
+		w.run()
+	except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
+		w.stop()