diff --git a/torpinger b/torpinger
index 16299d3..e8ab37d 100755
--- a/torpinger
+++ b/torpinger
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class TorPinger(object):
             print(resp.read())
             resp.close()
         except OSError as e:
-            print('Time out',e)
+            print('Error:', e)
+            sys.exit(1)
 
     def which_socks(self):
         op = subprocess.check_output('netstat -lnt',shell=True).decode()
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ class TorPinger(object):
             time.sleep(self.timeout_one_check)
         ## If we get away from loop due to timeout, then exit
         if len(SOCKS) == 0:
-            print('Sorry dude couldn\'t find any active tor connection in the\
-                    given time, exitting')
+            print('Sorry dude - couldn\'t find any active Tor connection in the'
+                  ' given time, exiting.')
             return 
         ## Else we are good to go and have a list of open tor sockets
         ## Of which we choose the one with highest priority