diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /__pycache__/
 ^\..*
 ^certs/
-^config.json
+^config.json$
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"hosts": ["127.0.0.1"],
-	"port": 9021,
+	"port": 9901,
 	"batchSize": 256
 }
diff --git a/src/client.py b/src/client.py
--- a/src/client.py
+++ b/src/client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import sys
 import collections
 import socket
 import ssl
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ import config as conf
 import stats
 from util import Progress
 from hashtree import HashTree,hashBlock
-from netnode import BaseConnection,NetNode
+from netnode import BaseConnection,NetNode,FailedConnection
 
 
 class Connection(BaseConnection):
@@ -22,13 +21,20 @@ class Connection(BaseConnection):
 		sslContext.load_cert_chain(conf.certfile,conf.keyfile)
 
 		self._socket=sslContext.wrap_socket(sock)
+
 		try:
 			self._socket.connect((host,port))
-		except ConnectionRefusedError:
-			print("Couldn't connect to {0}:{1}".format(conf.hosts[0],conf.port))
-			sys.exit(1)
+		except ConnectionRefusedError as e:
+			log.exception(e)
+			print("Couldn't connect to {0}:{1}".format(host,port))
+			raise FailedConnection()
+		except ssl.SSLError as e:
+			log.exception(e)
+			print("Error creating SSL connection to {0}:{1}".format(host,port))
+			raise FailedConnection()
 
 		self.createNetworkers()
+		print("Connected to {0}".format(host))
 
 
 class Client(NetNode):
diff --git a/src/morevna.py b/src/morevna.py
--- a/src/morevna.py
+++ b/src/morevna.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from util import spawnDaemon, splitHost
 import config as conf
 import stats
 from hashtree import HashTree
-from client import Client, Connection as ClientConnection
+from client import Client, Connection as ClientConnection, FailedConnection
 from server import Miniserver
 
 
@@ -37,13 +37,16 @@ def push(args):
 	if args.port: conf.port=args.port
 
 	c=Client(args.datafile,args.tree)
-	for host in conf.hosts:
-		with ClientConnection(*splitHost(host,conf.port)) as con:
-			c.setConnection(con)
-			blocksToTransfer=c.negotiate()
-			c.sendData(blocksToTransfer)
-		print()
-		print(stats.report())
+	for h in conf.hosts:
+		host=splitHost(h,conf.port)
+		try:
+			with ClientConnection(*host) as con:
+				c.setConnection(con)
+				blocksToTransfer=c.negotiate()
+				c.sendData(blocksToTransfer)
+			print()
+			print(stats.report())
+		except FailedConnection: continue
 
 def pull(args):
 	_checkFile(args.datafile)
@@ -53,12 +56,15 @@ def pull(args):
 	if args.port: conf.port=args.port
 
 	c=Client(args.datafile,args.tree)
-	with ClientConnection(*splitHost(conf.hosts[0],conf.port)) as con:
-		c.setConnection(con)
-		blocksToTransfer=c.negotiate()
-		c.pullData(blocksToTransfer)
-	print()
-	print(stats.report())
+	host=splitHost(conf.hosts[0],conf.port)
+	try:
+		with ClientConnection(*host) as con:
+			c.setConnection(con)
+			blocksToTransfer=c.negotiate()
+			c.pullData(blocksToTransfer)
+		print()
+		print(stats.report())
+	except FailedConnection: pass
 
 def serve(args):
 	_checkFile(args.datafile)
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ pUpdate.set_defaults(func=push)
 
 pUpdate=subparsers.add_parser("pull")
 pUpdate.add_argument("-p","--port",type=int)
-pUpdate.add_argument("--host",default="127.0.0.1")
+pUpdate.add_argument("--host")
 pUpdate.add_argument("-t","--tree",help="stored hash tree location")
 pUpdate.add_argument("datafile")
 pUpdate.set_defaults(func=pull)
diff --git a/src/netnode.py b/src/netnode.py
--- a/src/netnode.py
+++ b/src/netnode.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ from networkers import NetworkReader,Net
 from hashtree import HashTree
 
 
+class FailedConnection(Exception): pass
+
+
 class BaseConnection: # abstract
 	def __init__(self):
 		self._socket=None