diff --git a/bin/netsvc.py b/bin/netsvc.py
index 0a9bfa53e2e..872b3f4c9a5 100644
--- a/bin/netsvc.py
+++ b/bin/netsvc.py
@@ -198,16 +198,13 @@ class GenericXMLRPCRequestHandler:
 		import traceback
 		try:
 			n=self.path.split("/")[-1]
-#			print "TERP-CALLING:",n,method,params
 			s=LocalService(n)
 			m=getattr(s,method)
 			s._service._response=None
 			r=m(*params)
 			res=s._service._response
 			if res!=None:
-#				print "RESPONSE FOUND"
 				r=res
-#			print "TERP-RETURN :",r
 			return r
 		except Exception,e:
 			logger = Logger()
@@ -262,13 +259,10 @@ class HttpDaemon(threading.Thread):
 		else:
 			self.server.socket.shutdown(2)
 		self.server.socket.close()
-#		self.server.socket.close()
-#		del self.server
 
 	def run(self):
 		self.server.register_introspection_functions()
 
-#		self.server.serve_forever()
 		self.running = True
 		while self.running:
 			self.server.handle_request()
@@ -307,8 +301,7 @@ class TinySocketClientThread(threading.Thread):
 					res=s._service._response
 					if res!=None:
 						r=res
-					result = r
-					ts.mysend(result)
+					ts.mysend(r)
 				except Exception, e:
 					logger = Logger()
 					logger.notifyChannel("web-services", LOG_ERROR, 'Exception in call: ' + reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, traceback.format_exc()))
@@ -327,8 +320,6 @@ class TinySocketClientThread(threading.Thread):
 			return False
 	def stop(self):
 		self.running = False
-#		self.sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
-#		self.sock.close()
 
 class TinySocketServerThread(threading.Thread):
 	def __init__(self, interface, port, secure=False):
@@ -346,14 +337,10 @@ class TinySocketServerThread(threading.Thread):
 		try:
 			self.running = True
 			while self.running:
-				#accept connections from outside
 				(clientsocket, address) = self.socket.accept()
-				#now do something with the clientsocket
-				#in this case, we'll pretend this is a threaded server
 				ct = TinySocketClientThread(clientsocket, self.threads)
 				ct.start()
 				self.threads.append(ct)
-#				print "threads size:", len(self.threads)
 			self.socket.close()
 		except Exception, e:
 			self.socket.close()
diff --git a/bin/tiny_socket.py b/bin/tiny_socket.py
index 52690d09c1b..545462d5c06 100644
--- a/bin/tiny_socket.py
+++ b/bin/tiny_socket.py
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import socket
 import cPickle
 import marshal
 
+class Myexception(Exception):
+	def __init__(self, faultCode, faultString):
+		self.faultCode = faultCode
+		self.faultString = faultString
+
 class mysocket:
 	def __init__(self, sock=None):
 		if sock is None:
@@ -10,8 +15,11 @@ class mysocket:
 		else:
 			self.sock = sock
 		self.sock.settimeout(60)
-	def connect(self, host, port):
-		self.sock.connect((host, port))
+	def connect(self, host, port=False):
+		if not port:
+			protocol, buf = host.split('//')
+			host, port = buf.split(':')
+		self.sock.connect((host, int(port)))
 	def disconnect(self):
 		self.sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
 		self.sock.close()
@@ -19,6 +27,7 @@ class mysocket:
 		msg = cPickle.dumps(msg)
 		size = len(msg)
 		self.sock.send('%8d' % size)
+		self.sock.send(exception and "1" or "0")
 		totalsent = 0
 		while totalsent < size:
 			sent = self.sock.send(msg[totalsent:])
@@ -33,6 +42,11 @@ class mysocket:
 				raise RuntimeError, "socket connection broken"
 			buf += chunk
 		size = int(buf)
+		buf = self.sock.recv(1)
+		if buf != "0":
+			exception = buf
+		else:
+			exception = False
 		msg = ''
 		while len(msg) < size:
 			chunk = self.sock.recv(size-len(msg))
@@ -41,6 +55,8 @@ class mysocket:
 			msg = msg + chunk
 		res = cPickle.loads(msg)
 		if isinstance(res,Exception):
+			if exception:
+				raise Myexception(exception, str(res))
 			raise res
 		else:
 			return res