diff --git a/IRCBot.py b/IRCBot.py
index be1fac9c..36f3b789 100644
--- a/IRCBot.py
+++ b/IRCBot.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import EventManager, IRCServer, ModuleManager, Timer
 class Bot(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.args = None
         self.database = None
         self.config = None
         self.bot_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ class Bot(object):
     def connect_all(self):
         for server in self.servers.values():
             if server.get_setting("connect", True):
-                self.connect(server)
+                if not self.connect(server):
+                    return False
+        return True
 
     def setup_timers(self, event):
         for setting, value in self.find_settings("timer-%"):
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ class Bot(object):
         timer = Timer.Timer(self, event_name, delay, next_due, **kwargs)
         if id:
             timer.id = id
-        else:
+        elif persist:
             self.timer_setting(timer)
         self.timers.append(timer)
     def next_timer(self):
@@ -67,15 +70,14 @@ class Bot(object):
             time_left = timer.time_left()
             if not next or time_left < next:
                 next = time_left
-        return next or 30
+
+        return next if not next == None and next <= 30 else 30;
     def call_timers(self):
         for timer in self.timers[:]:
             if timer.due():
                 timer.call()
                 if timer.done():
                     self.timer_setting_remove(timer)
-                else:
-                    self.timer_setting(timer)
 
     def register_read(self, server):
         self.poll.modify(server.fileno(), select.EPOLLIN)
@@ -124,7 +126,8 @@ class Bot(object):
                     if event & select.EPOLLIN:
                         lines = server.read()
                         for line in lines:
-                            print(line)
+                            if self.args.verbose:
+                                print(line)
                             server.parse_line(line)
                     elif event & select.EPOLLOUT:
                         server._send()
diff --git a/start.py b/start.py
index 748a5089..848a2a08 100755
--- a/start.py
+++ b/start.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ arg_parser.add_argument("--config", "-c", default="bot.json",
     help="Location of the JSON config file")
 arg_parser.add_argument("--database", "-d", default="bot.db",
     help="Location of the sqlite3 database file")
+arg_parser.add_argument("--verbose", "-v", action="store_true")
+
 args = arg_parser.parse_args()
 
 bot = IRCBot.Bot()
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ database = Database.Database(bot, args.database)
 config_object = Config.Config(bot, args.config)
 bot.database = database
 bot.config_object = config_object
+bot.args = args
 bot.modules.load_modules()
 
 servers = database.get_servers()
@@ -28,8 +31,8 @@ for server in servers:
 if len(bot.servers):
     bot.events.on("boot").on("done").call()
     time.sleep(5)
-    bot.connect_all()
-    bot.run()
+    if bot.connect_all():
+        bot.run()
 else:
     try:
         if bool_input("no servers found, add one?"):