diff --git a/etc/checksum/md5sum.md5 b/etc/checksum/md5sum.md5
index ee57330..80b24f4 100644
--- a/etc/checksum/md5sum.md5
+++ b/etc/checksum/md5sum.md5
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ b6f5f8e43c1e480329b66e193bd91751  ./lib/header_check/__init__.py
 9a2bb0d52f64e12d5a63ce83874ea74a  ./lib/core/common.py
 1faa2b5dfad6eb538bbfe42942d2a9da  ./lib/core/errors.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./lib/core/__init__.py
-4a87e14ed7a070ae15b1ed7ac7ceaecc  ./lib/core/settings.py
+b522fe8e1060ea226bce5247bb498b97  ./lib/core/settings.py
 4b507b34677b414b8338475fea2c012a  ./lib/core/cache.py
 9a02e5b913d210350545ac26510a63c9  ./var/search/__init__.py
-8402f23a2586b6f684fb1c3c04c4386f  ./var/search/selenium_search.py
+1c11255dbb09c0889dd0aa739a437f95  ./var/search/selenium_search.py
 63ba132381a0cc2d7629852bd5e4aa17  ./var/search/pgp_search.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./var/__init__.py
 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./var/auto_issue/__init__.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 227f8a3..3542a4c 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ CLONE = "https://github.com/ekultek/zeus-scanner.git"
 ISSUE_LINK = "https://github.com/ekultek/zeus-scanner/issues"
 
 # current version <major.minor.commit.patch ID>
-VERSION = "1.3".format(PATCH_ID)
+VERSION = "1.3.1.{}".format(PATCH_ID)
 
 # colors to output depending on the version
 VERSION_TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 92, "other": 30}
diff --git a/var/search/selenium_search.py b/var/search/selenium_search.py
index 6a16947..98d9bd3 100644
--- a/var/search/selenium_search.py
+++ b/var/search/selenium_search.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ except ImportError:
 import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
 from selenium.webdriver.remote.errorhandler import (
     UnexpectedAlertPresentException,
@@ -364,7 +365,16 @@ def parse_search_results(query, url_to_search, verbose=False, **kwargs):
     ))
 
     logger.info(set_color(proxy_string_info))
-    req = requests.get(query_url, proxies=proxy_string, params=headers)
+
+    try:
+        req = requests.get(query_url, proxies=proxy_string, params=headers)
+    except ConnectionError:
+        logger.warning(set_color(
+            "target machine refused connection, delaying and trying again..."
+        ))
+        time.sleep(3)
+        req = requests.get(query_url, proxies=proxy_string, params=headers)
+
     logger.info(set_color(user_agent_info))
     req.headers.update(headers)
     found_urls = URL_REGEX.findall(req.text)
@@ -481,7 +491,7 @@ def search_multiple_pages(query, link_amount, verbose=False, **kwargs):
                     "currently on page {} of search results...".format(
                         page_number
                     )
-            ))
+                ))
             page_request = requests.get(
                 search_engine.format(page_number, query, page_number), params=params,
                 proxies=proxy_string_to_dict(proxy)