diff --git a/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb b/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
index fbf01a0..1fc7910 100755
--- a/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
+++ b/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ require 'rexml/document'
 require 'date'
 require 'getoptlong'
 
+@debug=false
+
 def usage
 	puts <<EOT
 Usage: #{$0.sub(/.*\//, "")} [options]
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ Usage: #{$0.sub(/.*\//, "")} [options]
 -l, --list			list podcasts
 -p, --podcast <podcast>		only fetch <podcast>
 -v, --verbose			be more verbose
+
+To use a proxy set the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, like such:
+export HTTP_PROXY=http://<host>:<port>
 EOT
 	exit
 end
@@ -101,11 +106,25 @@ def fetch(uri_str, limit = 10)
 	proxy_pass = nil
 
 	if ENV['HTTP_PROXY']
+		begin
 		uri = URI.parse(ENV['HTTP_PROXY'])
 		proxy_host = uri.host
 		proxy_port = uri.port
 		proxy_user, proxy_pass = uri.userinfo.split(/:/) if uri.userinfo
+		rescue
+			puts $!
+		end
 	end
+if @debug
+p "Host: #{host}"
+p "Path: #{path}"
+p "Query: #{query}"
+
+p "proxy_host #{proxy_host}"
+p "proxy_port #{proxy_port}"
+p "proxy_user #{proxy_user}"
+p "proxy_pass #{proxy_pass}"
+end
 
 	Net::HTTP::Proxy(proxy_host, proxy_port,
 		proxy_user, proxy_pass).start(host) {|http|
@@ -114,7 +133,9 @@ def fetch(uri_str, limit = 10)
 		else
 			req = Net::HTTP::Get.new("#{path}")
 		end
-		req.basic_auth @user, @pass
+		if ! @user.nil? && ! @pass.nil?
+			req.basic_auth @user, @pass
+		end
 		response = http.request(req)
 		case response
 		when Net::HTTPSuccess		then response
@@ -124,6 +145,7 @@ def fetch(uri_str, limit = 10)
 		when Net::HTTPNotFound		then puts "404 Not Found #{uri_str}"; response.error!
 		when Net::HTTPUnauthorized	then puts "401 Authorization Required #{uri_str}"; response.error!
 		else
+			puts response.message
 			response.error!
 		end
 	}
@@ -176,6 +198,8 @@ def getenclosure(podcast, item)
 				return "#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}"
 			rescue Timeout::Error, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH, Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, Net::HTTPFatalError
 				puts "	error #{$!} fetching, skipping"
+			rescue
+				puts "WTF"
 			end
 		else
 			return "#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}"