diff --git a/server_code.py b/server_code.py
index 13a8896..04b9568 100755
--- a/server_code.py
+++ b/server_code.py
@@ -86,25 +86,13 @@ def broadcast(message, connection):
 def remove(connection): 
     if connection in list_of_clients: 
         list_of_clients.remove(connection) 
+try: 
+    host_ip = socket.gethostbyname('www.google.com') 
+except socket.gaierror: 
   
-while True: 
-  
-    """Accepts a connection request and stores two parameters,  
-    conn which is a socket object for that user, and addr  
-    which contains the IP address of the client that just  
-    connected"""
-    conn, addr = server.accept() 
-  
-    """Maintains a list of clients for ease of broadcasting 
-    a message to all available people in the chatroom"""
-    list_of_clients.append(conn) 
-  
-    # prints the address of the user that just connected 
-    print(addr[0] + " connected")
-  
-    # creates and individual thread for every user  
-    # that connects 
-    start_new_thread(clientthread,(conn,addr))     
+    # this means could not resolve the host 
+    print "there was an error resolving the host"
+    sys.exit()  
   
 conn.close() 
 server.close()