diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 473d15d..f3c3f62 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ while True:
     for conn in bot.conns.itervalues():
         try:
             out = conn.out.get_nowait()
+            main(conn, out)
         except Queue.Empty:
             pass
-        main(conn, out)
     while all(conn.out.empty() for conn in bot.conns.itervalues()):
         time.sleep(.3)
diff --git a/core/irc.py b/core/irc.py
index 9c42759..6eac7f3 100644
--- a/core/irc.py
+++ b/core/irc.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class crlf_ssl_tcp(crlf_tcp):
     
     def create_socket(self):
         return wrap_socket(crlf_tcp.create_socket(self), server_side=False, 
-                cert_reqs = [CERT_NONE, CERT_REQUIRED][self.ignore_cert_errors])
+                cert_reqs = [CERT_REQUIRED, CERT_NONE][self.ignore_cert_errors])
         
     def recv_from_socket(self, nbytes):
         return self.socket.read(nbytes)
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class FakeIRC(IRC):
 class SSLIRC(IRC):
     def __init__(self, server, nick, port=6667, channels=[], conf={}, 
                  ignore_certificate_errors=True):
-        self.ignore_cert_errors = ignore_cert_errors
+        self.ignore_cert_errors = ignore_certificate_errors
         IRC.__init__(self, server, nick, port, channels, conf)
         
     def create_connection(self):