diff --git a/libpathod/pathoc.py b/libpathod/pathoc.py
index 9320b1c5e..3791c1168 100644
--- a/libpathod/pathoc.py
+++ b/libpathod/pathoc.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 from netlib import tcp, http
 import rparse
 
@@ -16,16 +17,35 @@ def print_full(fp, httpversion, code, msg, headers, content):
 
 class Pathoc(tcp.TCPClient):
     def __init__(self, host, port):
-        try:
-            tcp.TCPClient.__init__(self, host, port)
-        except tcp.NetLibError, v:
-            raise PathocError(v)
+        tcp.TCPClient.__init__(self, host, port)
 
     def request(self, spec):
         """
             Return an (httpversion, code, msg, headers, content) tuple.
+
+            May raise rparse.ParseException and netlib.http.HttpError.
         """
         r = rparse.parse_request({}, spec)
         r.serve(self.wfile)
         self.wfile.flush()
         return http.read_response(self.rfile, r.method, None)
+
+    def print_requests(self, reqs, verbose, fp=sys.stdout):
+        """
+            Performs a series of requests, and prints results to the specified
+            file pointer.
+        """
+        for i in reqs:
+            try:
+                ret = self.request(i)
+            except rparse.ParseException, v:
+                print >> fp, "Error parsing request spec: %s"%v.msg
+                print >> fp, v.marked()
+                return
+            except http.HttpError, v:
+                print >> fp, v.msg
+                return
+            if verbose:
+                print_full(fp, *ret)
+            else:
+                print_short(fp, *ret)
diff --git a/libpathod/pathod.py b/libpathod/pathod.py
index 2d3264f86..50e30c452 100644
--- a/libpathod/pathod.py
+++ b/libpathod/pathod.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Pathod(tcp.TCPServer):
 
     def handle_connection(self, request, client_address):
         h = PathodHandler(request, client_address, self)
-        h.handle()
+        h.handle() 
         h.finish()
 
     def add_log(self, d):
diff --git a/pathoc b/pathoc
index 9dc87c030..e5cc9bf47 100755
--- a/pathoc
+++ b/pathoc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import argparse, sys
 from libpathod import pathoc, version, rparse
+from netlib import tcp
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='A perverse HTTP client.')
@@ -18,21 +19,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     else:
         port = args.port
 
+    p = pathoc.Pathoc(args.host, port)
     try:
-        p = pathoc.Pathoc(args.host, port)
         p.connect()
-        if args.ssl:
-            p.convert_to_ssl(sni=args.sni)
-        for i in args.request:
-            ret = p.request(i)
-            if args.verbose:
-                pathoc.print_full(sys.stdout, *ret)
-            else:
-                pathoc.print_short(sys.stdout, *ret)
-    except pathoc.PathocError, v:
+    except tcp.NetLibError, v:
         print >> sys.stderr, str(v)
         sys.exit(1)
-    except rparse.ParseException, v:
-        print >> sys.stderr, "Error parsing request spec: %s"%v.msg
-        print >> sys.stderr, v.marked()
-        sys.exit(1)
+    if args.ssl:
+        p.convert_to_ssl(sni=args.sni)
+    p.print_requests(args.request, args.verbose)
diff --git a/test/test_pathoc.py b/test/test_pathoc.py
index c6128e22b..a9c388709 100644
--- a/test/test_pathoc.py
+++ b/test/test_pathoc.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import json
+import json, cStringIO
 from libpathod import pathoc, test, version
 import tutils
 
 
-
 class TestDaemon:
     @classmethod
     def setUpAll(self):
@@ -25,3 +24,20 @@ class TestDaemon:
         _, _, _, _, content = c.request("get:/api/info")
         assert tuple(json.loads(content)["version"]) == version.IVERSION
 
+    def tval(self, requests, verbose=False):
+        c = pathoc.Pathoc("127.0.0.1", self.d.port)
+        c.connect()
+        s = cStringIO.StringIO()
+        c.print_requests(requests, verbose, s)
+        return s.getvalue()
+
+    def test_print_requests(self):
+        reqs = [ "get:/api/info", "get:/api/info" ]
+        assert self.tval(reqs, False).count("200") == 2
+        assert self.tval(reqs, True).count("Date") == 2
+
+    def test_parse_err(self):
+        assert "Error parsing" in self.tval(["foo"])
+
+    def test_conn_err(self):
+        assert "Invalid server response" in self.tval(["get:'/p/200:d2'"])