Correct socket error in OSX causing machines to not respond

## Running Python 2.7.5 on OSX Mavericks
![screen shot 2014-03-23 at 5 21 47 pm](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/64226/2494680/544f9698-b2d1-11e3-9954-13d483646d66.png)

This resolves issue #3