diff --git a/src/apcupsd.cc b/src/apcupsd.cc
index 84ccb52f..ba9991d5 100644
--- a/src/apcupsd.cc
+++ b/src/apcupsd.cc
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int apcupsd_scan_arg(const char *arg)
 		if (sscanf(arg, "%63s %d", host, &port) != 2)
 			return 1;
 
-		apcupsd.port = htons(port);
+		apcupsd.port = port;
 		strncpy(apcupsd.host, host, sizeof(apcupsd.host));
 		return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/ccurl_thread.cc b/src/ccurl_thread.cc
index 1ecd2b0f..343aee71 100644
--- a/src/ccurl_thread.cc
+++ b/src/ccurl_thread.cc
@@ -105,34 +105,31 @@ void ccurl_fetch_data(thread_handle &handle, const ccurl_location_ptr &curloc)
 	chunk.memory = NULL;
 	chunk.size = 0;
 
-	if (curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) == 0) {
-		curl = curl_easy_init();
-		if (curl) {
-			DBGP("reading curl data from '%s'", curloc->uri);
-			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, curloc->uri);
-			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
-			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, ccurl_write_memory_callback);
-			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *) &chunk);
-			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "conky-curl/1.0");
+	curl = curl_easy_init();
+	if (curl) {
+		DBGP("reading curl data from '%s'", curloc->uri);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, curloc->uri);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, ccurl_write_memory_callback);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *) &chunk);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "conky-curl/1.0");
 
-			res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
-			if (res == CURLE_OK && chunk.size) {
-				long http_status_code;
+		res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+		if (res == CURLE_OK && chunk.size) {
+			long http_status_code;
 
-				if(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_status_code) == CURLE_OK && http_status_code == 200) {
-					std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handle.mutex());
-					curloc->process_function(curloc->result, chunk.memory);
-				} else {
-					NORM_ERR("curl: no data from server");
-				}
-				free(chunk.memory);
+			if(curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_status_code) == CURLE_OK && http_status_code == 200) {
+				std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handle.mutex());
+				curloc->process_function(curloc->result, chunk.memory);
 			} else {
 				NORM_ERR("curl: no data from server");
 			}
-
-			curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+			free(chunk.memory);
+		} else {
+			NORM_ERR("curl: no data from server");
 		}
-		curl_global_cleanup();
+
+		curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/conky.cc b/src/conky.cc
index 8a135247..c98a211d 100644
--- a/src/conky.cc
+++ b/src/conky.cc
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
 #if defined BUILD_WEATHER_XOAP || defined BUILD_RSS
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef BUILD_CURL
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#endif
 
 /* local headers */
 #include "core.h"
@@ -3190,6 +3193,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	g_signal_pending = 0;
 	clear_net_stats();
 
+#ifdef BUILD_CURL
+	if(curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL))
+		NORM_ERR("curl_global_init() failed, you may not be able to use curl variables");
+#endif
+
 	/* handle command line parameters that don't change configs */
 #ifdef BUILD_X11
 	if (!setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "")) {
@@ -3337,6 +3345,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	main_loop();
 
+#ifdef BUILD_CURL
+	curl_global_cleanup();
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
 	kvm_close(kd);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/mail.cc b/src/mail.cc
index 48e09f5d..491ca6a1 100644
--- a/src/mail.cc
+++ b/src/mail.cc
@@ -698,6 +698,12 @@ static void imap_thread(thread_handle &handle, struct mail_s *mail)
 		int res;
 		fd_set fdset;
 
+		if (fail > 0) {
+			NORM_ERR("Trying IMAP connection again for %s@%s (try %u/%u)",
+					mail->user, mail->host, fail + 1, mail->retries);
+			resolved_host = 0; /* force us to resolve the hostname again */
+			sleep(fail); /* sleep more for the more failures we have */
+		}
 		if (!resolved_host) {
 			memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
 			hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
@@ -714,10 +720,6 @@ static void imap_thread(thread_handle &handle, struct mail_s *mail)
 			}
 			resolved_host = 1;
 		}
-		if (fail > 0) {
-			NORM_ERR("Trying IMAP connection again for %s@%s (try %u/%u)",
-					mail->user, mail->host, fail + 1, mail->retries);
-		}
 		do {
 			for (rp = ai; rp != NULL; rp = rp->ai_next) {
 				sockfd = socket(rp->ai_family, rp->ai_socktype, rp->ai_protocol);
@@ -1041,6 +1043,13 @@ static void pop3_thread(thread_handle &handle, struct mail_s *mail)
 		struct timeval fetchtimeout;
 		int res;
 		fd_set fdset;
+
+		if (fail > 0) {
+			NORM_ERR("Trying POP3 connection again for %s@%s (try %u/%u)",
+					mail->user, mail->host, fail + 1, mail->retries);
+			resolved_host = 0; /* force us to resolve the hostname again */
+			sleep(fail); /* sleep more for the more failures we have */
+		}
 		if (!resolved_host) {
 			memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
 			hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
@@ -1055,11 +1064,7 @@ static void pop3_thread(thread_handle &handle, struct mail_s *mail)
 				fail++;
 				break;
 			}
-	resolved_host = 1;
-}
-		if (fail > 0) {
-			NORM_ERR("Trying POP3 connection again for %s@%s (try %u/%u)",
-					mail->user, mail->host, fail + 1, mail->retries);
+			resolved_host = 1;
 		}
 		do {
 			for (rp = ai; rp != NULL; rp = rp->ai_next) {