diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 7cd6422..ead8ee3 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -4,37 +4,36 @@
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-static CURL* httpHandler = NULL;
-
+int curl_setup = 0;
 char* request(char *url)
 {
 	// initialize curl on the first call of this function
-	if(!httpHandler)
+	if(curl_setup == 0)
 	{
-		httpHandler = curl_easy_init();
-		curl_easy_setopt(httpHandler,CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "cWikiBot/0.1 (https://git.zom.bi/cpp/cWikiBot; cpp@zom.bi) libcurl4/7.64.0");
-		curl_easy_setopt(httpHandler,CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, httpResponseCallback);
+		curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
+		curl_setup=1;
 	}
-
+	
 	struct httpResponse_t httpResponse;
 	httpResponse.response = malloc(1);
 	httpResponse.size = 0;
+	CURL *httpHandler = curl_easy_init();
 	CURLcode return_code;
 	if(httpHandler) {
 		curl_easy_setopt(httpHandler,CURLOPT_URL, url);
+		curl_easy_setopt(httpHandler,CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, httpResponseCallback);
+		curl_easy_setopt(httpHandler,CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "cWikiBot/0.1 (https://git.zom.bi/cpp/cWikiBot; cpp@zom.bi) libcurl4/7.64.0");
 		curl_easy_setopt(httpHandler,CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)&httpResponse);
 		return_code = curl_easy_perform(httpHandler);
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "CURL Error\n");
-		free(httpResponse.response);
+		fprintf(stderr, "CURL Error");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if(return_code != CURLE_OK)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "HTTP Error: %s (%d)\n",curl_easy_strerror(return_code), return_code);
-		free(httpResponse.response);
+		fprintf(stderr, "HTTP Error: %s",curl_easy_strerror(return_code));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	return httpResponse.response;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ size_t httpResponseCallback(char *data, size_t wordlength, size_t bytecount, voi
 	// wordlength should be always 1, but this appears to be more secure.
 	size_t size = wordlength * bytecount;
 	struct httpResponse_t *mem = (struct httpResponse_t *) out;
-
+	
 	char *newData = realloc(mem->response, mem->size + size +1);
 	if(newData == NULL)
 		return 0;
@@ -53,6 +52,6 @@ size_t httpResponseCallback(char *data, size_t wordlength, size_t bytecount, voi
 	mem->size += size;
 	// Null-terminate the byte chunk, to effectively have a C-String.
 	mem->response[mem-> size] = 0;
-
+	
 	return size;
 }
diff --git a/lichess.c b/lichess.c
index e4949af..dd023ec 100644
--- a/lichess.c
+++ b/lichess.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <json-c/json_tokener.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 
 json_object* query_lichess(char* username)
 {
@@ -14,22 +13,20 @@ json_object* query_lichess(char* username)
 	char* api_base = "https://lichess.org/api/user/";
 	char user_url[128];
 	int retries = 5;
-	int user_url_length = sprintf(user_url,"%s%s",api_base,username);
+	strcpy(user_url,api_base);
+	strcat(user_url,username);
 	printf("querying %s\n",user_url);
 	char* http_response = request(user_url);
 	while(http_response == NULL)
 	{
-		printf("didn't receive HTTP response, we might be rate-limited. Waiting 5s.\n");
-		sleep(5);
+		printf("didn't receive HTTP response, we might be rate-limited. Waiting 60s");
+		sleep(60);
 		http_response = request(user_url);
 		retries--;
-		if(retries == 0 && http_response == NULL)
+		if(retries == 0)
 			return NULL;
 	}
 	json_object *lichessUser = json_tokener_parse(http_response);
-	free(http_response);
 	json_object *profile = json_object_object_get(lichessUser,"profile");
-	json_object_get(profile);
-	json_object_put(lichessUser);
 	return profile;
 }
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 8a6c42a..8fde49b 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 /*
  * main.c
- *
+ * 
  * Copyright 2020  <cpp@zom.bi>
- *
+ * 
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
- *
+ * 
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
+ * 
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
  * MA 02110-1301, USA.
- *
- *
+ * 
+ * 
  */
-
+ 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <json-c/json_object.h>
 
@@ -42,12 +41,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	fputs("lichess_id,name\n",output);
 	char line [128];
-	int j=0;
-	while(fgets(line, 128, playersfile) != NULL)
+	while(fgets(line, sizeof line, playersfile) != NULL)
 	{
-		printf("%i: ",j);
-		j++;
 		char outline[256];
+		char name[128];
 		line[strlen(line)-1] = '\0';
 		json_object *profile = query_lichess(line);
 		if(profile == NULL)
@@ -55,18 +52,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			printf("No profile for %s\n", line);
 			continue;
 		}
-		const char *firstName = json_object_get_string(json_object_object_get(profile,"firstName"));
-		const char *lastName = json_object_get_string(json_object_object_get(profile,"lastName"));
+		char *firstName = json_object_get_string(json_object_object_get(profile,"firstName"));
+		char *lastName = json_object_get_string(json_object_object_get(profile,"lastName"));
 		if(firstName == NULL || lastName == NULL)
 		{
 			printf("No name for %s\n",line);
-			json_object_put(profile);
 			continue;
 		}
-		sprintf(outline, "%s,%s %s\n",line,firstName,lastName);
+		strcpy(name,firstName);
+		strcat(name," ");
+		strcat(name,lastName);
+		sprintf(outline, "%s,%s\n",line,name);
 		printf("OK\n");
 		fputs(outline,output);
-		json_object_put(profile);
 	}
 	fclose(output);
 	fclose(playersfile);