diff -r 9880bb697149 -r ac07779f788d rest.py
--- a/rest.py	Mon Jan 19 16:42:36 2015 -0500
+++ b/rest.py	Sat Apr 11 21:02:09 2015 +0300
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@
 def throttle (address):
 	tt = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta (0, 30)
 
-	try:
-		# attempt to just update the item
+	if address in g_throttle:
 		g_throttle[g_throttle.index (address)][1] = tt
-	except ValueError:
-		# not in list
+	else:
 		g_throttle.append ([address, tt])
 
 	Irc.broadcast ('Throttling %s for 30 seconds' % address)
@@ -104,8 +102,8 @@
 			with open ('rejected_json.txt', 'w') as fp:
 				fp.write (jsonstring)
 			Irc.broadcast ('bad json written to rejected_json.txt')
-		except:
-			Irc.broadcast ('failed to log json')
+		except Exception as e:
+			Irc.broadcast ('failed to log json because %s' % e)
 			pass
 
 		throttle (address)