diff --git a/local.py b/local.py
index 2941468..2df9878 100755
--- a/local.py
+++ b/local.py
@@ -34,6 +34,32 @@ import threading
 import time
 import SocketServer
 
+def socket_create_connection(address, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+                      source_address=None):
+    """python 2.7 socket.create_connection"""
+    host, port = address
+    err = None
+    for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
+        af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
+        sock = None
+        try:
+            sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
+            if timeout is not socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:
+                sock.settimeout(timeout)
+            if source_address:
+                sock.bind(source_address)
+            sock.connect(sa)
+            return sock
+
+        except socket.error as _:
+            err = _
+            if sock is not None:
+                sock.close()
+    if err is not None:
+        raise err
+    else:
+        raise error("getaddrinfo returns an empty list")
+
 def get_table(key):
     m = hashlib.md5()
     m.update(key)
@@ -95,11 +121,10 @@ class Socks5Server(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
     def handle(self):
         try:
             sock = self.connection
-            remote = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            remote.connect((SERVER, REMOTE_PORT))
+            remote = socket_create_connection((SERVER, REMOTE_PORT))
             self.handle_tcp(sock, remote)
-        except socket.error as e:
-            lock_print('socket error: ' + str(e))
+        except socket.error:
+            lock_print('socket error')
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 94f776c..a37293e 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -23,12 +23,45 @@
 PORT = 8499
 KEY = "foobar!"
 
+try:
+    import gevent, gevent.monkey
+    gevent.monkey.patch_all(dns=gevent.version_info[0]>=1)
+except ImportError:
+    gevent = None
+
 import socket
 import select
 import SocketServer
 import struct
 import string
 import hashlib
+import sys
+
+def socket_create_connection(address, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+                      source_address=None):
+    """python 2.7 socket.create_connection"""
+    host, port = address
+    err = None
+    for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
+        af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
+        sock = None
+        try:
+            sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
+            if timeout is not socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:
+                sock.settimeout(timeout)
+            if source_address:
+                sock.bind(source_address)
+            sock.connect(sa)
+            return sock
+
+        except error as _:
+            err = _
+            if sock is not None:
+                sock.close()
+    if err is not None:
+        raise err
+    else:
+        raise error("getaddrinfo returns an empty list")
 
 def get_table(key):
     m = hashlib.md5()
@@ -42,7 +75,7 @@ def get_table(key):
 
 
 class ThreadingTCPServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn, SocketServer.TCPServer):
-    address_family = socket.AF_INET6
+    pass
 
 
 class Socks5Server(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
@@ -90,8 +123,7 @@ class Socks5Server(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
             reply = "\x05\x00\x00\x01"
             try:
                 if mode == 1:
-                    remote = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-                    remote.connect((addr, port[0]))
+                    remote = socket_create_connection((addr, port[0]))
                     local = remote.getsockname()
                     reply += socket.inet_aton(local[0]) + struct.pack(">H",
                         local[1])
@@ -106,11 +138,13 @@ class Socks5Server(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
             if reply[1] == '\x00':
                 if mode == 1:
                     self.handle_tcp(sock, remote)
-        except socket.error:
+        except socket.error as e:
             print 'socket error'
 
 
 def main():
+    if '-6' in sys.argv[1:]:
+        ThreadingTCPServer.address_family = socket.AF_INET6
     server = ThreadingTCPServer(('', PORT), Socks5Server)
     server.allow_reuse_address = True
     print "starting server at port %d ..." % PORT