diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
index dd350d06c..c935077bf 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         plugins.
         """
         QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
-        self.closeEvent = self.onCloseEvent
         self.screenList = screens
         self.serviceNotSaved = False
         self.settingsmanager = SettingsManager(screens)
@@ -593,7 +592,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.RenderManager.update_display(screen_number)
         self.mainDisplay.setup(screen_number)
 
-    def onCloseEvent(self, event):
+    def closeEvent(self, event):
         """
         Hook to close the main window and display windows on exit
         """
diff --git a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
index 59d1054c7..4cc1ddc3f 100644
--- a/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/openlp/core/utils/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def check_latest_version(config, current_version):
         req = urllib2.Request(u'http://www.openlp.org/files/version.txt')
         req.add_header(u'User-Agent', u'OpenLP%s' % current_version)
         try:
-            handle = urllib2.urlopen(req, None, 1)
+            handle = urllib2.urlopen(req, None)
             html = handle.read()
             version_string = unicode(html).rstrip()
         except IOError, e: