diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd53c3f..184d09c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ A very basic Python IRC bot script.
 
 ## License
 
-AGPLv3
+BSD
diff --git a/itte.py b/itte.py
index e2b393f..5b06959 100644
--- a/itte.py
+++ b/itte.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import socket
 import yaml
+from time import sleep
 from random import randint
 from sys import exit
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class IRC:
         self.connect(self.server, self.bot_nick)
         self.join_channels(self.channels)
         while 1:
+            sleep(1)
             data = self.receive()
             self.keepalive(data)
             self.msg = self.parse(data, self.req_prefix)
@@ -70,11 +72,11 @@ class IRC:
 
     def keepalive(self, line):
         """Stay connected to a server by responding to server pings."""
-        resp = line
-        if resp != "":
-            resp = line.split(" ", 1)[1]
-            if ("PING " + resp) in line:
-                self.send("PONG", resp)
+        if line.split(" ")[0]) == "PING":
+            resp = line.replace("PING", "PONG", 1)
+            if self.debug:
+                print("[debug][send] " + resp)
+            self.sock.sendall(bytes(resp + "\r\n", "utf-8"))
 
     def join_channels(self, channels):
         """Join channels given a list of channel names."""