From ebe14faf4c99c733cdebb1728f08e01e4943e168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack Scholl <zack.scholl@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 13:51:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Better help message if server is down

---
 connect.go | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/connect.go b/connect.go
index 21375a61..4d910fa0 100644
--- a/connect.go
+++ b/connect.go
@@ -180,7 +180,12 @@ func (c *Connection) runClient() error {
 			port := strconv.Itoa(27001 + id)
 			connection, err := net.Dial("tcp", c.Server+":"+port)
 			if err != nil {
-				panic(err)
+				if c.Server == "cowyo.com" {
+					fmt.Println("\nThe public server is down. Please tweet the webmaster: @yakczar")
+				} else {
+					fmt.Printf("\nCould not connect to relay %s\n", c.Server)
+				}
+				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 			defer connection.Close()