diff --git a/uvgotmail.py b/uvgotmail.py
index 90903d5..9dd529b 100755
--- a/uvgotmail.py
+++ b/uvgotmail.py
@@ -194,46 +194,7 @@ import time
 import socket
 import re
 
-def idleFunction(s,unseen):
-    s._startIdle = time.time()
-    if 'IDLE' not in s.capabilities:
-        raise s.error('Server does not support IDLE')
-    idle_tag = s._command('IDLE')  # start idling
-    s._get_response()
-    while line := s._get_line():
-        if b'FETCH' in line:
-            l = str(line)
-            msg = re.findall(r'\d+',l)[0]
-            if config["debug"]: print(msg, unseen)
-            if "seen" in l.lower():
-                unseen.remove(msg)
-            else:
-                unseen.append(msg)
-            print(unseen)
-            writeUnreadFile(unseen)
-        else:
-            # we only want to idle for ten minutes maximum. we will use the keep-alive messages to keep track in a single thread.
-            if(time.time() - s.start > 600):
-                s.send(b'DONE' + imaplib.CRLF)
-                return s._command_complete('IDLE', idle_tag)
-
-
-# thanks to trentbuck on github for this awful idea
-
 def daemon():
-    import imaplib
-    imaplib.Commands['IDLE'] = ('AUTH', 'SELECTED')
-    class IMAP4_SSL_plus_IDLE(imaplib.IMAP4_SSL):
-        def idle(self, unseen):
-            idleFunction(self,unseen)
-    class IMAP4_plus_IDLE(imaplib.IMAP4):
-        def idle(self, unseen):
-            idleFunction(self,unseen)
-
-    IMAP4_SSL = IMAP4_SSL_plus_IDLE
-    IMAP4 = IMAP4_plus_IDLE
-    socket.setdefaulttimeout(120)
-
 
 
     # first check if daemon is already running
@@ -262,25 +223,23 @@ def daemon():
 
     # main loop
     import time
-    start_time = time.time();
-    IMAP4_func = IMAP4_SSL if config["ssl"] else IMAP4
+    import imaplib
+    IMAP4_func = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL if config["ssl"] else imaplib.IMAP4
     while True:
         try:
             with IMAP4_func(config["server"],config["port"]) as conn:
                 conn.login(user=config["user"],password=config["password"])
                 conn.select(mailbox='INBOX',readonly=True)
                 typ,msgnums = conn.search(None, "UNSEEN");
-                unseen = [n.decode() for n in msgnums if n != b''][0].split(' ')
+                unseen = [n.decode() for n in msgnums if n != b'']
+                if len(unseen)>0:
+                    unseen=unseen[0].split(' ')
+                else:
+                    unseen=[]
                 if config["debug"]: print(unseen)
                 writeUnreadFile(unseen)
-                #try:
-                resp = conn.idle(unseen)
-                #except Exception as e:
-                if config["debug"]: print(e)
-                if time.time() - start_time <= 10:
-                    print("uvgotmail: too many imap errors. exiting.")
-                    sys.exit(1)
-                start_time = time.time();
+                conn.logout()
+            time.sleep(30)
 
         except Exception as e:
             if config["debug"]: