diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
index caf64d5..c8c323f 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class rTorrent(Downloader):
                 group.set_command()
                 group.disable()
         except MethodError, err:
-            log.error('Unable to set group options: %s', err.message)
+            log.error('Unable to set group options: %s', err.msg)
             return False
 
         return True
diff --git a/libs/rtorrent/__init__.py b/libs/rtorrent/__init__.py
index 05add8d..683ef1c 100755
--- a/libs/rtorrent/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/rtorrent/__init__.py
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ class RTorrent:
 
         return self._client_version_tuple
 
+    def _update_rpc_methods(self):
+        self._rpc_methods = self._get_conn().system.listMethods()
+
+        return self._rpc_methods
+
     def _get_rpc_methods(self):
         """ Get list of raw RPC commands
 
@@ -122,10 +127,7 @@ class RTorrent:
         @rtype: list
         """
 
-        if self._rpc_methods == []:
-            self._rpc_methods = self._get_conn().system.listMethods()
-
-        return(self._rpc_methods)
+        return(self._rpc_methods or self._update_rpc_methods())
 
     def get_torrents(self, view="main"):
         """Get list of all torrents in specified view
@@ -317,6 +319,8 @@ class RTorrent:
             assert view is not None, "view parameter required on non-persistent groups"
             p.group.insert('', name, view)
 
+        self._update_rpc_methods()
+
     def get_group(self, name):
         assert name is not None, "group name required"
 
diff --git a/libs/rtorrent/lib/xmlrpc/scgi.py b/libs/rtorrent/lib/xmlrpc/scgi.py
index 3986697..5ba61fa 100644
--- a/libs/rtorrent/lib/xmlrpc/scgi.py
+++ b/libs/rtorrent/lib/xmlrpc/scgi.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # rtorrent_xmlrpc
 # (c) 2011 Roger Que <alerante@bellsouth.net>
 #
+# Modified portions:
+# (c) 2013 Dean Gardiner <gardiner91@gmail.com>
+#
 # Python module for interacting with rtorrent's XML-RPC interface
 # directly over SCGI, instead of through an HTTP server intermediary.
 # Inspired by Glenn Washburn's xmlrpc2scgi.py [1], but subclasses the
@@ -78,13 +81,28 @@
 # ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
+import httplib
 import re
 import socket
 import urllib
 import xmlrpclib
+import errno
 
 
 class SCGITransport(xmlrpclib.Transport):
+    # Added request() from Python 2.7 xmlrpclib here to backport to Python 2.6
+    def request(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=0):
+        #retry request once if cached connection has gone cold
+        for i in (0, 1):
+            try:
+                return self.single_request(host, handler, request_body, verbose)
+            except socket.error, e:
+                if i or e.errno not in (errno.ECONNRESET, errno.ECONNABORTED, errno.EPIPE):
+                    raise
+            except httplib.BadStatusLine: #close after we sent request
+                if i:
+                    raise
+
     def single_request(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=0):
         # Add SCGI headers to the request.
         headers = {'CONTENT_LENGTH': str(len(request_body)), 'SCGI': '1'}
@@ -97,7 +115,7 @@ class SCGITransport(xmlrpclib.Transport):
         try:
             if host:
                 host, port = urllib.splitport(host)
-                addrinfo = socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, socket.AF_INET,
+                addrinfo = socket.getaddrinfo(host, int(port), socket.AF_INET,
                                               socket.SOCK_STREAM)
                 sock = socket.socket(*addrinfo[0][:3])
                 sock.connect(addrinfo[0][4])