diff --git a/hbc b/hbc
index cd3eba5..2b2c33c 100755
--- a/hbc
+++ b/hbc
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import string
 import select
 import errno
 import traceback
-import urllib2
 import md5
 import shutil
 import zlib
@@ -94,10 +93,9 @@ class Conn:
 		msg['id'] = self.conId
 		msg['ver'] = VER
 		msg['time'] = time.time()
-		m = dicttos(ID, msg)
-		mz = zlib.compress(m,9)
+		m = dicttos(ID, msg, True)			# always compress
 		if verbose:
-			log("conn.send('%s', (%s:%s) %s>%s)" % (msg, self.addr, self.port, len(m), len(mz)))
+			log("conn.send('%s', (%s:%s) %s)" % (msg, self.addr, self.port, len(m)))
 		try:
 			self.sock.sendto(m, (self.addr, self.port))
 		except socket.error as e:
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ def shortname(name):
 
 def dicttos(ID, d, compress=False):
 	s = []
-	for k  in d:
+	for k in d:
 		if type(d[k]) == type(1.2):
 			s.append("%s=%0.5f" % (k, d[k]))
 		else: