diff --git a/lib/pidlink.js b/lib/pidlink.js
index daf1287..72205bc 100644
--- a/lib/pidlink.js
+++ b/lib/pidlink.js
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ init, getData
 
 var time2s = 2e3
 var time500ms = 5e2
-var initialWait = time2s
-var waitTime = time500ms
-var signal = 'SIGUSR2'
 
-var folder
-var log = console.log
+var settings = {
+	initialWait: time2s,
+	waitTime: time500ms,
+	retries: 20,
+	signal: 'SIGUSR2',
+	folder: undefined,
+	log: console.log,
+}
 
 // get error emitter without being an api
 var r = require; var require = require('apprunner').getRequire(r, null, {emScope: 'pidlink',})
@@ -37,18 +40,11 @@ opts: optional object
 The signal handler in the other process is the apprunner module's appshutdown file.
 */
 function init(opts) {
-	var result = {
-		folder: folder,
-		signal: signal,
-		initialWait: initialWait,
-		waitTime: waitTime
-	}
-	if (opts) {
-		if (opts.folder != null) folder = opts.folder
-		if (opts.signal) signal = opts.signal
-		if (opts.initialWait != null) initialWait = opts.initialWait
-		if (opts.waitTime != null) waitTime = opts.waitTime
-		if (typeof opts.log == 'function') log = opts.log
+	if (!opts) opts = {}
+	var result = {}
+	for (var p in settings) {
+		result[p] = settings[p]
+		if (opts[p] != null) settings[p] = opts[p]
 	}
 	return result
 }
@@ -71,16 +67,17 @@ function getData(pid, slogan, cb) {
 	var result
 	var err
 	var invocation = new Error('invocationStack')
+	var retries = 1
 
 	// filename: must have pid and folder
-	if (!folder) end(new Error('Folder missing'))
+	if (!settings.folder) end(new Error('Folder missing'))
 	pid = +pid
 	if (!(pid > 0)) end(new Error('Bad process id: ' + pid))
-	var file = path.join(folder, pid + '.json')
+	var file = path.join(settings.folder, pid + '.json')
 
 	var cbCounter = 2
 	fs.unlink(file, sendSignal) // delete any pre-existing file
-	setTimeout(sendSignal, initialWait) // wait for app to start
+	setTimeout(sendSignal, settings.initialWait) // wait for app to start
 	var otherProcess = slogan ? slogan + ':' + pid : pid
 
 	function sendSignal(e) {
@@ -88,10 +85,11 @@ function getData(pid, slogan, cb) {
 		if (!e && !err) {
 			if (!--cbCounter) {
 				try { // instruct process to write to filesystem
-					var x = process.kill(pid, signal) // returns true
+					var x = process.kill(pid, settings.signal) // returns true
 
-					log('Sent signal:', signal, 'to', otherProcess)
-					setTimeout(fetchData, waitTime)
+					settings.log('Sent signal:', settings.signal, 'to', otherProcess, (new Date).toISOString())
+					retries = settings.retries
+					setTimeout(fetchData, settings.waitTime)
 				} catch (e) { // if process can't be found, it probably died already
 					end() //e.code == 'ESRCH'
 				}
@@ -106,13 +104,19 @@ function getData(pid, slogan, cb) {
 	function readResult(e, data) {
 		if (!e) {
 			var obj = greatjson.parse(data)
-			if (!(obj instanceof Error)) result = obj
-			else err = obj // saving parsing trouble
-			fs.unlink(file, end)
+			if (!(obj instanceof Error)) {
+				result = obj
+				fs.unlink(file, end)
+			} else if (!--retries) {
+				err = obj // saving parsing trouble
+				fs.unlink(file, end)
+			}
 		} else {
 			if (e.code == 'ENOENT') {
-				log('No data written by:', otherProcess)
-				end()
+				if (!--retries) {
+					settings.log('No data written by:', otherProcess, (new Date).toISOString())
+					end()
+				} else setTimeout(fetchData, settings.waitTime)
 			} else end(e)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6382557..6d9f732 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		"node",
 		"operations"
 	],
-	"version": "0.2.0",
+	"version": "0.2.1",
 	"contributors": [
 		{
 			"name": "Harald Rudell",
diff --git a/test/test-masterserver.js b/test/test-masterserver.js
index b224974..0cee7e5 100644
--- a/test/test-masterserver.js
+++ b/test/test-masterserver.js
@@ -48,13 +48,18 @@ exports['MasterServer:'] = {
 		var eEvents = ['error', 'close']
 		var aRListener = 0
 		var aOn = {}
+		var ignoreProperties = ['domain', '_events', '_maxListeners']
 
 		// constructor
 		net.createServer = function (f) {aCreate.push(f); return server}
 		var masterServer = new masterserver.MasterServer(port, interface)
 
 		assert.ok(masterServer instanceof events.EventEmitter)
-		assert.equal(Object.keys(masterServer).length, 2)
+		var keys = []
+		Object.keys(masterServer).forEach(function (p) {
+			if (!~ignoreProperties.indexOf(p)) keys.push(p)
+		})
+		assert.equal(keys.length, 2, 'List is: ' + keys)
 		assert.equal(typeof masterServer.shutdown, 'function')
 		assert.equal(typeof masterServer.isUp, 'function')
 		assert.equal(aCreate.length, 1)
diff --git a/test/test-perioder.js b/test/test-perioder.js
index 55426e6..b521f9f 100644
--- a/test/test-perioder.js
+++ b/test/test-perioder.js
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ exports['Perioder:'] = {
 		assert.exportsTest(perioder, 1)
 	},
 	'TimeEmitter GetState Cancel': function () {
+		var ignoreProperties = ['domain', '_events', '_maxListeners']
+
 		var t = new perioder.TimeEmitter() // timer for beginning of the month
 		assert.ok(t)
-		assert.equal(Object.keys(t).length, 2)
+		var keys = []
+		Object.keys(t).forEach(function (p) {
+			if (!~ignoreProperties.indexOf(p)) keys.push(p)
+		})
+		assert.equal(keys.length, 2, 'List is: ' + keys)
 		assert.equal(typeof t.cancel, 'function')
 		assert.equal(typeof t.getState, 'function')