diff --git a/console/socketiod b/console/socketiod
index 55342d1..a53a6f1 100755
--- a/console/socketiod
+++ b/console/socketiod
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def connect(sid, environ):
     if child_pid:
         # already started child process, don't start another
         # write a new line so that when a client refresh the shell prompt is printed
-        os.write(fd, str.encode("\n"))
+        fd.write("\n")
         return
 
     # create child process attached to a pty we can read from and write to
@@ -200,13 +200,8 @@ def disconnect(sid):
     global child_pid
 
     # kill pty process
-    try:
-        os.kill(child_pid, signal.SIGKILL)
-        os.wait()
-    except ProcessLookupError:
-        pass
-    except ChildProcessError:
-        pass
+    os.kill(child_pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+    os.wait()
 
     # reset the variables
     fd = None
diff --git a/webvirtcloud/settings.py.template b/webvirtcloud/settings.py.template
index 88146c1..fabe94c 100644
--- a/webvirtcloud/settings.py.template
+++ b/webvirtcloud/settings.py.template
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ WS_PUBLIC_PATH = "/novncd/"
 WS_CERT = None
 
 SOCKETIO_PORT = 6081
-SOCKETIO_HOST = "0.0.0.0"
+SOCKETIO_HOST = '0.0.0.0'
 
 # Socketio public host
 SOCKETIO_PUBLIC_HOST = None