diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 19c9319..460165f 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-BUG NO SET DO TINYIRC!!! SINISTRO.
 talk about the non-blocking connect in the manual
 test it on Windows!!!
 
@@ -41,3 +40,5 @@ testar os options!
   - inet_ntoa também é uma merda.
 
 eliminate globals from namespaces created by module().
+
+* BUG NO SET DO TINYIRC!!! SINISTRO.
diff --git a/samples/forward.lua b/samples/forward.lua
index ff65b84..e51c5ce 100644
--- a/samples/forward.lua
+++ b/samples/forward.lua
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ function connect(who, host, port)
     if not ret and err == "timeout" then
         wait(who, "output") 
         ret, err = who:connect(host, port)
+        if not ret and err ~= "already connected" then 
+            kick(who)
+            kick(context[who].peer)
+            return
+        end
     end
-    if not ret then 
-        kick(who)
-        kick(context[who].peer)
-    else
-        return forward(who)
-    end
+    return forward(who)
 end
 
 -- gets rid of a client
diff --git a/samples/tinyirc.lua b/samples/tinyirc.lua
index 684e7c0..e3dd517 100644
--- a/samples/tinyirc.lua
+++ b/samples/tinyirc.lua
@@ -24,20 +24,29 @@ io.write("Servers bound\n")
 -- simple set implementation
 -- the select function doesn't care about what is passed to it as long as
 -- it behaves like a table
+-- creates a new set data structure
 function newset()
     local reverse = {}
     local set = {}
-    setmetatable(set, { __index = {
-        insert = function(set, value) 
-            table.insert(set, value)
-            reverse[value] = table.getn(set)
+    return setmetatable(set, {__index = {
+        insert = function(set, value)
+            if not reverse[value] then
+                table.insert(set, value)
+                reverse[value] = table.getn(set)
+            end
         end,
         remove = function(set, value)
-            table.remove(set, reverse[value])
-            reverse[value] = nil
-        end,
+            local index = reverse[value]
+            if index then
+                reverse[value] = nil
+                local top = table.remove(set)
+                if top ~= value then
+                    reverse[top] = index
+                    set[index] = top
+                end
+            end
+        end
     }})
-    return set
 end
 
 set = newset()
diff --git a/src/tcp.c b/src/tcp.c
index e4b1375..eb84997 100644
--- a/src/tcp.c
+++ b/src/tcp.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int meth_bind(lua_State *L)
 \*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int meth_connect(lua_State *L)
 {
-    p_tcp tcp = (p_tcp) aux_checkclass(L, "tcp{master}", 1);
+    p_tcp tcp = (p_tcp) aux_checkgroup(L, "tcp{any}", 1);
     const char *address =  luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
     unsigned short port = (unsigned short) luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
     p_tm tm = tm_markstart(&tcp->tm);