*** announcer.c.orig    2013-06-16 15:11:52.507123934 +0000
--- announcer.c 2013-06-16 15:47:51.927108785 +0000
*************** on_announce_error (tr_tier * tier, const
*** 1001,1006 ****
--- 1001,1014 ----

      /* schedule a reannounce */
      interval = getRetryInterval (tier->currentTracker);
+
+     /* HACK BEGIN */
+    if((tier->currentTracker != NULL)&&(err == strstr(err,"Tracker gave HTTP response code 0"))) {
+       dbgmsg (tier, "Forcing announce retry because of the connection refused n**** issue");
+       interval = tier->currentTracker->consecutiveFailures;
+     }
+      /* HACK END */
+
      dbgmsg (tier, "Retrying announce in %d seconds.", interval);
      tr_torinf (tier->tor, "Retrying announce in %d seconds.", interval);
      tier_announce_event_push (tier, e, tr_time () + interval);
*************** on_scrape_error (tr_session * session, t
*** 1266,1271 ****
--- 1274,1287 ----

      /* schedule a rescrape */
      interval = getRetryInterval (tier->currentTracker);
+
+     /* HACK BEGIN */
+     if((tier->currentTracker != NULL)&&(errmsg == strstr(errmsg,"Tracker gave HTTP response code 0"))) {
+       dbgmsg (tier, "Forcing scrape retry because of the connection refused n**** issue");
+       interval = tier->currentTracker->consecutiveFailures;
+     }
+     /* HACK END */
+
      dbgmsg (tier, "Retrying scrape in %zu seconds.", (size_t)interval);
      tr_torinf (tier->tor, "Retrying scrape in %zu seconds.", (size_t)interval);
      tier->lastScrapeSucceeded = false;