diff --git a/defs.go b/defs.go
index 8b334a2..d226c05 100644
--- a/defs.go
+++ b/defs.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type Swamp struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	defaultStaleTime = time.Duration(1) * time.Hour
+	defaultStaleTime = 1 * time.Hour
 	defWorkers       = 100
 	defaultChecks =  []string{"https://wtfismyip.com/text", "https://myexternalip.com/raw", "https://ipinfo.io/ip"}
 )
diff --git a/example/main.go b/example/main.go
index 57affd6..ec3c091 100644
--- a/example/main.go
+++ b/example/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ func init() {
 		println(err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+
+	println("[USAGE] q: quit | d: debug | a: socks4 | b: socks4a | c: socks5")
+}
+
+func get(ver string) {
+	switch ver {
+	case "4":
+		println("retrieving SOCKS4...")
+		println(swamp.Socks4Str())
+	case "4a":
+		println("retrieving SOCKS4a...")
+		println(swamp.Socks4aStr())
+	case "5":
+		println("retrieving SOCKS5...")
+		println(swamp.Socks5Str())
+
+	}
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -49,6 +66,12 @@ func main() {
 					println("enabling debug")
 					swamp.EnableDebug()
 				}
+			case "a":
+				go get("4")
+			case "b":
+				go get("4a")
+			case "c":
+				go get("5")
 			case "q":
 				quit <- true
 			default:
diff --git a/getters.go b/getters.go
index 4f251a2..eef0091 100644
--- a/getters.go
+++ b/getters.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package pxndscvm
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
 
 // Socks5Str gets a SOCKS5 proxy that we have fully verified (dialed and then retrieved our IP address from a what-is-my-ip endpoint.
 func (s *Swamp) Socks5Str() string {
@@ -68,18 +71,12 @@ func (s *Swamp) GetAnySOCKS() Proxy {
 }
 
 func (s *Swamp) stillGood(candidate Proxy) bool {
-	switch {
-	// if since its been validated it's ended up failing so much that its on our bad list then skip it
-	case badProx.Peek(candidate):
-		fallthrough
-	// if we've been checking or using this too often recently then skip it
-	case useProx.Check(candidate):
-		fallthrough
-	case time.Since(candidate.Verified) > s.swampopt.Stale:
+	if time.Since(candidate.Verified) > s.swampopt.Stale {
+		s.dbgPrint("proxy stale: " + candidate.Endpoint)
+		fmt.Println("time since: ", time.Since(candidate.Verified))
 		return false
-	default:
-		return true
 	}
+	return true
 }
 
 // RandomUserAgent retrieves a random user agent from our list in string form
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9b442e2..3c09bd3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ func (s *Swamp) tossUp() {
 					continue
 				}
 
+				p.Verified = time.Now()
+
 				switch p.Proto {
 				case "4":
 					s.Stats.v4()