diff --git a/scripts/stream-url.sh b/scripts/stream-url.sh
index 9a72801..d1968a8 100644
--- a/scripts/stream-url.sh
+++ b/scripts/stream-url.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,41 @@
 url=$1 #A proper URL is all that should be sent to this script
 host=$2
+errors=0
 
 if [[ "$url" == "" ]]
 then
-    echo "Empty url, skipping" # Exit if an empty URL was sent
+    echo "[WARN] Empty url, skipping" # Exit if an empty URL was sent
     exit 2
 fi
 
+# if [[ "$checkUrl" != *"200"* ]]
+# then
+#     echo "[WARN] Server threw an error, skipping"
+# fi
+
+# Check to see if domain name resolves. If not, exist
+if [[ ! `dig $host +short` ]]
+then
+    echo "[WARN] DNS Lookup failed for $host, skipping"
+fi
+
+echo "[INFO] Archive is $archive"
+
 while true # Loop endlessly
 do
+
     today=`date +"%Y%m%d"`
 
-    echo "Starting to stream $url in 5 seconds"
-    echo "Archive status is $archive"
+    echo "[INFO] Starting to stream $url in 5 seconds"
+    echo "[INFO] Archive status is $archive"
 
     sleep 5s;
 
+    # Im archive mode we'll only fetch the json stream to save resources from jq and sed
     if [[ $archive != "true" ]]
     then
+    #Not in archive mode
+
         curl -X "GET" "$url" \
             --no-progress-meter | \
             tee -a "/data/$today.json" | \
@@ -31,10 +49,11 @@ do
                 url=`echo $line | jq .url| sed 's/\"//g'` 
                 uri=`echo $line | jq .uri| sed 's/\"//g'`
 
-                echo "STREAMING from $host $url"
+                echo "[INFO] STREAMING from $host $url"
                 echo $uri >> "/data/$today.uris.txt"
             fi
         done
+    # In archive mode
     else
 
         if [[ ! -d "/data/$today/" ]]
@@ -45,12 +64,23 @@ do
         curl -X "GET" "$url" --no-progress-meter >> "/data/$today/$today.$host.json"
     fi
 
-    # If we are in archive mode only, then back off if there is a curl error.
-    if [[ $archive == "true" ]]
+    # Basic exponential backoff
+    ((++errors))
+    sleepseconds=$((errors*errors))
+    
+    # Don't allow a back off for more than 5 minutes.
+    # Because we expect this container to reset occasionally to kill hanging curl processes
+    # a graceful exit will wait for all scripts to stop. So, it will take at least as long as $sleepseconds
+    # to stop.
+    if [[ $sleepseconds -gt 299 ]]
     then
-        sleep 5m;
+        sleepseconds=300
     fi
 
+    sleep $sleepseconds;
+    
+    echo "[WARN] Streaming abrubtly stopped for $host, streaming will pause for $sleepseconds seconds before retrying."
+
 done
 
 ## Exit 0 by default