diff -rupN transmissionrpc-0.3/transmission.py transmissionrpc/transmission.py
--- transmissionrpc-0.3/transmission.py	2009-12-10 16:39:33.134130829 -0500
+++ transmissionrpc/transmission.py	2009-12-10 16:45:37.385258836 -0500
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Torrent(object):
             wanted = self.fields['wanted']
             index = 1
             for item in zip(indicies, files, priorities, wanted):
-                selected = True if item[3] else False
+                selected = bool(item[3])
                 priority = PRIORITY[item[2]]
                 result[item[0]] = {
                     'selected': selected,
@@ -252,29 +252,30 @@ class Client(object):
         while True:
             error_data = ""
             try:
-                self._debug_request(request)
-                socket.setdefaulttimeout(10)
-                if (sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] > 5) or sys.version_info[0] > 2:
-                    response = urllib2.urlopen(request, timeout=60)
-                else:
-                    response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
-                break
-            except urllib2.HTTPError, error:
-                error_data = error.read()
-                if error.code == 409:
-                    logger.info('Server responded with 409, trying to set session-id.')
-                    if request_count > 1:
-                        raise TransmissionError('Session ID negotiation failed.', error)
-                    if 'X-Transmission-Session-Id' in error.headers:
-                        self.sessionid = error.headers['X-Transmission-Session-Id']
-                        request.add_header('X-Transmission-Session-Id', self.sessionid)
+                try:
+                    self._debug_request(request)
+                    socket.setdefaulttimeout(10)
+                    if (sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] > 5) or sys.version_info[0] > 2:
+                        response = urllib2.urlopen(request, timeout=60)
                     else:
-                        raise TransmissionError('Unknown conflict.', error)
-            except urllib2.URLError, error:
-                raise TransmissionError('Failed to connect to daemon.', error)
-            except httplib.BadStatusLine, error:
-                if (request_count > 1):
-                    raise TransmissionError('Failed to request %s "%s".' % (self.url, query), error)
+                        response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
+                    break
+                except urllib2.HTTPError, error:
+                    error_data = error.read()
+                    if error.code == 409:
+                        logger.info('Server responded with 409, trying to set session-id.')
+                        if request_count > 1:
+                            raise TransmissionError('Session ID negotiation failed.', error)
+                        if 'X-Transmission-Session-Id' in error.headers:
+                            self.sessionid = error.headers['X-Transmission-Session-Id']
+                            request.add_header('X-Transmission-Session-Id', self.sessionid)
+                        else:
+                            raise TransmissionError('Unknown conflict.', error)
+                except urllib2.URLError, error:
+                    raise TransmissionError('Failed to connect to daemon.', error)
+                except httplib.BadStatusLine, error:
+                    if (request_count > 1):
+                        raise TransmissionError('Failed to request %s "%s".' % (self.url, query), error)
             finally:
                 if error_data:
                     self._debug_response(error, error_data)
diff -rupN transmissionrpc-0.3/utils.py transmissionrpc/utils.py
--- transmissionrpc-0.3/utils.py	2009-12-10 16:39:33.134130829 -0500
+++ transmissionrpc/utils.py	2009-12-10 16:45:37.386133947 -0500
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ def rpc_bool(arg):
             arg = bool(int(arg))
         except:
             arg = arg.lower() in [u'true', u'yes']
-    return 1 if bool(arg) else 0
+    if bool(arg):
+        return 1
+    else:
+        return 0
 
 TR_TYPE_MAP = {
     'number' : int,