diff --git a/src/ssh_audit/ssh_socket.py b/src/ssh_audit/ssh_socket.py
index 9e6ca38..5b8169c 100644
--- a/src/ssh_audit/ssh_socket.py
+++ b/src/ssh_audit/ssh_socket.py
@@ -75,24 +75,26 @@ class SSH_Socket(ReadBuf, WriteBuf):
         self.client_port = None
 
     def _resolve(self) -> Iterable[Tuple[int, Tuple[Any, ...]]]:
+        """Resolves a hostname into a list of IPs
+        Raises
+        ------
+        socket.gaierror [Errno -2]
+            If the hostname cannot be resolved.
+        """
         # If __ip_version_preference has only one entry, then it means that ONLY that IP version should be used.
         if len(self.__ip_version_preference) == 1:
             family = socket.AF_INET if self.__ip_version_preference[0] == 4 else socket.AF_INET6
         else:
             family = socket.AF_UNSPEC
-        try:
-            stype = socket.SOCK_STREAM
-            r = socket.getaddrinfo(self.__host, self.__port, family, stype)
+        stype = socket.SOCK_STREAM
+        r = socket.getaddrinfo(self.__host, self.__port, family, stype)
 
-            # If the user has a preference for using IPv4 over IPv6 (or vice-versa), then sort the list returned by getaddrinfo() so that the preferred address type comes first.
-            if len(self.__ip_version_preference) == 2:
-                r = sorted(r, key=lambda x: x[0], reverse=(self.__ip_version_preference[0] == 6))  # pylint: disable=superfluous-parens
-            for af, socktype, _proto, _canonname, addr in r:
-                if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
-                    yield af, addr
-        except socket.error as e:
-            self.__outputbuffer.fail('[exception] {}'.format(e)).write()
-            sys.exit(exitcodes.CONNECTION_ERROR)
+        # If the user has a preference for using IPv4 over IPv6 (or vice-versa), then sort the list returned by getaddrinfo() so that the preferred address type comes first.
+        if len(self.__ip_version_preference) == 2:
+            r = sorted(r, key=lambda x: x[0], reverse=(self.__ip_version_preference[0] == 6))  # pylint: disable=superfluous-parens
+        for af, socktype, _proto, _canonname, addr in r:
+            if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
+                yield af, addr
 
     # Listens on a server socket and accepts one connection (used for
     # auditing client connections).
@@ -152,18 +154,18 @@ class SSH_Socket(ReadBuf, WriteBuf):
     def connect(self) -> Optional[str]:
         '''Returns None on success, or an error string.'''
         err = None
-        for af, addr in self._resolve():
-            s = None
-            try:
+        s = None
+        try:
+            for af, addr in self._resolve():
                 s = socket.socket(af, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
                 s.settimeout(self.__timeout)
                 self.__outputbuffer.d(("Connecting to %s:%d..." % ('[%s]' % addr[0] if Utils.is_ipv6_address(addr[0]) else addr[0], addr[1])), write_now=True)
                 s.connect(addr)
                 self.__sock = s
                 return None
-            except socket.error as e:
-                err = e
-                self._close_socket(s)
+        except socket.error as e:
+            err = e
+            self._close_socket(s)
         if err is None:
             errm = 'host {} has no DNS records'.format(self.__host)
         else: