diff --git a/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf b/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf
index de942f9..d04ddb1 100644
--- a/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf
+++ b/etc/tunnelkeeper.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-# Everything in this section obeys the same rules as ~/.ssh/config, except for the Password, Watch and Debug directives
+# Everything in this file obeys the same rules as ~/.ssh/config, except for the Password, Watch and Debug directives
 
+Host *
+  ExitOnForwardFailure yes
+  TCPKeepAlive yes
+  ServerAliveInterval 15
+  ServerAliveCountMax 3
+  
 # Examples
 #
 # Host server1
diff --git a/tunnelkeeper b/tunnelkeeper
index d2869ad..070bce2 100755
--- a/tunnelkeeper
+++ b/tunnelkeeper
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ function debugopt () {
 }
 
 function dbg () {
-  [[ "$(awk "/^$1/ {print \$2}" ${DEBUGCONF})" =~ "[123]" ]] && logger -t tunnelkeeper
+  read line
+  [[ "$(awk "/^$1/ {print \$2}" ${DEBUGCONF})" =~ "[123]" ]] && echo $line | logger -t tunnelkeeper
 }
 
 function connect () {