diff --git a/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py b/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
index ff38de1e..09a7b0a1 100644
--- a/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
+++ b/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from autoProcess.autoSickBeardFork import autoFork
 from nzbToMediaEnv import *
 from nzbToMediaUtil import *
 
-
 Logger = logging.getLogger()
 
 class AuthURLOpener(urllib.FancyURLopener):
diff --git a/autoProcess/autoSickBeardFork.py b/autoProcess/autoSickBeardFork.py
index b8f317de..c1aef3c9 100644
--- a/autoProcess/autoSickBeardFork.py
+++ b/autoProcess/autoSickBeardFork.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class AuthURLOpener(urllib.FancyURLopener):
         self.numTries = 0
         return urllib.FancyURLopener.open(self, url)
 
-def autoFork(fork=None):
+def autoFork():
 
     # config settings
     section = "SickBeard"
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ def autoFork(fork=None):
             url = protocol + host + ":" + port + web_root + "/home/postprocess/processEpisode?" + urllib.urlencode(fork[1])
 
             # attempting to auto-detect fork
-            urlObj = myOpener.openit(url)
+            try:
+                urlObj = myOpener.openit(url)
+            except IOError, e:
+                Logger.info("Could not connect to SickBeard to perform auto-fork detection!")
+                break
 
             if urlObj.getcode() == 200:
                 detected = True
diff --git a/autoProcess/nzbToMediaUtil.py b/autoProcess/nzbToMediaUtil.py
index 15704431..fe2655c4 100644
--- a/autoProcess/nzbToMediaUtil.py
+++ b/autoProcess/nzbToMediaUtil.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ def safeName(name):
     return safename
 
 
-def nzbtomedia_configure_logging(logfile):
+def nzbtomedia_configure_logging(logfile=None):
+    if not logfile:
+        logfile = LOG_FILE
     logging.config.fileConfig(CONFIG_FILE)
     fileHandler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(logfile, mode='a', maxBytes=1048576, backupCount=1, encoding='utf-8', delay=True)
     fileHandler.formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s|%(levelname)-7.7s %(message)s', '%H:%M:%S')
diff --git a/tests/test_autofork.py b/tests/test_autofork.py
index 89364ddf..c9fb55c0 100644
--- a/tests/test_autofork.py
+++ b/tests/test_autofork.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from autoProcess.nzbToMediaUtil import *
 from autoProcess.autoSickBeardFork import autoFork
+nzbtomedia_configure_logging(LOG_FILE)
+
 fork, params = autoFork()
 print fork, params
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