diff --git a/gnome-frontend/src/soapclient/soapclient.py b/gnome-frontend/src/soapclient/soapclient.py
index 46aaefd..ac8c76e 100644
--- a/gnome-frontend/src/soapclient/soapclient.py
+++ b/gnome-frontend/src/soapclient/soapclient.py
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 from SOAPpy import SOAPProxy
+import socket
 
 class SOAPClient:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.server = SOAPProxy('https://ssl.gnuviech.info/soap')
+        self.server = SOAPProxy('http://localhost:8080/')
     
     def echo(self, value):
-        return self.server.echo(value);
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+        try:
+            return self.server.echo(value);
+        except socket.error:
+            return "couldn't connect"
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    client = SOAPClient()
+    print client.echo("Ein Test ")
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