diff --git a/lib/ssh.pm b/lib/ssh.pm
index ac06734..524307e 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.pm
+++ b/lib/ssh.pm
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ sub fetch {
 	my $retmsg;
 	my @toreturn;
 	unless($seq) {
-		my $seqsth	= $self->{'dbh'}->prepare("SELECT seq FROM logs WHERE program = 'sshd' ORDER BY seq DESC LIMIT 1") or $retmsg = DBI::errstr;
-		$seqsth->execute or $retmsg = DBI::errstr unless($retmsg);
-		$seq            = $seqsth->fetchrow_arrayref->[0] or $retmsg = DBI::errstr unless($retmsg);
+		my $seqsth	= $self->{'dbh'}->prepare("SELECT seq FROM logs WHERE program = 'sshd' ORDER BY seq DESC LIMIT 1") or return { retval => 0, retmsg => DBI::errstr, error => 1 };
+		$seqsth->execute or return { retval => 0, retmsg => DBI::errstr, error => 1};
+		$seq            = $seqsth->fetchrow_arrayref->[0] or return { retval => 0, retmsg => DBI::errstr, error => 1};
 	}
-	return { retval => 0, retmsg => $retmsg, error => 1 } if($retmsg);
-	my $sth = $self->{'dbh'}->prepare("SELECT msg,seq FROM logs WHERE program = 'sshd' AND seq > $seq") or $retmsg = DBI::errstr unless($retmsg);
-	$sth->execute or $retmsg = DBI::errstr unless($retmsg);
+	my $sth = $self->{'dbh'}->prepare("SELECT msg,seq FROM logs WHERE program = 'sshd' AND seq > $seq") or return { retval => 1, retmsg => DBI::errstr, error => 1 };
+	$sth->execute or return { retval => 0, retmsg => DBI::errstr, error => 1};
 	while(my $ref = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
 		my $string      = $$ref{'msg'};
 		$seq            = $$ref{'seq'};