diff --git a/src/include/lib3270++.h b/src/include/lib3270++.h
index 19dc7fa..3aada0e 100644
--- a/src/include/lib3270++.h
+++ b/src/include/lib3270++.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 			virtual void disconnect() = 0;
 
 			// Wait for session state.
-			virtual void waitForReady(time_t timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) throw() = 0;
+			virtual void waitForReady(time_t timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) = 0;
 
 			// Gets
 			virtual std::string	toString(int baddr = 0, size_t len = -1, char lf = '\n') const = 0;
diff --git a/src/lib3270++/ipc/session.cc b/src/lib3270++/ipc/session.cc
index f263445..7322601 100644
--- a/src/lib3270++/ipc/session.cc
+++ b/src/lib3270++/ipc/session.cc
@@ -55,18 +55,22 @@
 	}
 
 	// Wait for session state.
-	void IPC::Session::waitForReady(time_t timeout) throw() {
+	void IPC::Session::waitForReady(time_t timeout) {
 
 		int rc;
-		Request request(*this,"waitForReady");
 
 		time_t end = time(nullptr) + timeout;
 
 		while(time(nullptr) < end) {
 
-			request.call();
+			debug("Running waitForReady request...");
 
-			request.pop(rc);
+			Request(*this,"waitForReady")
+				.push(1)
+				.call()
+				.pop(rc);
+
+			debug("Wait for ready returned ",rc);
 
 			if(rc == 0)
 				return;
diff --git a/src/lib3270++/linux/request.cc b/src/lib3270++/linux/request.cc
index fcd18c7..3a2ba56 100644
--- a/src/lib3270++/linux/request.cc
+++ b/src/lib3270++/linux/request.cc
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@
 		return *this;
 	}
 
+	IPC::Request & IPC::Request::push(int32_t arg) {
+		dbus_message_append_args(this->msg.out,DBUS_TYPE_INT32,&arg,DBUS_TYPE_INVALID);
+		return *this;
+	}
+
 	IPC::Request & IPC::Request::pop(std::string &value) {
 
 		const char * str = "";
diff --git a/src/lib3270++/private.h b/src/lib3270++/private.h
index 9d4c07d..0c81ad9 100644
--- a/src/lib3270++/private.h
+++ b/src/lib3270++/private.h
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@
 
 				// Push values
 				Request & push(const char *arg);
+				Request & push(int32_t arg);
 
 				// Pop values
 				Request & pop(std::string &value);
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@
 				void disconnect() override;
 
 				// Wait for session state.
-				void waitForReady(time_t timeout = 5)  throw() override;
+				void waitForReady(time_t timeout = 5) override;
 
 				// Get properties.
 				void getProperty(const char *name, int &value) const override;
diff --git a/src/lib3270++/testprogram/testprogram.cc b/src/lib3270++/testprogram/testprogram.cc
index cc7b2ff..a27dbb8 100644
--- a/src/lib3270++/testprogram/testprogram.cc
+++ b/src/lib3270++/testprogram/testprogram.cc
@@ -47,22 +47,31 @@
 
 	TN3270::Host host{"pw3270:a"};
 
-	cout
-		<< "Version: " << host.getVersion()
-		<< "\tRevision: " << host.getRevision()
-		<< std::endl;
+	try {
 
-	cout
-		<< "Connection state is " << host.getConnectionState()
-		<< "\tProgram message is " << host.getProgramMessage()
-		<< std::endl;
+		cout
+			<< "Version: " << host.getVersion()
+			<< "\tRevision: " << host.getRevision()
+			<< std::endl;
 
-	// host.connect(getenv("LIB3270_DEFAULT_HOST"));
+		cout
+			<< "Connection state is " << host.getConnectionState()
+			<< "\tProgram message is " << host.getProgramMessage()
+			<< std::endl;
+
+		// host.connect(getenv("LIB3270_DEFAULT_HOST"));
+
+		if(host) {
+			cout << host << endl;
+		}
+
+	} catch(const std::exception &e) {
+
+		cerr << std::endl << e.what() << std::endl << std::endl;
 
-	if(host) {
-		cout << host << endl;
 	}
 
+
 	return 0;
  }
 
--
libgit2 0.21.2