diff --git a/.github/workflows/appimage.yml b/.github/workflows/appimage.yml
index 250fd001..c6315660 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/appimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/appimage.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main", "release-**"]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [ ]
 
 jobs:
   build-appimage:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index e4ddf55a..94895912 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main", "release-**"]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [ ]
 
 jobs:
   build-dmg:
diff --git a/src/network/Network.cpp b/src/network/Network.cpp
index 86108352..d9f9c201 100644
--- a/src/network/Network.cpp
+++ b/src/network/Network.cpp
@@ -191,15 +191,15 @@ public:
 static inline int closesocket(int descriptor) noexcept {
     return close(descriptor);
 }
-static inline void handle_socket_error(const std::string& message) {
+static inline std::runtime_error handle_socket_error(const std::string& message) {
     int err = errno;
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        message+" [errno=" + std::to_string(err) +
-        "]: " + std::string(strerror(err))
+    return std::runtime_error(
+        message+" [errno=" + std::to_string(err) + "]: " + 
+        std::string(strerror(err))
     );
 }
 #else
-static inline void handle_socket_error(const std::string& message) {
+static inline std::runtime_error handle_socket_error(const std::string& message) {
     wchar_t* s = nullptr;
     FormatMessageW(
         FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static inline void handle_socket_error(const std::string& message) {
     assert(s != nullptr);
     std::string errorString = util::wstr2str_utf8(std::wstring(s));
     LocalFree(s);
-    throw std::runtime_error(message+"; "+errorString);
+    return std::runtime_error(message+"; "+errorString);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -356,9 +356,10 @@ public:
 
         int res = connectsocket(descriptor, addrinfo->ai_addr, addrinfo->ai_addrlen);
         if (res == -1) {
+            auto error = handle_socket_error("Connect failed");
             closesocket(descriptor);
             freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);
-            handle_socket_error("Connect failed");
+            throw error;
         }
         logger.info() << "connected to " << address << " ["
                       << to_string(addrinfo) << ":" << port << "]";
diff --git a/test/network/curltest.cpp b/test/network/curltest.cpp
index 2e6402f9..afca9677 100644
--- a/test/network/curltest.cpp
+++ b/test/network/curltest.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ TEST(curltest, curltest) {
         }, [](auto){}
     );
     if (true) {
-        auto socket = network->getConnection(network->connect("localhost", 8000));
-        const char* string = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n";
+        auto socket = network->getConnection(network->connect("google.com", 80));
+        const char* string = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\n\r\n";
         socket->send(string, strlen(string));
         char data[1024];