--- trunk/src/gcvote.c	2009/11/08 20:32:55	165
+++ trunk/src/gcvote.c	2009/11/18 11:40:31	194
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 }
 
 static void curl_set_proxy(CURL *curl, proxy_t *proxy) {
-  if(proxy) {
+  if(proxy && proxy->host) {
     if(proxy->ignore_hosts)
       printf("WARNING: Proxy \"ignore_hosts\" unsupported!\n");
 
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, proxy->host);
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, proxy->port);
 
-    if(proxy->use_authentication) {
+    if(proxy->use_authentication && 
+       proxy->authentication_user && proxy->authentication_password) {
       printf("gcvote:   use auth for user %s\n", proxy->authentication_user);
 
       char *cred = g_strdup_printf("%s:%s",
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@
 void gcvote_request_free(gcvote_request_t *request) {
   /* decrease refcount and only free structure if no references are left */
   request->refcount--;
-  if(request->refcount) {
+  if(request->refcount > 0) {
     printf("gcvote: still %d references, keeping request\n", 
 	   request->refcount);
     return;