diff --git a/eve_proxy/exceptions.py b/eve_proxy/exceptions.py
index 2ed7fa6..c9fcf17 100644
--- a/eve_proxy/exceptions.py
+++ b/eve_proxy/exceptions.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class DocumentRetrievalError(Exception):
         self.value = value
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return self.__doc__ % value
+        return self.__doc__ % self.value
 
 class InvalidDocument(Exception):
     """
diff --git a/eve_proxy/models.py b/eve_proxy/models.py
index 258914f..01e26bf 100755
--- a/eve_proxy/models.py
+++ b/eve_proxy/models.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class CachedDocumentManager(models.Manager):
             req = urllib2.Request(url)
             req.add_header('CCP-Contact', 'matalok@pleaseignore.com')
             try:
-                conn = urllib2.urlopen(req, timeout=60)
+                conn = urllib2.urlopen(req)
             except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
                 raise DocumentRetrievalError(e.code)
             except urllib2.URLError, e: