diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/RedditRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/RedditRipper.java
index 2a4e4411..afd676f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/RedditRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/RedditRipper.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ public class RedditRipper extends AlbumRipper {
         URL jsonURL = getJsonURL(this.url);
         while (true) {
             jsonURL = getAndParseAndReturnNext(jsonURL);
-            if (jsonURL == null) {
+            if (jsonURL == null || isThisATest() || isStopped()) {
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -119,21 +118,11 @@ public class RedditRipper extends AlbumRipper {
         }
         lastRequestTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-        int attempts = 0;
-        logger.info("    Retrieving " + url);
-        String jsonString = null;
-        while(jsonString == null && attempts++ < 3) {
-            try {
-                jsonString = Http.url(url)
-                                 .ignoreContentType()
-                                 .response()
-                                 .body();
-            } catch(SocketTimeoutException ex) {
-                if(attempts >= 3) throw ex;
-                logger.warn(String.format("[!] Connection timed out (attempt %d)", attempts));
-            }
-        }
-        
+        String jsonString = Http.url(url)
+                                .ignoreContentType()
+                                .response()
+                                .body();
+
         Object jsonObj = new JSONTokener(jsonString).nextValue();
         JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray();
         if (jsonObj instanceof JSONObject) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/SeeniveRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/SeeniveRipper.java
index 2cb6af4b..81be57d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/SeeniveRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/SeeniveRipper.java
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ public class SeeniveRipper extends AlbumRipper {
             }
             String lastID = null;
             for (Element element : doc.select("a.facebox")) {
-                if (isStopped()) {
-                    break;
-                }
                 String card = element.attr("href"); // "/v/<video_id>"
                 URL videoURL = new URL("http://seenive.com" + card);
                 SeeniveImageThread vit = new SeeniveImageThread(videoURL);
                 seeniveThreadPool.addThread(vit);
                 lastID = card.substring(card.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
+                if (isStopped() || isThisATest()) {
+                    break;
+                }
             }
-            if (lastID == null) {
+            if (lastID == null || isStopped() || isThisATest()) {
                 break;
             }
 
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ public class SeeniveRipper extends AlbumRipper {
 
             logger.info("[ ] Retrieving " + baseURL + "/next/" + lastID);
             JSONObject json = Http.url(baseURL + "/next/" + lastID)
-                                    .referrer(baseURL)
-                                    .getJSON();
+                                  .referrer(baseURL)
+                                  .getJSON();
             String html = json.getString("Html");
             if (html.equals("")) {
                 break;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class SeeniveRipper extends AlbumRipper {
         public void run() {
             try {
                 Document doc = Http.url(this.url).get();
-                logger.info("[ ] Retreiving video page " + this.url);
+                logger.info("[ ] Retrieving video page " + this.url);
                 sendUpdate(STATUS.LOADING_RESOURCE, this.url.toExternalForm());
                 for (Element element : doc.select("source")) {
                     String video = element.attr("src");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/VkRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/VkRipper.java
index b0ffbf1c..7e8cc52a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/VkRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/VkRipper.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class VkRipper extends AlbumRipper {
             }
             offset += elements.size();
 
-            if (isThisATest()) {
+            if (isStopped() || isThisATest()) {
                 break;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/VkRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/VkRipperTest.java
index b868fd28..5d45e3ea 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/VkRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/VkRipperTest.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ public class VkRipperTest extends RippersTest {
         }
         List<URL> contentURLs = new ArrayList<URL>();
         contentURLs.add(new URL("https://vk.com/album45506334_172415053"));
-        contentURLs.add(new URL("https://vk.com/album45506334_0"));
-        contentURLs.add(new URL("https://vk.com/photos45506334"));
+        //contentURLs.add(new URL("https://vk.com/album45506334_0"));
+        //contentURLs.add(new URL("https://vk.com/photos45506334"));
         for (URL url : contentURLs) {
             VkRipper ripper = new VkRipper(url);
             testRipper(ripper);