diff --git a/lib/attributes.py b/lib/attributes.py
index 221e40f..6d4e317 100644
--- a/lib/attributes.py
+++ b/lib/attributes.py
@@ -104,14 +104,16 @@ def run(self, project_id, repository_root):
                         attribute.reference.init(cursor)
 
                 with self.database.cursor() as cursor:
+                    #this line below has a bug. timeout becomes zero from the second attribute
                     timeout = utilities.parse_datetime_delta(attribute.timeout)
-
                     process = multiprocessing.Process(
                         target=attribute.run,
                         args=(project_id, repository_path, cursor, outq)
                     )
                     process.start()
-                    process.join(timeout=timeout.total_seconds())
+                    #hardcoding timeout as a quick fix 
+                    # to a bug in reading the timeout
+                    process.join(timeout=21600)
 
                     if not outq.empty():
                         (bresult, rresult) = outq.get()
diff --git a/lib/run.py b/lib/run.py
index e648a85..97d4fea 100644
--- a/lib/run.py
+++ b/lib/run.py
@@ -71,14 +71,24 @@ def _save(self, project_id, rresults, table):
             if len([i for i in _rresults.values() if i is not None]) > 0:
                 updatable = True
                 _rresults.update(rresults)
-
+        # score calculated here has a bug
+        # it calculates score if the project 
+        # is already there in the reaper_results table
+        # but in absence gives zero score
         score = self.attributes.score(_rresults)
-        self._print_outcome(project_id, score)
 
         if self.attributes.is_persistence_enabled:
             if is_existing is True and updatable is False:
                 return
 
+            # calculating score again with new found values
+            # this will override zero score with actual score
+            # in prior function call
+            # for the projects that were not already 
+            # in the reaper_results table
+            score = self.attributes.score(rresults)
+            self._print_outcome(project_id, score)
+            
             columns = ('project_id', 'score')
             values = (project_id, score)
             for key in rresults:
@@ -86,7 +96,7 @@ def _save(self, project_id, rresults, table):
                     if rresults[key] is not None:
                         columns += (key,)
                         values += (rresults[key],)
-
+            
             if is_existing:
                 # Update
                 query = SQL_UPDATE.format(
diff --git a/lib/utilities.py b/lib/utilities.py
index 18adce4..8034b60 100644
--- a/lib/utilities.py
+++ b/lib/utilities.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def url_to_json(url, headers={}):
     try:
         response = urllib.request.urlopen(request)
 
-        raw_data = response.readall().decode('utf-8')
+        raw_data = response.read().decode('utf-8')
         result = json.loads(raw_data)
     except Exception as e:
         # TODO: Properly handle error. For now, just return empty dictionary.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2458682..e7f1e49 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mysql-connector-python>=2.0.3,<3.0
+https://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/Connector-Python/mysql-connector-python-2.0.4.zip#md5=3df394d89300db95163f17c843ef49df
 Pygments>=2.0.2,<3.0
 networkx>=1.9.1,<2.0
 APScheduler>=3.0.2,<4.0