diff --git a/cdoseaplay/sync.py b/cdoseaplay/sync.py
index 9492938..0eb7cab 100755
--- a/cdoseaplay/sync.py
+++ b/cdoseaplay/sync.py
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ class Player(Thread):
 
     def ping(self):
         data = 'NEXT'
-        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        if ':' in self.peer:
+            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        else:
+            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
         logger.debug("ping: %s %s", self.peer, data)
         sock.sendto(bytes(data + "\n", "utf-8"), self.peer)
         received = str(sock.recv(1024), "utf-8")
@@ -105,7 +108,11 @@ class Player(Thread):
 
     def get_position(self):
         try:
-            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+            if ':' in self.peer:
+                sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+            else:
+                sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+
             sock.settimeout(1)
             data = 'POS'
             sock.sendto(bytes(data + "\n", "utf-8"), self.peer)
@@ -122,7 +129,8 @@ def main():
     prefix = os.path.expanduser('~/Videos/CDOSEA')
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='play 2 screens in sync')
-    parser.add_argument('--peer', help='ip[:port] of peer', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('--peer', help='ipof peer', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('--peer', help='port of peer')
     parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, help='local port', default=DEFAULT_PORT)
     parser.add_argument('--playlist', help='play.m3u', default=playlist)
     parser.add_argument('--prefix', help='video location', default=prefix)
@@ -136,6 +144,8 @@ def main():
     else:
         peer = (args.peer, DEFAULT_PORT)
 
+    time.sleep(10)
+
     DEBUG = args.debug
     if DEBUG:
         log_format = '%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s'