diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 97d751f..422f5d5 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -32,3 +32,18 @@ def doCSVImport(doorIP, csv):
               {"task": "importCardsPeople", "name": "cardspeopleschedule.csv"},
               {"importCardsPeopleButton": ("cardspeopleschedule.csv", csv, 'text/csv')})
     doImportRequest(doorIP, {"task": "importDone"})
+
+def doXMLRequest(doorIP, xml, prefix=b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'):
+    r = requests.get(
+        'https://' + doorIP + '/cgi-bin/vertx_xml.cgi',
+        params={'XML': prefix + xml},
+        auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(DOOR_USERNAME, DOOR_PASSWORD),
+        verify=False)
+    xml = ET.XML(r.text)
+    # probably meed to be more sane about this
+    if r.status_code != 200 \
+       or len(xml.findall("{http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX}Error")) > 0:
+        print("Door Updating Error: ", r.status_code, r.reason)
+        print(r.text)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return xml
diff --git a/events.py b/events.py
index 4e39d93..35522aa 100755
--- a/events.py
+++ b/events.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import requests
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
-import urllib3
 
-from passwords import *
-
-urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
+from common import *
 
+TARGET_IP = '172.18.51.11'
 
 # From /html/en_EN/en_EN.js localeStrings
 eventStrings = {
@@ -36,22 +33,13 @@ eventStrings = {
     4045: 'Battery Failure',
 }
 
-def doRequest(xml):
-    r = requests.get(
-        'https://172.18.51.11/cgi-bin/vertx_xml.cgi',
-        params={'XML': b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' + xml},
-        auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(DOOR_USERNAME, DOOR_PASSWORD),
-        verify=False)
-    return ET.XML(r.text)
-
-
 #<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <VertXMessage> <hid:EventMessages action="LR" recordCount="100" historyRecordMarker="463" historyTimestamp="1525824431"/> </VertXMessage>
 
 #<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><VertXMessage xmlns:hid="http://www.hidcorp.com/VertX"><hid:EventMessages action="RL" historyRecordMarker="463" historyTimestamp="1525824431" currentRecordMarker="463" currentTimestamp="1525824431" /></VertXMessage>
 
 XML = ET.Element("VertXMessage")
 ET.SubElement(XML, "hid:EventMessages", attrib={"action": "LR"})
-xml = doRequest(ET.tostring(XML))
+xml = doXMLRequest(TARGET_IP, ET.tostring(XML))
 print(xml[0].attrib)
 
 XML = ET.Element("VertXMessage")
@@ -60,7 +48,7 @@ ET.SubElement(XML, "hid:EventMessages",
                       "recordCount": "1000",
                       "historyRecordMarker": xml[0].attrib["historyRecordMarker"],
                       "historyTimestamp": xml[0].attrib["historyTimestamp"]})
-xml = doRequest(ET.tostring(XML))
+xml = doXMLRequest(TARGET_IP, ET.tostring(XML))
 for event in xml[0]:
     ET.dump(event)
     att = event.attrib
diff --git a/sendSchedule.py b/sendSchedule.py
index c2769e2..9176987 100755
--- a/sendSchedule.py
+++ b/sendSchedule.py
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ from common import *
 
 TARGET_IP = '172.18.51.15'
 
-def doRequest(xml):
-    r = requests.get(
-        'https://' + TARGET_IP + '/cgi-bin/vertx_xml.cgi',
-        params={'XML': xml},
-        auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(DOOR_USERNAME, DOOR_PASSWORD),
-        verify=False)
-    print(r.text)
-
 # clear all people
 outString = StringIO()
 writer = csv.DictWriter(outString, fieldnames)
@@ -29,8 +21,7 @@ delXML = ET.Element("VertXMessage")
 for ii in range(1, 8):
     ET.SubElement(delXML, "hid:Schedules",
                   attrib={"action": "DD", "scheduleID": str(ii)})
-print(b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' + ET.tostring(delXML))
-doRequest(b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' + ET.tostring(delXML))
+doXMLRequest(TARGET_IP, ET.tostring(delXML))
 
 # load new schedules
 with open("schedules.xml", "rb") as f: