diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4e2e10..9278ad9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 lint:
-	python -m isort -c -rc src/ tests/ example/
-	python -m black --check src/ tests/ example/
-	python -m flake8 --select F --per-file-ignores="__init__.py:F401" src/ tests/ example/
-	python -m mypy src/ tests/ example/
+	python3 -m isort -c -rc src/ tests/ example/
+	python3 -m black --check src/ tests/ example/
+	python3 -m flake8 --select F --per-file-ignores="__init__.py:F401" src/ tests/ example/
+	python3 -m mypy src/ tests/ example/
 
 format:
-	python -m isort -rc src/ tests/ example/
-	python -m black src/ tests/ example/
+	python3 -m isort -rc src/ tests/ example/
+	python3 -m black src/ tests/ example/
 
 test:
 	pip install .
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 85a48d0..609ac61 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="enochecker",
-    version="0.2.0",
+    version="0.2.1",
     author="domenukk",
     author_email="dmaier@sect.tu-berlin.de",
     description="Library to build checker scripts for EnoEngine A/D CTF Framework in Python",
diff --git a/src/enochecker/__init__.py b/src/enochecker/__init__.py
index 84a43e4..c06966d 100644
--- a/src/enochecker/__init__.py
+++ b/src/enochecker/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     ensure_bytes,
     ensure_unicode,
     ensure_valid_filename,
-    readline_expect,
     serve_once,
     sha256ify,
     snake_caseify,
diff --git a/src/enochecker/utils.py b/src/enochecker/utils.py
index c655aea..42eccf7 100644
--- a/src/enochecker/utils.py
+++ b/src/enochecker/utils.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     Union,
 )
 
-from .results import BrokenServiceException, OfflineException
+from .results import BrokenServiceException
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
     import requests
@@ -179,42 +179,42 @@ def debase64ify(
         return base64.b64decode(s).decode("utf-8")
 
 
-def readline_expect(
-    telnet: Union[telnetlib.Telnet, "SimpleSocket"],
-    expected: Union[str, bytes],
-    read_until: Union[str, bytes] = b"\n",
-    timeout: int = 30,
-) -> bytes:
-    """
-    Read to newline (or read_until string) and assert the presence of a string in the response.
-
-    Will raise an exception if failed.
-
-    :param telnet: Connected telnet instance (the result of self.telnet(..))
-    :param expected: the expected String to search for in the response
-    :param read_until: Which char to read until.
-    :param timeout: a timeout
-    :return: the bytes read
-    """
-    logger = getattr(telnet, "logger", utilslogger)
-
-    if isinstance(expected, str):
-        expected = expected.encode("utf-8")
-    if isinstance(read_until, str):
-        read_until = read_until.encode("utf-8")
-
-    read = telnet.read_until(read_until, timeout)
-    if read == b"":
-        err = "Expected {!r} but got nothing/timeout!".format(expected)
-        logger.error(err, stack_info=True)
-        telnet.close()
-        raise OfflineException(err)
-    if expected not in read:
-        err = "Expected {!r} but got {!r}".format(expected, read)
-        logger.error(err, stack_info=True)
-        telnet.close()
-        raise BrokenServiceException(err)
-    return read
+# def readline_expect(
+#     telnet: Union[telnetlib.Telnet, "SimpleSocket"],
+#     expected: Union[str, bytes],
+#     read_until: Union[str, bytes] = b"\n",
+#     timeout: int = 30,
+# ) -> bytes:
+#     """
+#     Read to newline (or read_until string) and assert the presence of a string in the response.
+
+#     Will raise an exception if failed.
+
+#     :param telnet: Connected telnet instance (the result of self.telnet(..))
+#     :param expected: the expected String to search for in the response
+#     :param read_until: Which char to read until.
+#     :param timeout: a timeout
+#     :return: the bytes read
+#     """
+#     logger = getattr(telnet, "logger", utilslogger)
+
+#     if isinstance(expected, str):
+#         expected = expected.encode("utf-8")
+#     if isinstance(read_until, str):
+#         read_until = read_until.encode("utf-8")
+
+#     read = telnet.read_until(read_until, timeout)
+#     if read == b"":
+#         err = "Expected {!r} but got nothing/timeout!".format(expected)
+#         logger.error(err, stack_info=True)
+#         telnet.close()
+#         raise OfflineException(err)
+#     if expected not in read:
+#         err = "Expected {!r} but got {!r}".format(expected, read)
+#         logger.error(err, stack_info=True)
+#         telnet.close()
+#         raise BrokenServiceException(err)
+#     return read
 
 
 def start_daemon(target: Callable[..., Any]) -> threading.Thread:
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ def readline_expect(
         expected: Union[str, bytes],
         read_until: Union[str, bytes] = b"\n",
         timeout: Optional[int] = None,
+        exception_message: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> bytes:
         """
         Read to newline (or read_until string) and assert the presence of a string in the response.
@@ -365,7 +366,29 @@ def readline_expect(
         """
         if timeout is None:
             timeout = self.current_default_timeout
-        return readline_expect(self, expected, read_until, timeout)
+
+        expected = ensure_bytes(expected)
+        read_until = ensure_bytes(read_until)
+
+        read = self.read_until(read_until, timeout)
+        if read == b"":
+            err = "Expected {!r} but got nothing/timeout!".format(expected)
+            self.logger.error(err, stack_info=True)
+            self.close()
+            if exception_message:
+                raise BrokenServiceException(exception_message)
+            else:
+                raise BrokenServiceException("Service returned nothing (timeout?).")
+
+        if expected not in read:
+            err = "Expected {!r} but got {!r}".format(expected, read)
+            self.logger.error(err, stack_info=True)
+            self.close()
+            if exception_message:
+                raise BrokenServiceException(exception_message)
+            else:
+                raise BrokenServiceException("Service returned unexpected response.")
+        return read
 
     def expect(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/test_enochecker.py b/tests/test_enochecker.py
index 3446095..948b888 100644
--- a/tests/test_enochecker.py
+++ b/tests/test_enochecker.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     ensure_bytes,
     ensure_unicode,
     parse_args,
-    readline_expect,
     run,
     serve_once,
     snake_caseify,
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@ def test_checker_connections():
     checker = CheckerExampleImpl(CHECKER_METHODS[0])
     t = checker.connect()
     t.write(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")
-    assert readline_expect(t, "HTTP")
+    assert t.readline_expect("HTTP")
     t.close()