diff --git a/itchat/components/contact.py b/itchat/components/contact.py
index 3026ba5c..70609ed3 100644
--- a/itchat/components/contact.py
+++ b/itchat/components/contact.py
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ def get_head_img(self, userName=None, chatroomUserName=None, picDir=None):
                     'Ret': -1001, }})
             if 'EncryChatRoomId' in chatroom:
                 params['chatroomid'] = chatroom['EncryChatRoomId']
-            params['chatroomid'] =  params['chatroomid'] or chatroom['UserName']
+            params['chatroomid'] =  params.get('chatroomid') or chatroom['UserName']
     headers = { 'User-Agent' : config.USER_AGENT }
     r = self.s.get(url, params=params, stream=True, headers=headers)
     tempStorage = io.BytesIO()
diff --git a/itchat/components/login.py b/itchat/components/login.py
index 6e64fbae..9aa963a4 100644
--- a/itchat/components/login.py
+++ b/itchat/components/login.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 import json, xml.dom.minidom
 import copy, pickle, random
 import traceback, logging
+try:
+    from httplib import BadStatusLine
+except ImportError:
+    from http.client import BadStatusLine
 
 import requests
 from pyqrcode import QRCode
@@ -292,7 +296,19 @@ def sync_check(self):
         'synckey'  : self.loginInfo['synckey'],
         '_'        : int(time.time() * 1000),}
     headers = { 'User-Agent' : config.USER_AGENT }
-    r = self.s.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=config.TIMEOUT)
+    try:
+        r = self.s.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=config.TIMEOUT)
+    except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
+        try:
+            if not isinstance(e.args[0].args[1], BadStatusLine):
+                raise
+            # will return a package with status '0 -'
+            # and value like:
+            # 6f:00:8a:9c:09:74:e4:d8:e0:14:bf:96:3a:56:a0:64:1b:a4:25:5d:12:f4:31:a5:30:f1:c6:48:5f:c3:75:6a:99:93
+            # seems like status of typing, but before I make further achievement code will remain like this
+            return '2'
+        except:
+            raise
     r.raise_for_status()
     regx = r'window.synccheck={retcode:"(\d+)",selector:"(\d+)"}'
     pm = re.search(regx, r.text)
diff --git a/itchat/config.py b/itchat/config.py
index cc785e7f..9d2aa923 100644
--- a/itchat/config.py
+++ b/itchat/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os, platform
 
-VERSION = '1.3.8'
+VERSION = '1.3.9'
 BASE_URL = 'https://login.weixin.qq.com'
 OS = platform.system() # Windows, Linux, Darwin
 DIR = os.getcwd()