diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-on-push.yml b/.github/workflows/build-on-push.yml
index 52d1201..53167a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-on-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-on-push.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         path: demo/godot-mqtt
 
 
-    - name: Create Godot Hand Pose Detector
+    - name: Create Godot MQTT
       run: |
         mkdir plugin
         mkdir plugin/godot-mqtt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         path: plugin
 
 
-    - name: Create Godot Hand Pose Detector demo artifact
+    - name: Create Godot MQTT demo artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: godot-mqtt_demo
diff --git a/addons/mqtt/mqtt.gd b/addons/mqtt/mqtt.gd
index b032444..1c01bb4 100644
--- a/addons/mqtt/mqtt.gd
+++ b/addons/mqtt/mqtt.gd
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func connect_to_broker(brokerurl):
 	assert (brokerconnectmode == BCM_NOCONNECTION)
 	var brokermatch = regexbrokerurl.search(brokerurl)
 	if brokermatch == null:
-		print("ERROR: unrecognized brokerurl pattern: ", brokerurl, " must be tcp,ssh,ws, or wss://")
+		printerr("ERROR: unrecognized brokerurl pattern: ", brokerurl, " must be tcp,ssh,ws, or wss://")
 		return cleanupsockets(false)
 	var brokercomponents = brokermatch.strings
 	var brokerprotocol = brokercomponents[1]
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func connect_to_broker(brokerurl):
 			print("Connecting to websocketurl: ", websocketurl)
 		var E = websocket.connect_to_url(websocketurl)
 		if E != 0:
-			print("ERROR: websocketclient.connect_to_url Err: ", E)
+			printerr("ERROR: websocketclient.connect_to_url Err: ", E)
 			return cleanupsockets(false)
 		print("Websocket get_requested_url ", websocket.get_requested_url())
 		brokerconnectmode = BCM_WAITING_WEBSOCKET_CONNECTION
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func connect_to_broker(brokerurl):
 			print("Connecting to %s:%s" % [brokerserver, brokerport])
 		var E = socket.connect_to_host(brokerserver, brokerport)
 		if E != 0:
-			print("ERROR: socketclient.connect_to_url Err: ", E)
+			printerr("ERROR: socketclient.connect_to_url Err: ", E)
 			return cleanupsockets(false)
 		if isssl:
 			brokerconnectmode = BCM_WAITING_SSL_SOCKET_CONNECTION
diff --git a/addons/mqtt/plugin.cfg b/addons/mqtt/plugin.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 180e833..0000000
--- a/addons/mqtt/plugin.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[plugin]
-
-name="MQTT"
-description="MQTT client in GDScript"
-author="Julian Todd"
-version="1.0"
-script="mqtt.gd"
diff --git a/mqttexample.gd b/mqttexample.gd
index 010af35..c7cd3ae 100644
--- a/mqttexample.gd
+++ b/mqttexample.gd
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ func _on_button_connect_toggled(button_pressed):
 		$VBox/HBoxBrokerControl/status.text = "connecting..."
 		var brokerurl = $VBox/HBoxBroker/brokeraddress.text
 		var protocol = $VBox/HBoxBroker/brokerprotocol.get_item_text($VBox/HBoxBroker/brokerprotocol.selected)
-		$MQTT.connect_to_broker("%s%s:%s" % [protocol, brokerurl, $VBox/HBoxBroker/brokerport.text])
+		var retval = $MQTT.connect_to_broker("%s%s:%s" % [protocol, brokerurl, $VBox/HBoxBroker/brokerport.text])
+		if not retval:
+			$VBox/HBoxBrokerControl/status.text = "error."
 
 	else:
 		#$VBox/HBoxBrokerControl/status.text = "disconnecting..."
@@ -110,5 +112,3 @@ func _on_unsubscribe_pressed():
 	$VBox/HBoxSubscriptions/unsubscribe.disabled = (seloptbutt.item_count == 0)
 	if seloptbutt.item_count != 0:
 		seloptbutt.select(min(sel, seloptbutt.item_count - 1))
-
-
diff --git a/mqttexample.tscn b/mqttexample.tscn
index c867530..ebebc9c 100644
--- a/mqttexample.tscn
+++ b/mqttexample.tscn
@@ -111,10 +111,9 @@ text = "Protocol: "
 
 [node name="brokerprotocol" type="OptionButton" parent="VBox/HBoxBroker"]
 layout_mode = 2
-item_count = 4
 selected = 0
+item_count = 4
 popup/item_0/text = "tcp://"
-popup/item_0/id = 0
 popup/item_1/text = "ssl://"
 popup/item_1/id = 1
 popup/item_2/text = "ws://"
@@ -192,10 +191,9 @@ layout_mode = 2
 size_flags_horizontal = 10
 tooltip_text = "Subscribed topics
 "
-item_count = 1
 selected = 0
+item_count = 1
 popup/item_0/text = "<none>"
-popup/item_0/id = 0
 
 [node name="unsubscribe" type="Button" parent="VBox/HBoxSubscriptions"]
 layout_mode = 2
diff --git a/project.godot b/project.godot
index 0ea48c8..09ffbf9 100644
--- a/project.godot
+++ b/project.godot
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ config_version=5
 
 config/name="Godot-mqtt"
 run/main_scene="res://mqttexample.tscn"
-config/features=PackedStringArray("4.2", "Forward Plus")
+config/features=PackedStringArray("4.3", "Forward Plus")
 config/icon="res://icon.png"
 
 [audio]
@@ -23,7 +23,3 @@ buses/default_bus_layout=""
 
 window/size/viewport_width=900
 window/size/viewport_height=520
-
-[editor_plugins]
-
-enabled=PackedStringArray("res://addons/mqtt/plugin.cfg")