diff --git a/lib/tacnet.rb b/lib/tacnet.rb
index c14d210..1cf4817 100644
--- a/lib/tacnet.rb
+++ b/lib/tacnet.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module TAC
   class TACNET
-    DEFAULT_HOSTNAME = "192.168.49.1"
+    DEFAULT_HOSTNAME = "192.168.49.1".freeze
     DEFAULT_PORT = 8962
 
     SYNC_INTERVAL = 250 # ms
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module TAC
     end
 
     def full_status
-      _status = status.to_s.split("_").map { |c| c.capitalize }.join(" ")
+      _status = status.to_s.split("_").map(&:capitalize).join(" ")
 
       if connected?
         net_stats = ""
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module TAC
 
         "<b>Status:</b> #{_status}\n\n#{net_stats}"
       elsif @connection&.client && @connection.client.socket_error?
-        "<b>Status:</b> #{_status}\n\n#{@connection.client.last_socket_error.to_s}"
+        "<b>Status:</b> #{_status}\n\n#{@connection.client.last_socket_error}"
       else
         "<b>Status:</b> #{_status}"
       end
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ module TAC
     end
 
     def close
-      if connected?
-        @connection.close
-        @connection = nil
-      end
+      return unless connected?
+
+      @connection.close
+      @connection = nil
     end
 
     def client
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ module TAC
       Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC, :millisecond)
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/tacnet/client.rb b/lib/tacnet/client.rb
index 9457f44..02cb4aa 100644
--- a/lib/tacnet/client.rb
+++ b/lib/tacnet/client.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ module TAC
       attr_reader :uuid, :read_queue, :write_queue, :socket,
                   :packets_sent, :packets_received,
                   :data_sent, :data_received
+
       attr_accessor :sync_interval, :last_socket_error, :socket_error
+
       def initialize
         @uuid = SecureRandom.uuid
         @read_queue = []
@@ -20,8 +22,11 @@ module TAC
         @socket_error = false
         @bound = false
 
-        @packets_sent, @packets_received = 0, 0
-        @data_sent, @data_received = 0, 0
+        @packets_sent = 0
+        @packets_received = 0
+
+        @data_sent = 0
+        @data_received = 0
       end
 
       def uuid=(id)
@@ -39,17 +44,15 @@ module TAC
         Thread.new do
           while connected?
             # Read from socket
-            while message_in = read
-              if message_in.empty?
-                break
-              else
-                log.i(TAG, "Read: " + message_in)
+            while (message_in = read)
+              break if message_in.empty?
 
-                @read_queue << message_in
+              log.i(TAG, "Read: #{message_in}")
 
-                @packets_received += 1
-                @data_received += message_in.length
-              end
+              @read_queue << message_in
+
+              @packets_received += 1
+              @data_received += message_in.length
             end
 
             sleep @sync_interval / 1000.0
@@ -59,12 +62,12 @@ module TAC
         Thread.new do
           while connected?
             # Write to socket
-            while message_out = @write_queue.shift
+            while (message_out = @write_queue.shift)
               write(message_out)
 
               @packets_sent += 1
               @data_sent += message_out.to_s.length
-              log.i(TAG, "Write: " + message_out.to_s)
+              log.i(TAG, "Write: #{message_out}")
             end
 
             sleep @sync_interval / 1000.0
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ module TAC
         while message
           puts(message)
 
-          log.i(TAG, "Writing to Queue: " + message)
+          log.i(TAG, "Writing to Queue: #{message}")
 
           message = gets
         end
@@ -101,34 +104,29 @@ module TAC
       end
 
       def closed?
-        @socket.closed? if @socket
+        @socket&.closed?
       end
 
       def write(message)
-        begin
-          @socket.puts("#{message}#{PACKET_TAIL}")
-        rescue => error
-          @last_socket_error = error
-          @socket_error = true
+        @socket.puts("#{message}#{PACKET_TAIL}") if connected?
+      rescue => error
+        @last_socket_error = error
+        @socket_error = true
 
-          log.e(TAG, error.message)
+        log.e(TAG, error.message)
 
-          close
-        end
+        close
       end
 
       def read
-        begin
-          @socket.gets&.strip
+        @socket&.gets&.strip if connected?
+      rescue => error
+        @last_socket_error = error
+        @socket_error = true
 
-        rescue => error
-          @last_socket_error = error
-          @socket_error = true
+        log.e(TAG, error.message)
 
-          log.e(TAG, error.message)
-
-          ""
-        end
+        close
       end
 
       def puts(message)
@@ -140,11 +138,11 @@ module TAC
       end
 
       def encode(message)
-        return message
+        message
       end
 
       def decode(blob)
-        return blob
+        blob
       end
 
       def flush
@@ -153,8 +151,9 @@ module TAC
 
       def close(reason = nil)
         write(reason) if reason
-        @socket.close if @socket
+
+        @socket&.close
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end