diff --git a/Blacklight/IRCClient.php b/Blacklight/IRCClient.php
index d87d6c812..0db68f055 100755
--- a/Blacklight/IRCClient.php
+++ b/Blacklight/IRCClient.php
@@ -343,14 +343,14 @@ class IRCClient
                 $this->_pong($matches[1]);
             } elseif (preg_match('/^:(.*?)\s+(\d+).*?(:.+?)?$/', $this->_buffer, $matches)) {
                 // We found 001, which means we are logged in.
-                if ($matches[2] == 001) {
+                if ((int) $matches[2] === 1) {
                     $this->_remote_host_received = $matches[1];
                     break;
 
                     // We got 464, which means we need to send a password.
                 }
 
-                if ($matches[2] == 464) {
+                if ((int)$matches[2] === 464) {
                     // Before the lower check, set the password : username:password
                     $tempPass = $userName.':'.$password;
 
diff --git a/Blacklight/IRCScraper.php b/Blacklight/IRCScraper.php
index ace3abbec..68f925d2a 100755
--- a/Blacklight/IRCScraper.php
+++ b/Blacklight/IRCScraper.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Blacklight;
 
 use App\Models\Group;
 use App\Models\Predb;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 /**
@@ -219,7 +220,9 @@ class IRCScraper extends IRCClient
                 return;
             }
 
-            $this->_curPre['predate'] = 'FROM_UNIXTIME((strtotime($matches["time"]." UTC")))';
+            $utime = Carbon::createFromTimeString($matches['time'], 'UTC')->timestamp;
+
+            $this->_curPre['predate'] = 'FROM_UNIXTIME('.$utime.')';
             $this->_curPre['title'] = $matches['title'];
             $this->_curPre['source'] = $matches['source'];
             if ($matches['category'] !== 'N/A') {