diff --git a/birdvisu/providers.py b/birdvisu/providers.py
index e9c04af..8a02927 100644
--- a/birdvisu/providers.py
+++ b/birdvisu/providers.py
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ class ProcessTopologyProvider(TopologyProvider):
 class BirdMultipleInstancesError(BirdError):
 	"""BIRD has multiple known OSPF's running.
 
-	This exception is intended to be created from existing BirdError. (We do
-	not re-raise, because we know what has happened.)"""
+	This exception is intended to be created from existing BirdError. (We stil
+	re-raise, so the error message is sane.)"""
 	def __init__(self, orig_exc: BirdError, protocols: list[str]):
 		for attr in ['code', 'start', 'end', 'text']:
 			val = getattr(orig_exc, attr)
@@ -493,9 +493,9 @@ class BirdSocketTopologyProvider(TopologyProvider):
 		try:
 			response = sock.request(request)
 		except BirdError as e:
-			if e.text == 'There are multiple OSPF protocols running':
+			if e.text == 'There are multiple OSPF protocols running\n':
 				protocols = self.find_runing_ospf(sock)
-				raise BirdMultipleInstancesError(e, protocols)
+				raise BirdMultipleInstancesError(e, protocols) from e
 			raise
 		parser = OspfFileTopologyParser(version=self.version, area=self.area)
 		return parser.parse(response.text, freeze=self.freeze)
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class BirdSocketTopologyProvider(TopologyProvider):
 		assert len(resp.codes) == 3
 		assert resp.codes[0] == ((1,1), '2002')
 		assert resp.codes[1][1] == '1002'
-		lines = resp.splitlines()
+		lines = resp.text.splitlines()
 		header = lines[0]
 		fields = header.split()
 		assert fields[0] == 'Name'