Hi Guys,
Help a noob out

I'm using BitMinter + a Jalapeno running on BFG Miner through MacMiner. I keep getting this error:
[2013-08-10 11:48:21] HTTP request failed: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused
[2013-08-10 11:48:21] HTTP request failed: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused
[2013-08-10 11:48:21] Stratum connect failed to pool 2: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused
Everything else is working perfectly, this just seems to be slightly decreasing my hash rate. Does anyone know what could be causing this?