diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index e6e200a..a5f2a26 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+set -e
+
 export AWS_PROFILE=personal
 
-docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64  -t 853019563312.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/micro-blog-fetchers-homelabstack:latest  --push .
\ No newline at end of file
+docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64  -t 853019563312.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/micro-blog-fetchers-homelabstack:latest  --push .
+
+echo "Image pushed to ECR"
diff --git a/src/micro_blog/nostr.clj b/src/micro_blog/nostr.clj
index 1aecdc5..3e751fa 100644
--- a/src/micro_blog/nostr.clj
+++ b/src/micro_blog/nostr.clj
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
             pb/save-post)))))
 
 (def socket (atom nil))
+(declare start)
 (defn connect []
   (tel/log! :info "Opening websocket connection to nostr relay")
   (reset! socket @(ws/websocket (@config :nostr-relay)
@@ -60,7 +61,11 @@
                                  :on-message (fn [_ws msg _last?]
                                                (process-msg msg))
                                  :on-close   (fn [_ws status reason]
-                                               (tel/log! {:level :warn :data {:status status :reason reason}} "WebSocket connection closed"))})))
+                                               (tel/log! {:level :warn :data {:status status :reason reason}} "WebSocket connection closed")
+                                               (future
+                                                 (Thread/sleep (* 5 60 1000))
+                                                 (tel/log! :info "Reconnecting WebSocket")
+                                                 (start)))})))
 
 (defn subscribe-to-author [pubkey since]
   (let [sub-id (@config :nostr-fetcher-id)