diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 6a995e6..5f60c50 100755
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import {
   forgetConnection,
   getWebSocketStats,
   processMessage,
+  reconnectServers,
   trackConnection,
 } from "./websocket-handler";
 import {
+  createFileResponse,
   getVersionNumber,
   writeStatNumber,
   writeStatString,
@@ -85,11 +87,6 @@ async function main() {
     })(),
   });
 
-  function createFileResponse(requestPath: string): Response {
-    const fullPath = Path.join(STATIC_DIR, requestPath);
-    return new Response(Bun.file(fullPath));
-  }
-
   // OTHER SERVERS
   connectServers(config);
 
@@ -107,8 +104,6 @@ async function main() {
   }
 
   // CLI
-  writeSuccess(`###\nstarted up ${new Date().toLocaleString()}`);
-
   function updateCLI() {
     console.clear();
 
@@ -128,8 +123,14 @@ async function main() {
     console.log();
   }
 
-  setTimeout(updateCLI, 1000);
-  setInterval(updateCLI, 5000);
+  // LOOP
+  setInterval(() => {
+    updateCLI();
+    reconnectServers(config);
+  }, 5000);
+
+  // FINISH
+  writeSuccess(`###\nstarted up ${new Date().toLocaleString()}`);
 }
 
 main();
diff --git a/utility.ts b/utility.ts
index f112d9b..82f629e 100644
--- a/utility.ts
+++ b/utility.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import { PACKAGE_FILE, STATIC_DIR } from ".";
+
 import Colors from "colors";
 import Fs from "fs/promises";
-import { PACKAGE_FILE } from ".";
+import Path from "path";
 import { WebSocketMessage } from "./websocket-handler";
 
 // CONFIG
@@ -22,6 +24,12 @@ export async function getVersionNumber(): Promise<string> {
   }
 }
 
+// SERVER
+export function createFileResponse(requestPath: string): Response {
+  const fullPath = Path.join(STATIC_DIR, requestPath);
+  return new Response(Bun.file(fullPath));
+}
+
 // OUTPUT
 async function writeToLogFile(message: string): Promise<void> {
   await Fs.appendFile("logs", `${message}\n`);
diff --git a/websocket-handler.ts b/websocket-handler.ts
index 22246bb..6cd5874 100644
--- a/websocket-handler.ts
+++ b/websocket-handler.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const subscriptionMap = new SubscriptionMap();
 export const clientsConnected = new Set<WS>();
 export const serversConnectedAsClient = new Set<WS>();
 export const serversConnected = new Set<WebSocket>();
+export const serversDisconnected = new Set<string>();
 
 export function getServerCount() {
   return serversConnected.size + serversConnectedAsClient.size;
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ export function trackConnection(ws: WS) {
 
 export function forgetConnection(ws: WS): void {
   clientsConnected.delete(ws);
+  serversConnectedAsClient.delete(ws);
+
   const channels = subscriptionMap.getChannelList(ws);
   channels?.forEach((channel) => {
     subscriptionMap.delete(ws, channel);
@@ -68,6 +71,12 @@ export function connectServers(config: typeof defaultConfig): void {
   });
 }
 
+export function reconnectServers(config: typeof defaultConfig): void {
+  [...serversDisconnected.values()].forEach((address) => {
+    connectServer(address, config);
+  });
+}
+
 export function connectServer(
   address: string,
   config: typeof defaultConfig
@@ -79,6 +88,8 @@ export function connectServer(
 
     // listen
     ws.addEventListener("open", () => {
+      serversDisconnected.delete(address);
+
       writeSuccess(`connected to server at "${address}".`);
 
       subscribeChannels(ws, config);
@@ -91,6 +102,7 @@ export function connectServer(
 
     ws.addEventListener("close", () => {
       serversConnected.delete(ws);
+      serversDisconnected.add(address);
       writeError(`server at "${address}" disconnected`);
     });
   } catch (error) {
@@ -118,6 +130,7 @@ export function getWebSocketStats(): [string, number][] {
     ["channels", subscriptionMap.clientsPerChannel.size],
     ["clients connected", clientsConnected.size],
     ["servers connected", getServerCount()],
+    ["servers disconnected", serversDisconnected.size],
   ];
 }
 
@@ -129,9 +142,11 @@ export function processMessage(
 ): void {
   // check id
   const messageObject: WebSocketMessage = parseMessage(messageString);
-  if (!messageObject.uuid) { // assign if no id
+  if (!messageObject.uuid) {
+    // assign if no id
     messageObject.uuid = Crypto.randomUUID();
-  } else { // ignore if already seen
+  } else {
+    // ignore if already seen
     if (knownMessageIds.has(messageObject.uuid)) return;
   }
   // remember message