diff --git a/viewer/SDLview/main.c b/viewer/SDLview/main.c
index 2e38ed2..d2f6b3a 100644
--- a/viewer/SDLview/main.c
+++ b/viewer/SDLview/main.c
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ int connect2server(const char* server) {

        if (rv != 0) {
                printf("getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(rv));
-               freeaddrinfo(servinfo); // all done with this structure
-               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+               return -1;
        }

        // loop through all the results and connect to the first we can
@@ -220,14 +219,26 @@ int connect2server(const char* server) {

        freeaddrinfo(servinfo); // all done with this structure

-       if (p == NULL) {
+       if (p == NULL){
                printf("connect_to_server client: failed to connect\n");
-               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+               return -1;
        }

        return sockfd;
 }

+int reconnect2server(const char* server) {
+
+       for (;;) {
+               int fd = connect2server(server);
+               if (fd != -1) {
+                       return fd;
+               }
+               sleep(1);
+       }
+
+}
+
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[] ) {
        buffer_t buffer; // wir verwenden nur die datenstruktur = getBuffer();
        int ret;
@@ -243,7 +254,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[] ) {

   dstr_malloc(&net_puffer);
   dstr_malloc(&json_puffer);
-       int net = connect2server(argv[1]);
+       int net = reconnect2server(argv[1]);

        allocStuff();

@@ -262,8 +273,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[] ) {
     ret = checkInput(net, &buffer, 100000);

     if (ret == -1) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "I guess we better quit\n");
-      exit(1);
+                       close(net);
+                       net = reconnect2server(argv[1]);
     }

     if (ret == 1) {