diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 8a9cdc72..8c6dd48f 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1578,6 +1578,31 @@ void get_tlm_fox() {
       printf("Error: %s \n", strerror(errno));
       error = 1;
       sleep(2.0);  // sleep if socket connection refused
+
+    // try again
+      error = 0;
+      if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
+        printf("\n Socket creation error \n");
+        error = 1;
+      }
+
+      memset( & serv_addr, '0', sizeof(serv_addr));
+
+      serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+      serv_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
+
+      // Convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from text to binary form 
+      if (inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", & serv_addr.sin_addr) <= 0) {
+        printf("\nInvalid address/ Address not supported \n");
+        error = 1;
+      }
+
+      if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr * ) & serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
+        printf("\nConnection Failed \n");
+        printf("Error: %s \n", strerror(errno));
+        error = 1;
+ //       sleep(1.0);  // sleep if socket connection refused
+      }	    
     }
     if (error == 1)
     ; //rpitxStatus = -1;
diff --git a/rpitx.py b/rpitx.py
index c3af11c8..60ca15d2 100644
--- a/rpitx.py
+++ b/rpitx.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 	time.sleep(4); # was 8
 	GPIO.output(txLed, txLedOff)
 
-	time.sleep(2)
+	time.sleep(1)
 
 	
 	if (transmit):