diff --git a/TCPReaderWriterClient.cpp b/TCPReaderWriterClient.cpp
index e65eba0..b2d4743 100644
--- a/TCPReaderWriterClient.cpp
+++ b/TCPReaderWriterClient.cpp
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ bool CTCPReaderWriterClient::Open()
 	while (EAI_AGAIN==s and count++<20) {
 		// connecting to a server, so we can wait until it's ready
 		s = getaddrinfo(m_address.c_str(), m_port.c_str(), &hints, &res);
+		if (s && s != EAI_AGAIN) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: getaddrinfo for %s: %s\n", m_address.c_str(), gai_strerror(s));
+			return true;
+		}
 		std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
 	}
-	if (s != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(s));
-		return true;
-	}
 
 	struct addrinfo *rp;
 	for (rp = res; rp != NULL; rp = rp->ai_next) {