diff --git a/src/NetManager.vala b/src/NetManager.vala
index fe1136a..d6b0cce 100644
--- a/src/NetManager.vala
+++ b/src/NetManager.vala
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class Tootle.NetManager : GLib.Object {
         GLib.Object();
     }
     
-    public async WebsocketConnection stream (Soup.Message msg) {
+    public async WebsocketConnection stream (Soup.Message msg) throws GLib.Error {
         return yield session.websocket_connect_async (msg, null, null, null);
     }
     
diff --git a/src/Notificator.vala b/src/Notificator.vala
index ceb0522..bbafef4 100644
--- a/src/Notificator.vala
+++ b/src/Notificator.vala
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ using Soup;
 
 public class Tootle.Notificator : GLib.Object {
     
-    WebsocketConnection? connection;
-    Soup.Message msg;
+    private WebsocketConnection? connection;
+    private Soup.Message msg;
+    private bool closing = false;
+    private int timeout = 2;
     
     public abstract signal void notification (ref Notification notification);
     public abstract signal void status_added (ref Status status);
@@ -17,17 +19,39 @@ public class Tootle.Notificator : GLib.Object {
     }
     
     public async void start () {
-        debug ("Starting notificator");
-        connection = yield Tootle.network.stream (msg);
-        connection.error.connect (on_error);
-        connection.message.connect (on_message);
+        try {
+            debug ("Starting notificator");
+            connection = yield Tootle.network.stream (msg);
+            connection.error.connect (on_error);
+            connection.message.connect (on_message);
+            connection.closed.connect (on_closed);
+        }
+        catch (GLib.Error e) {
+            warning (e.message);
+            on_closed ();
+        }
     }
     
     public void close () {
         debug ("Stopping notificator");
+        closing = true;
         connection.close (0, null);
     }
     
+    private bool reconnect () {
+        start ();
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    private void on_closed () {
+        if (closing)
+            return;
+        
+        debug ("Notificator aborted. Reconnecting in %i seconds.", timeout);
+        GLib.Timeout.add_seconds (timeout, reconnect);
+        timeout = int.min (timeout*2, 60);
+    }
+    
     private void on_error (Error e) {
         error (e.message);
     }