diff --git a/omv_backup_v2.py b/omv_backup_v2.py
index af668e4..8dfa827 100644
--- a/omv_backup_v2.py
+++ b/omv_backup_v2.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ pid = os.getpid()
 host = platform.node().lower()
 cmnd = "ps -ef|grep omv_backups.py|grep -v grep |grep -v {}|wc -l".format(pid)
 status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmnd)
-
+if int(output) > 0:
+    print("Running already!")
+    sys.exit()
 def is_port_open(host, port):
     try:
         sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
@@ -29,13 +31,14 @@ def is_port_open(host, port):
         return False
 s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
 # doesn't even have to be reachable
-s.connect(('192.168.77.1', 1))
-IP = s.getsockname()[0] 
-print(IP)
-print(output)
-if int(output) > 0:
-    print("Running already!")
-    sys.exit()
+conn = False
+while not conn: 
+    s.connect(('192.168.77.1', 1))
+    IP = s.getsockname()[0] 
+    print(IP)
+    print(output)
+    time.sleep(5)
+
 broker = 'mqtt.home.lan'
 port = 1883
 topic_sum = "sectorq/omv/backups"