diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index a41df54..8b935ba 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@ export default class App extends Vue {
   } = {};
 
   mounted() {
+    this.connectWebsocket();
+  }
+
+  connectWebsocket() {
     let loc = window.location;
     const ws_uri: string =
       (loc.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss://' : 'ws://') + loc.host + '/ws';
     this.websocket = new WebSocket(ws_uri);
-    this.websocket.onmessage = (ev: MessageEvent) => {
+    this.websocket.addEventListener('message', (ev: MessageEvent) => {
       const event: messages.ExtendedMessage = JSON.parse(ev.data as string);
       console.log(event);
 
@@ -39,8 +43,14 @@ export default class App extends Vue {
         this.$set(this.printers, event.printer, event.current);
       } else if ('history' in event) {
         this.$set(this.printers, event.printer, event.history);
+      } else if ('remote_ws_status' in event) {
       }
-    };
+    });
+
+    this.websocket.addEventListener('close', () => {
+      console.log('Lost connection to server reconnecting in 5 sec');
+      window.setTimeout(this.connectWebsocket, 5000);
+    });
   }
 }
 </script>