diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e7bd088..3d06efec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ endif()
 if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "armv7l")
 add_compile_options(
     -mthumb
-    -mthumb-interwork
     -march=armv7-a
     )
 endif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "armv7l")
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ endif ()
 set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${MUONDETECTOR_CONFIG_DIR}/license")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/output/packages")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "MuonPi.org")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}-hotfix1")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/daemon/src/daemon.cpp b/daemon/src/daemon.cpp
index b91e02fd..b977649b 100644
--- a/daemon/src/daemon.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/daemon.cpp
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ Daemon::Daemon(configuration cfg, QObject* parent)
     mqttHandler = new MuonPi::MqttHandler(cfg.station_ID, verbose - 1);
     mqttHandler->moveToThread(mqttHandlerThread);
     connect(mqttHandler, &MuonPi::MqttHandler::mqttConnectionStatus, this, &Daemon::sendMqttStatus);
+    connect(mqttHandler, &MuonPi::MqttHandler::giving_up, this, &Daemon::handleSigTerm);
     connect(fileHandlerThread, &QThread::finished, mqttHandler, &MuonPi::MqttHandler::deleteLater);
     connect(this, &Daemon::requestMqttConnectionStatus, mqttHandler, &MuonPi::MqttHandler::onRequestConnectionStatus);
     mqttHandlerThread->start();
diff --git a/library/include/config.h b/library/include/config.h
index e27ba4a8..7a344d24 100644
--- a/library/include/config.h
+++ b/library/include/config.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ constexpr int event_count_max_pileups { 50 };
 namespace MQTT {
     constexpr const char* host { "data.muonpi.org" };
     constexpr int port { 1883 };
-    constexpr int timeout { 2000 };
+    constexpr int timeout { 10000 };
     constexpr int qos { 1 };
     constexpr int keepalive_interval { 45 };
     constexpr const char* data_topic { "muonpi/data/" };
diff --git a/library/include/mqtthandler.h b/library/include/mqtthandler.h
index 998e1da7..8bf21d51 100644
--- a/library/include/mqtthandler.h
+++ b/library/include/mqtthandler.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class MUONDETECTORSHARED MqttHandler : public QObject
     void request_timer_start(int);
     void request_timer_restart(int);
 
+    void giving_up();
+
 
 public slots:
     void start(const QString& username, const QString& password);
diff --git a/library/src/mqtthandler.cpp b/library/src/mqtthandler.cpp
index 56b255cc..5dbe9e03 100644
--- a/library/src/mqtthandler.cpp
+++ b/library/src/mqtthandler.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ void MqttHandler::callback_disconnected(int result)
     if (result != 0) {
         qWarning() << "Mqtt disconnected unexpectedly: " + QString::number(result);
         set_status(Status::Error);
-        m_tries = 1;
         emit request_timer_start(Config::MQTT::timeout * m_tries);
     } else {
         set_status(Status::Disconnected);
@@ -76,6 +75,14 @@ void MqttHandler::callback_message(const mosquitto_message* message)
 
 void MqttHandler::set_status(Status status)
 {
+    if (status == Status::Error) {
+	m_tries++;
+	qWarning() << "Tried: "<<m_tries;
+	if (m_tries > s_max_tries) {
+		exit(0);
+	    emit giving_up();
+	}
+    }
     if (m_status != status) {
         if (status == Status::Connected) {
             emit mqttConnectionStatus(true);
@@ -91,13 +98,10 @@ MqttHandler::MqttHandler(const QString& station_id, const int verbosity)
     , m_verbose { verbosity }
 {
     m_reconnect_timer.setInterval(Config::MQTT::timeout);
-    m_reconnect_timer.setSingleShot(true);
     connect(&m_reconnect_timer, &QTimer::timeout, this, [this](){mqttConnect();});
-    connect(this, &MqttHandler::request_timer_stop, &m_reconnect_timer, &QTimer::stop);
-    connect(this, &MqttHandler::request_timer_restart, this, &MqttHandler::timer_restart);
-    connect(this, &MqttHandler::request_timer_start, this, &MqttHandler::timer_start);
 }
 
+
 MqttHandler::~MqttHandler()
 {
     mqttDisconnect();
@@ -135,7 +139,6 @@ void MqttHandler::start(const QString& username, const QString& password){
 
 void MqttHandler::mqttConnect(){
     if (connected()) {
-        qDebug() << "Already connected to Mqtt.";
         return;
     }
     qDebug() << "Trying to connect to MQTT.";