diff --git a/powerplug.py b/powerplug.py
index 95161af..51fd7c0 100644
--- a/powerplug.py
+++ b/powerplug.py
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ class sispmctl(object):
     def send_state(self, output):
         topic = config.MQTT_TOPIC + "/status/" + str(output)
         logger.info("Sending Powerplug status information of plug %s to mqtt %s = %s", str(output), topic, str(self.__state__[output - 1]))
-        self.__mqtt_client__.publish(topic, "true" if self.__state__[output - 1] else "false")
+        try:
+            self.__mqtt_client__.publish(topic, "true" if self.__state__[output - 1] else "false")
+        except (socket.timeout, OSError) as e:
+            logger.warning("Erro while sending state information information")
 
 
 class mqtt_powerplug(object):
@@ -98,12 +101,15 @@ class mqtt_powerplug(object):
         self.__client__ = mqtt.Client("mqtt_powerplug")                         # create client object
         self.__client__.on_message = self.__receive__                           # attach function to callback
         self.__client__.username_pw_set(config.MQTT_USER, config.MQTT_PASS)     # login with credentials
-        self.__client__.connect(config.MQTT_SERVER, 1883)                       # establish connection
-        self.__client__.loop_start()                                            # start the loop
-        self.__topics__ = []
-        for subtopic in self.SUBTOPICS:
-            self.__topics__.append(config.MQTT_TOPIC + "/" + subtopic)
-            self.__client__.subscribe(self.__topics__[-1])                      # subscibe a topic
+        try:
+            self.__client__.connect(config.MQTT_SERVER, 1883)                       # establish connection
+            self.__client__.loop_start()                                            # start the loop
+            self.__topics__ = []
+            for subtopic in self.SUBTOPICS:
+                self.__topics__.append(config.MQTT_TOPIC + "/" + subtopic)
+                self.__client__.subscribe(self.__topics__[-1])                      # subscibe a topic
+        except (socket.timeout, OSError) as e:
+            logger.warning("Erro while setting up mqtt instance and listener")
         self.__sc__ = sispmctl(self.__client__)
 
     def __receive__(self, client, userdata, message):