diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index e5f35bfcf82140b2f2a2b45bb28af90b2ebd0b3a..a9711faa097f4247241db54b7203b25718ccc53a 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::pingTimeout() {
 
 		if ((*it)->users.size() == 0) {
 			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Disconnecting backend " << (*it) << ". There are no users.");
-			(*it)->connection->disconnect();
+// 			(*it)->connection->disconnect();
 			(*it)->connection.reset();
 		}
 	}