diff --git a/src/transport.cpp b/src/transport.cpp
index 3fc63aecfcfa0b5c9f769c4fb31ff631b0a43845..20f82807abf27066b8fd2ceec6510c5c9325f6c7 100644
--- a/src/transport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void Component::setBuddyFeatures(std::list<std::string> &features) {
 }
 
 void Component::start() {
-	if (m_component) {
+	if (m_component && !m_component->isAvailable()) {
 		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Connecting XMPP server " << CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.server") << " port " << CONFIG_INT(m_config, "service.port"));
 		m_reconnectCount++;
 		m_component->connect(CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.server"), CONFIG_INT(m_config, "service.port"));