diff --git a/mqtt-input-event-adaptor/src/main/java/org/wso2/event/adaptor/mqtt/MQTTEventAdaptorType.java b/mqtt-input-event-adaptor/src/main/java/org/wso2/event/adaptor/mqtt/MQTTEventAdaptorType.java
index af338b0..7365fe6 100644
--- a/mqtt-input-event-adaptor/src/main/java/org/wso2/event/adaptor/mqtt/MQTTEventAdaptorType.java
+++ b/mqtt-input-event-adaptor/src/main/java/org/wso2/event/adaptor/mqtt/MQTTEventAdaptorType.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public final class MQTTEventAdaptorType extends AbstractInputEventAdaptor {
     private static MQTTEventAdaptorType mqttEventAdaptorAdaptor = new MQTTEventAdaptorType();
 
     public static MQTTEventAdaptorType getInstance() {
-
         return mqttEventAdaptorAdaptor;
     }
 
@@ -59,8 +58,10 @@ protected List<String> getSupportedInputMessageTypes() {
     protected void init() {
        this.resourceBundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("org.wso2.event.adaptor.mqtt.i18n.Resources", Locale.getDefault());
         log.info("MQTTEventAdaptorType init");
+
     }
 
+
     @Override
     protected List<Property> getInputAdaptorProperties() {
 
diff --git a/mqtt-input-event-adaptor/src/main/java/org/wso2/event/adaptor/mqtt/internal/util/MQTTListener.java b/mqtt-input-event-adaptor/src/main/java/org/wso2/event/adaptor/mqtt/internal/util/MQTTListener.java
index 4ee83f0..a8df10e 100644
--- a/mqtt-input-event-adaptor/src/main/java/org/wso2/event/adaptor/mqtt/internal/util/MQTTListener.java
+++ b/mqtt-input-event-adaptor/src/main/java/org/wso2/event/adaptor/mqtt/internal/util/MQTTListener.java
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 import org.wso2.carbon.event.input.adaptor.core.InputEventAdaptorListener;
 import org.wso2.carbon.event.input.adaptor.core.exception.InputEventAdaptorEventProcessingException;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  * Created by deep on 4/22/14.
@@ -72,11 +75,39 @@ public MQTTListener(MQTTBrokerConnectionConfig mqttBrokerConnectionConfig, Strin
         }
 
     }
+    private void start(MqttClient client, String topicName, int qos) {
+        ScheduledExecutorService dhtReaderScheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
+        dhtReaderScheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay(new Reconnector(topicName, qos), 0, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+    public class Reconnector implements Runnable {
+
+        private final String topicName;
+        private final int qos;
+
+        public Reconnector(String topicName, int qos) {
+            this.topicName = topicName;
+            this.qos = qos;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+
+            try {
+                if(!mqttClient.isConnected()){
+                    mqttClient.connect(connectionOptions);
+                    System.out.println("Mqtt client reconnected");
+                    mqttClient.subscribe(topicName, qos);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     public void subscribe(String topicName, int qos) throws MqttException {
 
         // Connect to the MQTT server
-        mqttClient.connect(connectionOptions);
+        start(mqttClient, topicName, qos);
 
         // Subscribe to the requested topic
         // The QoS specified is the maximum level that messages will be sent to the client at.
@@ -84,7 +115,6 @@ public void subscribe(String topicName, int qos) throws MqttException {
         // be downgraded to 1 when delivering to the client but messages published at 1 and 0
         // will be received at the same level they were published at.
 
-        mqttClient.subscribe(topicName, qos);
         //Will need to wait for the message delivery
 //        try {
 //            semaphore.acquire();
@@ -116,6 +146,7 @@ public void connectionLost(Throwable throwable) {
     public void messageArrived(String s, MqttMessage mqttMessage) throws Exception {
         try {
             log.info("message arrived " + mqttMessage.toString());
+            System.out.println("message arrived " + mqttMessage.toString());
             String msgText = mqttMessage.toString();
              eventAdaptorListener.onEventCall(msgText);
         } catch (InputEventAdaptorEventProcessingException e) {