diff --git a/src/Tests/Tests.Connect.ts b/src/Tests/Tests.Connect.ts
index a18d011..267b768 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Tests.Connect.ts
+++ b/src/Tests/Tests.Connect.ts
@@ -71,16 +71,6 @@ describe('Test Connect', () => {
         ))
         .finally (() => conn.close())
     })
-})
-describe ('Reconnects', () => {
-    const verifyConnectionOpen = async (conn: WAConnection) => {
-        // check that the connection stays open
-        conn.on ('close', ({reason}) => (
-            reason !== DisconnectReason.intentional && assert.fail ('should not have closed again')
-        ))
-        await delay (60*1000)
-        conn.close ()
-    }
     it ('should disconnect & reconnect phone', async () => {
         const conn = new WAConnection ()
         await conn.loadAuthInfo('./auth_info.json').connect ()
@@ -103,6 +93,16 @@ describe ('Reconnects', () => {
             conn.close ()
         }
     })
+})
+describe ('Reconnects', () => {
+    const verifyConnectionOpen = async (conn: WAConnection) => {
+        // check that the connection stays open
+        conn.on ('close', ({reason}) => (
+            reason !== DisconnectReason.intentional && assert.fail ('should not have closed again')
+        ))
+        await delay (60*1000)
+        conn.close ()
+    }
     /**
      * the idea is to test closing the connection at multiple points in the connection 
      * and see if the library cleans up resources correctly
@@ -125,19 +125,13 @@ describe ('Reconnects', () => {
             // exponentially increase the timeout disconnect
             timeout *= 2
         }
-        conn.on ('close', ({reason}) => (
-            // with v fast successive connections, WA sometimes incorrectly classifies a connection as taken over
-            (reason !== DisconnectReason.intentional && reason !== DisconnectReason.replaced) && 
-            assert.fail ('should not have closed again')
-        ))
-        await delay (90*1000)
-        conn.close ()
+        await verifyConnectionOpen (conn)
     })
     /**
      * the idea is to test closing the connection at multiple points in the connection 
      * and see if the library cleans up resources correctly
      */
-    it('should cleanup correctly 2', async () => {
+    it('should disrupt connect loop', async () => {
         const conn = new WAConnection()
         conn.autoReconnect = ReconnectMode.onAllErrors
         conn.connectOptions.timeoutMs = 20000
@@ -217,36 +211,6 @@ describe ('Reconnects', () => {
             conn.close ()
         }
     })
-    it ('should disrupt connect loop', async () => {
-        const conn = new WAConnection ()
-        conn.loadAuthInfo ('./auth_info.json')
-        conn.connectOptions.maxRetries = 20
-        conn.connectOptions.timeoutMs = 20*1000
-
-        delay (3000)
-        .then (() => conn.close())
-
-        await assert.rejects( conn.connect () )
-
-        console.log ('rejected correctly')
-
-        delay (3000)
-        .then (() => conn['conn'].terminate())
-        .then (async () => {
-            while (conn['conn']) {
-                await delay(100)
-            }
-            console.log ('destroyed WS')
-        })
-        .then (() => delay(5000))
-        .then (() => conn['conn'].terminate())
-
-        await conn.connect ()
-
-        console.log ('opened connection')
-
-        await verifyConnectionOpen (conn)
-    })
     it ('should reconnect & stay connected', async () => {
         const conn = new WAConnection ()
         conn.autoReconnect = ReconnectMode.onConnectionLost
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts b/src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts
index a64e8f0..68eecb9 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/0.Base.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ export class WAConnection extends EventEmitter {
     connectOptions: WAConnectOptions = {
         timeoutMs: 60*1000,
         waitForChats: true,
-        maxRetries: 5
+        maxRetries: 5,
+        connectCooldownMs: 5000
     }
     /** When to auto-reconnect */
     autoReconnect = ReconnectMode.onConnectionLost 
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ export class WAConnection extends EventEmitter {
     protected lastSeen: Date = null // last keep alive received
     protected qrTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout
 
-    protected lastDisconnectReason: DisconnectReason
+    protected lastConnectTime: Date = null
+    protected lastDisconnectReason: DisconnectReason 
 
     constructor () {
         super ()
@@ -311,7 +313,6 @@ export class WAConnection extends EventEmitter {
         this.msgCount = 0
         this.phoneConnected = false
         this.lastDisconnectReason = reason
-        
 
         this.endConnection ()
 
@@ -319,14 +320,14 @@ export class WAConnection extends EventEmitter {
             this.pendingRequests.forEach (({reject}) => reject(new Error('close')))
             this.pendingRequests = []
         }
-
-        
         // reconnecting if the timeout is active for the reconnect loop
         this.emit ('close', { reason, isReconnecting })
     }
     protected endConnection () {
         this.conn?.removeAllListeners ('close')
-        this.conn?.close()
+        this.conn?.removeAllListeners ('message')
+        this.conn?.close ()
+        this.conn?.terminate()
         this.conn = null
         this.lastSeen = null
 
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/3.Connect.ts b/src/WAConnection/3.Connect.ts
index dff2e3a..1e536dc 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/3.Connect.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/3.Connect.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
         while (this.state === 'connecting') {
             tries += 1
             try {
-                // if the first try failed, delay & connect again
-                await this.connectInternal (options, tries > 1 && 2000)
+                const diff = this.lastConnectTime ? new Date().getTime()-this.lastConnectTime.getTime() : Infinity
+                await this.connectInternal (
+                    options, 
+                    diff > this.connectOptions.connectCooldownMs ? 0 : this.connectOptions.connectCooldownMs
+                )
 
                 this.phoneConnected = true
                 this.state = 'open'
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ export class WAConnection extends Base {
                 }
 
                 if (!willReconnect) throw error
+            } finally {
+                this.lastConnectTime = new Date()
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/Constants.ts b/src/WAConnection/Constants.ts
index da4ba82..377ebf3 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/Constants.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/Constants.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ export type WAConnectOptions = {
     maxRetries?: number
     /** should the chats be waited for */
     waitForChats?: boolean
+
+    connectCooldownMs?: number
 }
 
 export type WAConnectionState = 'open' | 'connecting' | 'close'
diff --git a/src/WAConnection/Utils.ts b/src/WAConnection/Utils.ts
index 1500df3..65fdf54 100644
--- a/src/WAConnection/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/WAConnection/Utils.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export const openWebSocketConnection = (timeoutMs: number, retryOnNetworkError:
             try {
                 const ws = await newWS()
                 if (cancelled) {
-                    ws.close ()
+                    ws.terminate ()
                     break
                 } else return ws
             } catch (error) {