diff --git a/revid/Revid.go b/revid/Revid.go
index 14021837..43d34ead 100644
--- a/revid/Revid.go
+++ b/revid/Revid.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ const (
 	sendFailedDelay       = 5
 	maxSendFailedErrorCount = 500
 	clipSizeThreshold = 11
+	rtmpConnectionMaxTries = 5
 )
 
 // Log Types
@@ -503,11 +504,17 @@ func (r *revid) setupOutputForFfmpegRtmp() error {
 
 // setupOutputForLibRtmp sets up rtmp output using the wrapper for the c based
 // librtmp library - makes connection and starts comms etc.
-func (r *revid) setupOutputForLibRtmp() (err error) {
-	r.rtmpInst = rtmp.NewRTMPSession(r.config.RtmpUrl, rtmpConnectionTimout)
-	err = r.rtmpInst.StartSession()
-	// go r.testRtmp(5000)
-	return
+func (r *revid) setupOutputForLibRtmp() error {
+	for r.rtmpInst = rtmp.NewRTMPSession(r.config.RtmpUrl, rtmpConnectionTimout),
+		err = r.rtmpInst.StartSession(), noOfTries := 0;
+		err != nil && noOfTries < rtmpConnectionMaxTries; noOfTries++
+	{
+		r.Log(Error, err.Error())
+		r.Log(Info, "Trying to establish rtmp connection again!")
+		r.rtmpInst = rtmp.NewRTMPSession(r.config.RtmpUrl, rtmpConnectionTimout)
+		err = r.rtmpInst.StartSession()
+	}
+	return errors.New("Could not establish rtmp connection, check rtmp url!")
 }
 
 // setupOutputForFile sets up an output file to output data to