diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index daa35293..888b5ce4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ lib-cov
 *.pid
 *.gz
 *.swp
-
+tags
 pids
 logs
 results
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ node_modules
 peerdb.json
 
 npm-debug.log
-node_modules
 .nodemonignore
 
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/app/models/Transaction.js b/app/models/Transaction.js
index 33ceb125..5bd351e7 100644
--- a/app/models/Transaction.js
+++ b/app/models/Transaction.js
@@ -93,14 +93,16 @@ TransactionSchema.statics.createFromArray = function(txs, next) {
   if (!txs) return next();
   var mongo_txs = [];
   async.forEach( txs,
-    function(tx, callback) {
+    function(tx, cb) {
       that.create({ txid: tx }, function(err, new_tx) {
-        if (err && ! err.toString().match(/E11000/)) {
-          return callback(err);
+        if (err) {
+          if (err.toString().match(/E11000/)) {
+            return cb();
+          }
+          return cb(err);
         }
-        console.log(new_tx);
         mongo_txs.push(new_tx);
-        return callback();
+        return cb();
       });
     },
     function(err) {
diff --git a/app/views/sockets/main.js b/app/views/sockets/main.js
index ce01b69a..d4b0452b 100644
--- a/app/views/sockets/main.js
+++ b/app/views/sockets/main.js
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ module.exports.init = function(app, io_ext) {
   io = io_ext;
   io.set('log level', 1); // reduce logging
   io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket) {
-    Transaction.findOne(function(err, tx) {
-      setTimeout(function() {
-        socket.emit('tx', tx);
-      }, 5000);
-    });
+    
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/Sync.js b/lib/Sync.js
index 3bbca8d4..a25fab2c 100644
--- a/lib/Sync.js
+++ b/lib/Sync.js
@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@ function spec() {
     var that=this;
     Transaction.createFromArray(txids, function(err, inserted_txs) {
       if (err) return cb(err);
-
       async.each(inserted_txs, function(new_tx, next) {
         var txid = new_tx.txid;
 
-        sockets.broadcast_tx(new_tx);
+        if (that.opts.broadcast_txs) {
+          sockets.broadcast_tx(new_tx);
+        }
         // This will trigger an RPC call
         Transaction.explodeTransactionItems( txid, function(err) {
           that.tx_count++;
@@ -202,20 +203,35 @@ function spec() {
   };
 
   Sync.prototype.init = function(opts) {
+    this.rpc = new RpcClient(config.bitcoind);
+
+
     if (!(opts && opts.skip_db_connection)) {
-      mongoose.connect(config.db);
+      mongoose.connect(config.db, {server: {auto_reconnect: true}} );
     }
     this.opts = opts;
     this.db = mongoose.connection;
-    this.rpc = new RpcClient(config.bitcoind);
 
-    this.db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
+    this.db.on('error', function(err) {
+        console.log('connection error:' + err);
+        moogose.disconnect();
+    });
+
+    this.db.on('disconnect', function(err) {
+        console.log('disconnect:' + err);
+        mongoose.connect(config.db, {server: {auto_reconnect: true}} );
+    });
+
 
   };
 
   Sync.prototype.import_history = function(opts, next) {
 
     var that = this;
+
+    var retry_attemps = 100;
+    var retry_secs    = 2;
+
     this.db.once('open', function() {
       async.series([
       function(cb) {
@@ -244,10 +260,23 @@ function spec() {
       },
  
       function(cb) {
+        function sync() {
+          that.syncBlocks( function(err) {
+
+
+            if (err && err.message.match(/ECONNREFUSED/) && retry_attemps--){
+              setTimeout(function() {
+                console.log("Retrying in %d secs ", retry_secs);
+                sync();
+              }, retry_secs * 1000);
+            }
+            else  
+              return next(err); 
+          });
+        }
+
         if (!opts.skip_blocks) {
-          that.syncBlocks( cb);
-        } else {
-          cb();
+          sync();
         }
       },
 /* Exploding happens on block insertion
@@ -271,7 +300,7 @@ function spec() {
       }
 */
       ], function(err) {
-        return next(err);
+          return next(err);
       });
     });
   };
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index fa7f5f85..b7ded02d 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ walk(models_path);
 // p2p_sync process
 var ps = new PeerSync();
 ps.init({
-  skip_db_connection: true
+  skip_db_connection: true,
+  broadcast_txs: true
 });
 ps.run();