diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 72e08b8b..e8099c7f 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ func NewNode(config cfg.Config, privValidator *types.PrivValidator, clientCreato
 	// Create the proxyApp, which houses three connections:
 	// query, consensus, and mempool
 	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(config, clientCreator, state, blockStore)
+	if _, err := proxyApp.Start(); err != nil {
+		Exit(Fmt("Error starting proxy app connections: %v", err))
+	}
 
 	// add the chainid and number of validators to the global config
 	config.Set("chain_id", state.ChainID)
diff --git a/proxy/client.go b/proxy/client.go
index ea3218d3..c6e03e78 100644
--- a/proxy/client.go
+++ b/proxy/client.go
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ func NewRemoteClientCreator(addr, transport string, mustConnect bool) ClientCrea
 
 func (r *remoteClientCreator) NewTMSPClient() (tmspcli.Client, error) {
 	// Run forever in a loop
-	fmt.Println("ADDR", r.addr, r.transport)
 	remoteApp, err := tmspcli.NewClient(r.addr, r.transport, r.mustConnect)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to connect to proxy: %v", err)
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ func DefaultClientCreator(config cfg.Config) ClientCreator {
 	case "nilapp":
 		return NewLocalClientCreator(nilapp.NewNilApplication())
 	default:
-		mustConnect := true
+		mustConnect := false // loop retrying
 		return NewRemoteClientCreator(addr, transport, mustConnect)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/proxy/multi_app_conn.go b/proxy/multi_app_conn.go
index fe009e1d..9ff38862 100644
--- a/proxy/multi_app_conn.go
+++ b/proxy/multi_app_conn.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 
 // Tendermint's interface to the application consists of multiple connections
 type AppConns interface {
+	Service
+
 	Mempool() AppConnMempool
 	Consensus() AppConnConsensus
 	Query() AppConnQuery
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ func NewMultiAppConn(config cfg.Config, clientCreator ClientCreator, state State
 		clientCreator: clientCreator,
 	}
 	multiAppConn.QuitService = *NewQuitService(log, "multiAppConn", multiAppConn)
-	multiAppConn.Start()
 	return multiAppConn
 }
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 5dc83a23..10435314 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ package version
 
 const Maj = "0"
 const Min = "7" // tmsp useability (protobuf, unix); optimizations; broadcast_tx_commit
-const Fix = "1" // query conn, peer filter, fast sync fix
+const Fix = "2" // query conn, peer filter, fast sync fix (+hot fix to tmsp connecting)
 
 const Version = Maj + "." + Min + "." + Fix