diff --git a/client/clientConnection.cpp b/client/clientConnection.cpp
index 95e8ce4a..aa12b433 100644
--- a/client/clientConnection.cpp
+++ b/client/clientConnection.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ void ClientConnection::start()
 	connected_ = true;
 	SLOG(NOTICE) << "Connected to " << socket_->remote_endpoint().address().to_string() << endl;
 	active_ = true;
+	sumTimeout_ = chronos::msec(0);
 	readerThread_ = new thread(&ClientConnection::reader, this);
 }
 
diff --git a/client/controller.cpp b/client/controller.cpp
index 297715b4..38de7d53 100644
--- a/client/controller.cpp
+++ b/client/controller.cpp
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ void Controller::worker()
 			{
 				if (async_exception_)
 				{
-					LOG(ERROR) << "Async exception: " << async_exception_->what() << "\n";
-					throw *async_exception_;
+					LOG(DEBUG) << "Async exception: " << async_exception_->what() << "\n";
+					throw SnapException(async_exception_->what());
 				}
 
 				shared_ptr<msg::Time> reply = clientConnection_->sendReq<msg::Time>(&timeReq, chronos::msec(2000));
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ void Controller::worker()
 					chronos::sleep(100);
 					if (async_exception_)
 					{
-						LOG(ERROR) << "Async exception: " << async_exception_->what() << "\n";
-						throw *async_exception_;
+						LOG(DEBUG) << "Async exception: " << async_exception_->what() << "\n";
+						throw SnapException(async_exception_->what());
 					}
 				}