diff --git a/tm-monitor/eventmeter/eventmeter.go b/tm-monitor/eventmeter/eventmeter.go
index d32882fb4..82cd7a186 100644
--- a/tm-monitor/eventmeter/eventmeter.go
+++ b/tm-monitor/eventmeter/eventmeter.go
@@ -136,20 +136,28 @@ func (em *EventMeter) Start() error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+
+	em.quit = make(chan struct{})
 	go em.receiveRoutine()
-	return nil
+
+	return em.resubscribe()
 }
 
 // Stop stops the EventMeter.
 func (em *EventMeter) Stop() {
 	close(em.quit)
 
-	em.RegisterDisconnectCallback(nil) // so we don't try and reconnect
-	em.wsc.Stop()                      // close(wsc.Quit)
+	if em.wsc.IsRunning() {
+		em.wsc.Stop()
+	}
 }
 
-func (em *EventMeter) StopAndReconnect() {
-	em.wsc.Stop()
+// StopAndCallDisconnectCallback stops the EventMeter and calls
+// disconnectCallback if present.
+func (em *EventMeter) StopAndCallDisconnectCallback() {
+	if em.wsc.IsRunning() {
+		em.wsc.Stop()
+	}
 
 	em.mtx.Lock()
 	defer em.mtx.Unlock()
@@ -223,38 +231,50 @@ func (em *EventMeter) RegisterDisconnectCallback(f DisconnectCallbackFunc) {
 
 //------------------------------------------------------
 
+func (em *EventMeter) resubscribe() error {
+	for eventID, _ := range em.events {
+		if err := em.wsc.Subscribe(eventID); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (em *EventMeter) receiveRoutine() {
 	pingTime := time.Second * 1
 	pingTicker := time.NewTicker(pingTime)
 	pingAttempts := 0 // if this hits maxPingsPerPong we kill the conn
+
 	var err error
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-pingTicker.C:
 			if pingAttempts, err = em.pingForLatency(pingAttempts); err != nil {
-				em.logger.Log("err", errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to write ping message on websocket"))
-				em.StopAndReconnect()
+				em.logger.Log("err", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to write ping message on websocket"))
+				em.StopAndCallDisconnectCallback()
 				return
 			} else if pingAttempts >= maxPingsPerPong {
 				em.logger.Log("err", errors.Errorf("Have not received a pong in %v", time.Duration(pingAttempts)*pingTime))
-				em.StopAndReconnect()
+				em.StopAndCallDisconnectCallback()
 				return
 			}
 		case r := <-em.wsc.ResultsCh:
 			if r == nil {
-				em.StopAndReconnect()
+				em.logger.Log("err", errors.New("Expected some event, received nil"))
+				em.StopAndCallDisconnectCallback()
 				return
 			}
 			eventID, data, err := em.unmarshalEvent(r)
 			if err != nil {
-				em.logger.Log("err", err)
+				em.logger.Log("err", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal event"))
 				continue
 			}
 			if eventID != "" {
 				em.updateMetric(eventID, data)
 			}
 		case <-em.wsc.Quit:
-			em.StopAndReconnect()
+			em.logger.Log("err", errors.New("WSClient closed unexpectedly"))
+			em.StopAndCallDisconnectCallback()
 			return
 		case <-em.quit:
 			return
diff --git a/tm-monitor/monitor/node.go b/tm-monitor/monitor/node.go
index 85ffc1492..b8f873dcc 100644
--- a/tm-monitor/monitor/node.go
+++ b/tm-monitor/monitor/node.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func disconnectCallback(n *Node) em.DisconnectCallbackFunc {
 			n.disconnectCh <- true
 		}
 
-		if err := n.RestartBackOff(); err != nil {
+		if err := n.RestartEventMeterBackoff(); err != nil {
 			n.logger.Log("err", errors.Wrap(err, "restart failed"))
 		} else {
 			n.Online = true
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func disconnectCallback(n *Node) em.DisconnectCallbackFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-func (n *Node) RestartBackOff() error {
+func (n *Node) RestartEventMeterBackoff() error {
 	attempt := 0
 
 	for {