diff --git a/lib/zigbee.js b/lib/zigbee.js
index 15eb821a..81180682 100644
--- a/lib/zigbee.js
+++ b/lib/zigbee.js
@@ -28,12 +28,25 @@ class Zigbee {
 
         this.shepherd.start((error) => {
             if (error) {
-                logger.error('Error while starting zigbee-shepherd!');
+                logger.warn('Error while starting zigbee-shepherd, attemping to fix...');
+                this.shepherd.controller._znp.close((() => null));
+                logger.info(`Starting zigbee-shepherd`);
+
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    this.shepherd.start((error) => {
+                        if (error) {
+                            logger.error('Error while starting zigbee-shepherd!');
+                            callback(error);
+                        } else {
+                            logger.info('zigbee-shepherd started');
+                            callback(null);
+                        }
+                    });
+                }, 5 * 1000);
             } else {
                 logger.info('zigbee-shepherd started');
+                callback(null);
             }
-
-            callback(error);
         });
 
         // Register callbacks.