diff --git a/gorilla.go b/gorilla.go
index 469fa97..0f2a9a8 100644
--- a/gorilla.go
+++ b/gorilla.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func gorillaDial() {
 	// handle inbound messages on the channel
 	go readGorillaConn(done, conn)
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * 10)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
 	for {
@@ -85,20 +85,7 @@ func gorillaDial() {
 		case <-done:
 			return
 		case t := <-ticker.C:
-			err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte(t.String()))
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Println("write:", err)
-				return
-			}
-
-			msg := pb.CreateSampleEvent()
-			msg.Name = "test echo over gorilla websocket"
-			data, _ := proto.Marshal(msg)
-			err2 := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, data)
-			if err2 != nil {
-				log.Println("write:", err2)
-				return
-			}
+			log.Println("gorilla NewTicker()", t.String())
 		case <-interrupt:
 			log.Println("interrupt")
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2872a89..2ad1526 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func main() {
 	go processEvents()
 
 	// setups up a dnssecsocket()
-	// go retrySocket()
+	go retrySocket()
 
 	time.Sleep(3 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000)
 	go gorillaDial()