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# Keep connection alive

### Reconnect

You can enable auto reconnection with the option "reconnect".

```javascript
const options = { reconnect: true };
const client = new obyte.Client('wss://obyte.org/bb', options);
```

### Notify

Another way to keep the connection with the WebSocket node alive is to notify the node that your peer is awake every 10 sec. 

```javascript
setInterval(function() {
  client.api.heartbeat()
}, 10 * 1000);
```