diff --git a/convex-gui/src/main/java/convex/gui/components/account/AccountChooserPanel.java b/convex-gui/src/main/java/convex/gui/components/account/AccountChooserPanel.java
index a50ecc6e0..d2d2b6152 100644
--- a/convex-gui/src/main/java/convex/gui/components/account/AccountChooserPanel.java
+++ b/convex-gui/src/main/java/convex/gui/components/account/AccountChooserPanel.java
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import convex.api.Convex;
 import convex.core.crypto.AKeyPair;
 import convex.core.crypto.wallet.AWalletEntry;
-import convex.core.cvm.ops.Special;
-import convex.core.data.AccountKey;
 import convex.core.cvm.Address;
 import convex.core.cvm.Symbols;
+import convex.core.cvm.ops.Special;
+import convex.core.data.AccountKey;
 import convex.core.exceptions.ResultException;
 import convex.gui.components.BalanceLabel;
 import convex.gui.components.DropdownMenu;
@@ -29,6 +32,9 @@
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class AccountChooserPanel extends JPanel {
+	
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AccountChooserPanel.class.getName());
+
 
 	private JComboBox<String> modeCombo;
 	public final AddressCombo addressCombo;
@@ -119,6 +125,17 @@ public AccountChooserPanel(Convex convex) {
 				convex.clearSequence();
 			});
 			popupMenu.add(setSeqButton);
+			
+			JMenuItem reconnectButton = new JMenuItem("Reconnect",Toolkit.menuIcon(0xe9d5));
+			reconnectButton.addActionListener(e -> {
+				try {
+					convex.reconnect();
+				} catch (Exception ex) {
+					log.info("Reconnect failed",ex);
+				}
+			});
+			popupMenu.add(reconnectButton);
+
 
 
 			DropdownMenu dm = new DropdownMenu(popupMenu,Toolkit.SMALL_ICON_SIZE);
@@ -169,6 +186,7 @@ public void updateAddress(Address a) {
 	}
 	
 	public void setKeyPair(AWalletEntry we) {
+		System.err.println("Setting wallet entry:" +we);
 		if (we==null) {
 			convex.setKeyPair(null);
 		} else {
diff --git a/convex-gui/src/main/java/convex/gui/repl/REPLPanel.java b/convex-gui/src/main/java/convex/gui/repl/REPLPanel.java
index fc50c5109..e3e867d20 100644
--- a/convex-gui/src/main/java/convex/gui/repl/REPLPanel.java
+++ b/convex-gui/src/main/java/convex/gui/repl/REPLPanel.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ private void sendMessage(String s) {
 				output.append(" TIMEOUT waiting for result\n",Color.RED);
 			} catch (IllegalStateException t) {
 				// General errors we understand
-				output.append(" ERROR: ",Color.RED);
+				output.append(" EXCEPTION: ",Color.RED);
 				output.append(t.getMessage() + "\n"); 
 			} catch (Exception t) {
 				// Something bad.....
diff --git a/convex-java/src/main/java/convex/java/ConvexHTTP.java b/convex-java/src/main/java/convex/java/ConvexHTTP.java
index 687f1757f..3c8201f2b 100644
--- a/convex-java/src/main/java/convex/java/ConvexHTTP.java
+++ b/convex-java/src/main/java/convex/java/ConvexHTTP.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package convex.java;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleHttpRequest;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleHttpResponse;
@@ -182,4 +184,9 @@ public InetSocketAddress getHostAddress() {
 		return new InetSocketAddress(uri.getHost(),port);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void reconnect() throws IOException, TimeoutException, InterruptedException {
+		// Nothing to do?	
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/api/Convex.java b/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/api/Convex.java
index fc9f473e7..c4af48b11 100644
--- a/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/api/Convex.java
+++ b/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/api/Convex.java
@@ -1027,4 +1027,6 @@ public void clearSequence() {
 		this.sequence=null;
 	}
 
+	public abstract void reconnect() throws IOException, TimeoutException, InterruptedException;
+
 }
diff --git a/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/api/ConvexLocal.java b/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/api/ConvexLocal.java
index f64244a8d..a5d441d5c 100644
--- a/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/api/ConvexLocal.java
+++ b/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/api/ConvexLocal.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import convex.core.ErrorCodes;
@@ -210,6 +211,11 @@ public Long getBalance() {
 		return server.getPeer().getConsensusState().getBalance(address);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void reconnect()  {
+		// Always connected, basically
+	}
+
 
 
 }
diff --git a/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/peer/TransactionHandler.java b/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/peer/TransactionHandler.java
index 3e4f54333..d8d0e2334 100644
--- a/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/peer/TransactionHandler.java
+++ b/convex-peer/src/main/java/convex/peer/TransactionHandler.java
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ void maybeGetOwnTransactions(Peer p) {
 
 		// If we already posted own transaction recently, don't try again
 		if (ts<(lastOwnTransactionTimestamp+OWN_BLOCK_DELAY)) return;
-		lastOwnTransactionTimestamp=ts; // mark this timestamp
 
 		// NOTE: beyond this point we only execute stuff when AUTO_MANAGE is set
 		if (!Utils.bool(server.getConfig().get(Keywords.AUTO_MANAGE))) return;
@@ -410,7 +409,8 @@ void maybeGetOwnTransactions(Peer p) {
 		AccountKey peerKey=p.getPeerKey();
 		PeerStatus ps=s.getPeer(peerKey);
 		if (ps==null) return; // No peer record in consensus state?
-		
+
+
 		AString chn=ps.getHostname();
 		String currentHostname=(chn==null)?null:chn.toString();
 		String desiredHostname=server.getHostname(); // Intended hostname
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ void maybeGetOwnTransactions(Peer p) {
 			ACell message = Reader.read(code);
 			ATransaction transaction = Invoke.create(address, as.getSequence()+1, message);
 			newTransactions.add(p.getKeyPair().signData(transaction));
+			lastOwnTransactionTimestamp=ts; // mark this timestamp
 		}
 	}