diff --git a/examples/adafruit_io_mqtt/adafruit_io_pubsub_rp2040.py b/examples/adafruit_io_mqtt/adafruit_io_pubsub_rp2040.py
index a5ce569..fae9b0b 100644
--- a/examples/adafruit_io_mqtt/adafruit_io_pubsub_rp2040.py
+++ b/examples/adafruit_io_mqtt/adafruit_io_pubsub_rp2040.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def on_led_msg(client, topic, message):
     except (ValueError, RuntimeError) as e:
         print("Failed to get data, retrying\n", e)
         wifi.reset()
+        wifi.connect()
         io.reconnect()
         continue
     # Send a new temperature reading to IO every 30 seconds