diff --git a/uplink/src/base/serializer/mod.rs b/uplink/src/base/serializer/mod.rs
index 1922083f8..7d25eb531 100644
--- a/uplink/src/base/serializer/mod.rs
+++ b/uplink/src/base/serializer/mod.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 mod metrics;
 
 use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
-use std::io::{self, Write};
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
 use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
-use bytes::Bytes;
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use flume::{Receiver, RecvError, Sender};
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace};
 use lz4_flex::frame::FrameEncoder;
@@ -509,6 +510,8 @@ impl<C: MqttClient> Serializer<C> {
         // check for and publish the packets in persistence/inflight file
         let mut status = Status::EventLoopReady;
 
+        self.reload_inflight().await?;
+
         loop {
             let next_status = match status {
                 Status::Normal => self.normal().await?,
@@ -520,6 +523,35 @@ impl<C: MqttClient> Serializer<C> {
             status = next_status;
         }
     }
+
+    async fn reload_inflight(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        // check if the persistence/inflight file exists
+        // if exists then read and serialize it to Vec of publishes
+        // once done, delete the infight file and send the publishes onto the eventloop.
+        let mut path = self.config.persistence_path.clone();
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        path.push("inflight");
+        if !path.is_file() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let mut inflight_file = File::open(&path)?;
+        inflight_file.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+        let mut buf = BytesMut::from(buf.as_slice());
+        // parse into publishes
+        while let Ok(publish) = read(&mut buf, self.config.mqtt.max_packet_size) {
+            match publish {
+                Packet::Publish(publish) => {
+                    self.client
+                        .publish(publish.topic, QoS::AtLeastOnce, false, publish.payload)
+                        .await?;
+                }
+                packet => unreachable!("Unexpected packet: {:?}", packet),
+            }
+        }
+        info!("Read inflight packets from : {}", path.display());
+        std::fs::remove_file(path)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 async fn send_publish<C: MqttClient>(