diff --git a/Peer.go b/Peer.go
index 827e4d4..e084486 100644
--- a/Peer.go
+++ b/Peer.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/libsv/go-p2p/bsvutil"
 	"github.com/libsv/go-p2p/chaincfg/chainhash"
 	"github.com/libsv/go-p2p/wire"
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ const (
 
 	sentMsg     = "Sent"
 	receivedMsg = "Recv"
+
+	retryWriteMessageInterval = 10 * time.Second
+	retryWriteMessageAttempts = 5
 )
 
 type Block struct {
@@ -483,6 +487,25 @@ func (p *Peer) sendDataBatch(batch []*chainhash.Hash) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p *Peer) writeRetry(msg wire.Message) error {
+	policy := backoff.WithMaxRetries(backoff.NewConstantBackOff(retryWriteMessageInterval), retryWriteMessageAttempts)
+
+	operation := func() error {
+		return wire.WriteMessage(p.writeConn, msg, wire.ProtocolVersion, p.network)
+	}
+
+	notifyAndReconnect := func(err error, nextTry time.Duration) {
+		p.logger.Error("Failed to write message", slog.Duration("next try", nextTry), slog.String(errKey, err.Error()))
+
+		err = p.connect()
+		if err != nil {
+			p.logger.Error("Failed to reconnect", slog.Duration("next try", nextTry), slog.String(errKey, err.Error()))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return backoff.RetryNotify(operation, policy, notifyAndReconnect)
+}
+
 func (p *Peer) writeChannelHandler() {
 	for msg := range p.writeChan {
 		// wait for the write connection to be ready
@@ -496,12 +519,9 @@ func (p *Peer) writeChannelHandler() {
 			}
 			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 		}
-
-		if err := wire.WriteMessage(p.writeConn, msg, wire.ProtocolVersion, p.network); err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-				panic("WRITE EOF")
-			}
-			p.logger.Error("Failed to write message", slog.String(errKey, err.Error()))
+		err := p.writeRetry(msg)
+		if err != nil {
+			p.logger.Error("Failed retrying to write message", slog.String(errKey, err.Error()))
 		}
 
 		go func(message wire.Message) {
diff --git a/PeerManager_Mock.go b/PeerManager_Mock.go
index 18bc16b..2c8196c 100644
--- a/PeerManager_Mock.go
+++ b/PeerManager_Mock.go
@@ -1,35 +1,9 @@
 package p2p
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"log/slog"
-
 	"github.com/libsv/go-p2p/chaincfg/chainhash"
 )
 
-type TestLogger struct {
-}
-
-func (h *TestLogger) Enabled(_ context.Context, _ slog.Level) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func (h *TestLogger) Handle(_ context.Context, _ slog.Record) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (h *TestLogger) WithAttrs(_ []slog.Attr) slog.Handler {
-	return &TestLogger{}
-}
-
-func (h *TestLogger) WithGroup(_ string) slog.Handler {
-	return &TestLogger{}
-}
-
-func (h *TestLogger) Handler() slog.Handler {
-	return &TestLogger{}
-}
-
 type PeerManagerMock struct {
 	Peers                 []PeerI
 	AnnouncedTransactions []*chainhash.Hash
diff --git a/PeerManager_test.go b/PeerManager_test.go
index d935a38..4e599a5 100644
--- a/PeerManager_test.go
+++ b/PeerManager_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package p2p
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 
 func TestNewPeerManager(t *testing.T) {
 
-	logger := slog.New(&TestLogger{})
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelInfo}))
 
 	t.Run("nil peers no error", func(t *testing.T) {
 		pm := NewPeerManager(logger, wire.TestNet)
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func TestNewPeerManager(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAnnounceNewTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("announce tx", func(t *testing.T) {
-		logger := slog.New(&TestLogger{})
+		logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelInfo}))
 		pm := NewPeerManager(logger, wire.TestNet, WithBatchDuration(1*time.Millisecond))
 		require.NotNil(t, pm)
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ func TestAnnounceNewTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("announce tx - multiple peers", func(t *testing.T) {
-		logger := slog.New(&TestLogger{})
+		logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelInfo}))
 		pm := NewPeerManager(logger, wire.TestNet, WithBatchDuration(1*time.Millisecond))
 		require.NotNil(t, pm)
 
diff --git a/Peer_test.go b/Peer_test.go
index 51e0d54..bd69216 100644
--- a/Peer_test.go
+++ b/Peer_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ func newTestPeer(t *testing.T) (net.Conn, *Peer, *MockPeerHandler) {
 	peerConn, myConn := connutil.AsyncPipe()
 
 	peerHandler := NewMockPeerHandler()
-	logger := slog.New(&TestLogger{})
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelInfo}))
 	p, err := NewPeer(
 		logger,
 		"MockPeerHandler:0000",
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ func newTestPeer(t *testing.T) (net.Conn, *Peer, *MockPeerHandler) {
 func newIncomingTestPeer(t *testing.T) (net.Conn, *Peer, *MockPeerHandler) {
 	peerConn, myConn := connutil.AsyncPipe()
 	peerHandler := NewMockPeerHandler()
-	logger := slog.New(&TestLogger{})
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelInfo}))
 	p, err := NewPeer(
 		logger,
 		"MockPeerHandler:0000",
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d55d5d..ea330ed 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/lmittmann/tint v1.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9d01b36..927f7c6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 github.com/cbeuw/connutil v0.0.0-20200411215123-966bfaa51ee3 h1:LRxW8pdmWmyhoNh+TxUjxsAinGtCsVGjsl3xg6zoRSs=
 github.com/cbeuw/connutil v0.0.0-20200411215123-966bfaa51ee3/go.mod h1:6jR2SzckGv8hIIS9zWJ160mzGVVOYp4AXZMDtacL6LE=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 h1:y4OZtCnogmCPw98Zjyt5a6+QwPLGkiQsYW5oUqylYbM=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/lmittmann/tint v1.0.3 h1:W5PHeA2D8bBJVvabNfQD/XW9HPLZK1XoPZH0cq8NouQ=
+github.com/lmittmann/tint v1.0.3/go.mod h1:HIS3gSy7qNwGCj+5oRjAutErFBl4BzdQP6cJZ0NfMwE=
 github.com/ordishs/go-utils v1.0.24 h1:QIVYaaN4LE5SnCRbLii7OOrkC2Qqvg4FVKe9zzA3Yd8=
 github.com/ordishs/go-utils v1.0.24/go.mod h1:k9G7Bbv2GwoOn9fwZx70yM5jwwIymkv+90FUKLudtyc=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=