diff --git a/src/base/net/stratum/Client.cpp b/src/base/net/stratum/Client.cpp
index 7ee0228b..c07f2369 100644
--- a/src/base/net/stratum/Client.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/stratum/Client.cpp
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ void xmrig::Client::parseResponse(int64_t id, const rapidjson::Value &result, co
             LOG_ERR("[%s] error: " RED_BOLD("\"%s\"") RED_S ", code: %d", url(), message, error["code"].GetInt());
         }
 
-        if (isCriticalError(message)) {
+        if (m_id == 1 || isCriticalError(message)) {
             close();
         }