diff --git a/box/box.go b/box/box.go
index 83fa6d3..c8e9a17 100644
--- a/box/box.go
+++ b/box/box.go
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ var (
 	socketPath    string
 	socketPattern string
 	targetMessage atomic.Int32
+	sourceDevice  string
 )
 
+var lastMessage = atomic.Pointer[time.Time]{}
+
 func connectUDP(log *zap.SugaredLogger, addr string) *net.UDPConn {
 	udpAddr, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp4", addr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -147,6 +150,10 @@ func waitAndRead(log *zap.SugaredLogger, pathfinder net.Conn, target *net.UDPCon
 		if target == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
+		lastMessage.Store(func() *time.Time {
+			t := time.Now()
+			return &t
+		}())
 		targetMessage.Store(target)
 		onChange(log, onChangeVal)
 
@@ -176,12 +183,25 @@ func checkTrimmedData(trimmedData string) (target int32, onChange bool, err erro
 	return 6, false, nil
 }
 
+func resubPathfinder(log *zap.SugaredLogger, pathfinder net.Conn) (err error) {
+	writeTCP(log, pathfinder, fmt.Sprintf("UNSUB %s", sourceDevice))
+	writeTCP(log, pathfinder, fmt.Sprintf("SUB %s", sourceDevice))
+	// ensure we didn't miss a message while we were unsubbed by generating one
+	writeTCP(log, pathfinder, fmt.Sprintf("GET %s", sourceDevice))
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Execute initializes virtual-sämbox and runs is business logic.
 func Execute(log *zap.SugaredLogger, sendUDP bool, targetAddr string, pathfinderAddr string, pathfinderAuth string, device string, socket bool, socketPathOpt string, socketPatternOpt string) {
 
 	socketActive = socket
 	socketPath = socketPathOpt
 	socketPattern = socketPatternOpt
+	sourceDevice = device
+	lastMessage.Store(func() *time.Time {
+		t := time.Now()
+		return &t
+	}())
 
 	var target *net.UDPConn
 	if sendUDP {
@@ -196,8 +216,8 @@ func Execute(log *zap.SugaredLogger, sendUDP bool, targetAddr string, pathfinder
 	go waitAndRead(log, pathfinder, target)
 
 	writeTCP(log, pathfinder, fmt.Sprintf("LOGIN %s", pathfinderAuth))
-	writeTCP(log, pathfinder, fmt.Sprintf("SUB %s", device))
-	writeTCP(log, pathfinder, fmt.Sprintf("GET %s", device))
+	writeTCP(log, pathfinder, fmt.Sprintf("SUB %s", sourceDevice))
+	writeTCP(log, pathfinder, fmt.Sprintf("GET %s", sourceDevice))
 
 	for {
 		if sendUDP {
@@ -205,6 +225,29 @@ func Execute(log *zap.SugaredLogger, sendUDP bool, targetAddr string, pathfinder
 				writeUDP(log, target, fmt.Sprintf("%d\r\n", targetMessage.Load()))
 			}
 		}
+		// Resubscribe every then and now just in case pathfinder rebooted on us.
+		// basically i'm giving up on trying to figure out how we can have stale
+		// connections to pathfinder when it reboots. This shows up as us not being
+		// subscribed to what we need anymore while the connection never gets
+		// terminated properly.
+		// I can't reprod the exact scenario because everything i try terminates the
+		// the connection properly (except actually rebooting the device that is).
+		// The code below works around all of this by resubscribing using UNSUB/SUB
+		// again after some time has passed. We might consider this as renewing the
+		// lease on the subscriptions.
+		// to make sure we don't spam klangbecken with "started" messages that lead
+		// to tracks being skipped, this logic is only triggered when we haven't
+		// heard from pathfinder for a bit over an hour and we don't think klangbecken
+		// is currently running.
+		// I'm hoping that this will make it so that this becomes self-healing and
+		// and does so as soon as we have a show that runs for more than
+		if time.Since(*lastMessage.Load()) > time.Minute*63 && targetMessage.Load() != 1 {
+			log.Info("Resubbing Pathfinder")
+			err := resubPathfinder(log, pathfinder)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
 		time.Sleep(600 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 }