diff --git a/mxrouter.go b/mxrouter.go
index 0146511..8addb16 100644
--- a/mxrouter.go
+++ b/mxrouter.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	version = "0.9.8"
+	version = "0.9.9"
 	// Match le nom de domaine, soit les 2 dernieres chaines separees par un point.
 	//  Peut aussi terminer par un point (Ex: srv.domaine.com. => domaine.com)
 	DomainRegexpFormat = `([0-9A-Za-z\-]*)\.([0-9A-Za-z\-]*)(?:\.)?$`
@@ -55,22 +55,38 @@ var (
 	timeout     *int
 )
 
+// attempt is useless now. It was introduced to break after N attempts, but this is not implemented. Should it be?
 func ldapSearch(searchReq *ldap.SearchRequest, attempt int) (*ldap.SearchResult, error) {
 	mutex.Lock()
 	result, err := conLdap.Search(searchReq)
 	mutex.Unlock()
 	// Let's just manage connection errors here
-	if err != nil && strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "ldap: connection closed") {
-		logstream.Err("LDAP connection closed, retrying")
-		mutex.Lock()
-		conLdap.Close()
-		conLdap, err = connectLdap()
-		mutex.Unlock()
-		if err != nil {
-			return result, err
-		} else {
-			attempt = attempt + 1
-			return ldapSearch(searchReq, attempt)
+	if err != nil {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "ldap: connection closed") {
+			logstream.Err("LDAP connection closed, retrying")
+			mutex.Lock()
+			conLdap.Close()
+			conLdap, err = connectLdap()
+			mutex.Unlock()
+			if err != nil {
+				return result, err
+			} else {
+				attempt = attempt + 1
+				return ldapSearch(searchReq, attempt)
+			}
+		} else if err == ldap.ErrNilConnection {
+			logstream.Err("LDAP connection is nil, reconnecting")
+			mutex.Lock()
+			// conLdap is nil so this would be a sigsegv/panic
+			//conLdap.Close()
+			conLdap, err = connectLdap()
+			mutex.Unlock()
+			if err != nil {
+				return result, err
+			} else {
+				attempt = attempt + 1
+				return ldapSearch(searchReq, attempt)
+			}
 		}
 	}