diff --git a/wireguard-monitor/wireguard-reconnect b/wireguard-monitor/wireguard-reconnect
index 98eab1e..2f20ed2 100755
--- a/wireguard-monitor/wireguard-reconnect
+++ b/wireguard-monitor/wireguard-reconnect
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ FAILED_ATTEMPTS=0
 
 function is_host_reachable() {
 	for i in {1..5}; do
-		echo "Sending ping..."
 		if ping -c 1 "$1" > /dev/null; then
-			echo "Ping received"
 			return 0
 		fi
 		echo "WARNING: Failed to ping $GATEWAY_IP"
@@ -32,6 +30,19 @@ while : ; do
 
 	if ! is_host_reachable "$GATEWAY_IP" > /dev/null; then
 		echo "ERROR: ($GATEWAY_IP) is not reachable. Restarting interface $WG_INTERFACE"
+
+		FAILED_ATTEMPTS=$(( FAILED_ATTEMPTS + 1))
+		if (( FAILED_ATTEMPTS > RECONNECT_ATTEMPTS )); then
+			echo "WARNING: Failed $FAILED_ATTEMPTS times to recover connection..."
+			if $REBOOT_AFTER_FAILED_ATTEMPTS; then
+				echo "INFO: Rebooting..."
+				reboot
+			else
+				echo "INFO: Will continue trying..."
+				FAILED_ATTEMPTS=$(( 0 ))
+			fi
+		fi
+
 		wg-quick down "$WG_INTERFACE"
 		echo "INFO: Stopped WG interface $WG_INTERFACE"
 		sleep "$RECONNECT_DELAY"
@@ -40,18 +51,6 @@ while : ; do
 		else
 			echo "INFO: Started WG interface $WG_INTERFACE"
 		fi
-
-		FAILED_ATTEMPTS=$(( FAILED_ATTEMPTS + 1))
-		if (( FAILED_ATTEMPTS > RECONNECT_ATTEMPTS )); then
-			echo "Failed $FAILED_ATTEMPTS times to recover connection..."
-			if $REBOOT_AFTER_FAILED_ATTEMPTS; then
-				echo "Rebooting..."
-				reboot
-			else
-				echo "Will continue trying..."
-				FAILED_ATTEMPTS=$(( 0 ))
-			fi
-		fi
 	fi
 	sleep "$PING_DELAY_S"