diff --git a/src/src/StevesBot.Worker/Discord/Gateway/DiscordGatewayClient.cs b/src/src/StevesBot.Worker/Discord/Gateway/DiscordGatewayClient.cs
index 789264d..dc9f248 100644
--- a/src/src/StevesBot.Worker/Discord/Gateway/DiscordGatewayClient.cs
+++ b/src/src/StevesBot.Worker/Discord/Gateway/DiscordGatewayClient.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 using Activity = StevesBot.Worker.Discord.Gateway.Events.Data.Activity;
 
 namespace StevesBot.Worker.Discord.Gateway;
@@ -674,7 +675,23 @@ internal sealed class DiscordGatewayClient : IDiscordGatewayClient
       throw new DiscordGatewayClientException("WebSocket is already open. Cannot connect.");
     }
 
-    await _webSocket.ConnectAsync(uri, cancellationToken);
+    var connected = false;
+    var attempts = 0;
+    var delay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0);
+
+    while (connected is false)
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        await Task.Delay(delay, cancellationToken);
+        await _webSocket.ConnectAsync(uri, cancellationToken);
+        connected = true;
+      }
+      catch (Exception e) when (e is WebSocketException)
+      {
+        // TODO: Implement exponential backoff retry strategy
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   private static Uri BuildUri(string url)
diff --git a/src/src/StevesBot.Worker/Usings.cs b/src/src/StevesBot.Worker/Usings.cs
index 7dce256..b6ca0ac 100644
--- a/src/src/StevesBot.Worker/Usings.cs
+++ b/src/src/StevesBot.Worker/Usings.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+global using System.Net;
 global using System.Net.WebSockets;
 global using System.Reflection;
 global using System.Text;
@@ -19,4 +20,4 @@ global using StevesBot.Worker.Discord.Gateway.Events.Data;
 global using StevesBot.Worker.Handlers;
 global using StevesBot.Worker.Telemetry;
 global using StevesBot.Worker.Threading;
-global using StevesBot.Worker.WebSockets;
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+global using StevesBot.Worker.WebSockets;