diff --git a/script/monitoring.py b/script/monitoring.py
index f3a899db..468aef58 100644
--- a/script/monitoring.py
+++ b/script/monitoring.py
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-print "Monitoring"
-#if controller.state == State.Ready and Scienta.state.isInitialized(): 
-if  Scienta.state.isInitialized():    
-    retries = 3
+if controller.state == State.Ready:
+    retries = 5
     for i in range(retries):
-        try:
-            print "Communication ok"     
+        try:            
             Scienta.getImageCounter().read()
-            print "Communication ok"           
+            #print "Communication ok"           
             break
         except:
             if i >= retries-1:
                 print "Scienta timeout, reinitializing..."           
                 Scienta.initialize()
                 print "Scienta reinit ok"           
-                break                  
+                break   
+            else:
+                #print "Scienta timeout, retry..."           
+                time.sleep(0.5)
+                pass
+