diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 8fbeff5..24d624d 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 var express = require('express');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var connection = require("./js/mysql.js"); 
+var mysql = require("mysql"); 
 
 var rhg = require('random-hash-generator');
 
@@ -19,36 +20,10 @@ app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
 }));
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
-const PORT = 8081;
+const PORT = 8077;
 var types;
 
-function connect() {
-    // if (connection !== undefined && connection !== null) {
-    //     connection.destroy();
-    // }
-    
-    connection.connect(function(err) {
-        if (err) {
-            console.log(err); 
-            connect();
-        }
-        else {
-            connection.on('error', function(err) {
-                console.log('db error', err);
-                if (err.code === 'PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST') { // Connection to the MySQL server is usually
-                    connect();
-                }
-                else { // connnection idle timeout (the wait_timeout
-                    throw err; // server variable configures this)
-                }
-            });
-        }
 
-    });
-
-}
-
-connect();
 
 function query(str, callback) {
     query(str, [], callback);
@@ -56,8 +31,8 @@ function query(str, callback) {
 
 function query(str, arg, callback) {
     var isConnected = true;
-
-    connection.query(str, arg, callback);
+    
+    connection.query(str, arg, callback); 
 }
 
 query("SELECT * FROM types", function(err, result) {
@@ -66,7 +41,7 @@ query("SELECT * FROM types", function(err, result) {
 
 
 app.port = PORT;
-app.host = "127.0.0.1";
+app.host = "0.0.0.0";
 
 function generateId(data) {
     pastesThisSession++;
@@ -195,5 +170,5 @@ app.get("/:path", handleRequest);
 app.get("/:path/:option", handleRequest);
 
 app.listen(PORT, "127.0.0.1", 511, function() {
-
+    console.log("Static Webserver started on port "+PORT); 
 });
diff --git a/js/mysql.js b/js/mysql.js
index 649279a..67de413 100644
--- a/js/mysql.js
+++ b/js/mysql.js
@@ -1,26 +1,53 @@
-var mysql = require('mysql'); 
-var fs = require("fs"); 
+var mysql = require('mysql');
+var fs = require("fs");
 
-var file = null; 
-var connection = null; 
+var file = null;
+var connectionConfig;
+var connection = null;
+
+function handleDisconnect() {
+  connection = mysql.createConnection(connectionConfig);
+
+  connection.connect(function(err) {
+    if(err) {
+      console.log('error when connecting to db:', err);
+      setTimeout(handleDisconnect, 2000);
+    }
+    else {
+        console.log("Connected to MySQL database ( "+connectionConfig.user+"@"+connectionConfig.host+"/"+connectionConfig.database+" )");
+    }
+  });
+  connection.on('error', function(err) {
+    console.log('db error', err);
+    if(err.code === 'PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST') {
+      handleDisconnect();
+    } else if(err.code === 'ECONNRESET'){
+      handleDisconnect();
+    } else{
+      throw err;
+    }
+  });
+}
 
 try {
-    file = fs.readFileSync("./config.json"); 
+    file = fs.readFileSync("./config.json");
 }
 catch(exception) {
-    console.log(exception.toString()); 
+    console.log(exception.toString());
 }
 
 if(file != null) {
-    var json = JSON.parse(file); 
+    var json = JSON.parse(file);
 
-    connection = mysql.createConnection({
-        host: json.host, 
-        database: json.database, 
-        user: json.user, 
-        password: json.password 
-    }); 
+    connectionConfig = {
+        host: json.host,
+        database: json.database,
+        user: json.user,
+        password: json.password
+    };
+
+    handleDisconnect();
 }
 
 
-module.exports = connection; 
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = connection;
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..11d5d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+screen -dmS paste 'while true; do node ./app.js; done'
diff --git a/static/insert.html b/static/insert.html
index ef340e2..7bc6f98 100644
--- a/static/insert.html
+++ b/static/insert.html
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
             viewModel.selectedTypeName = ko.observable(); 
             viewModel.selectedTypeIndex = ko.observable(); 
             
-            viewModel.selectedTypeName(viewModel.types[0].type); 
-            viewModel.selectedTypeIndex(0); 
+            viewModel.selectedTypeName(viewModel.types[31].type); 
+            viewModel.selectedTypeIndex(31); 
             
             $("#pasteButton").on("click", function(){
                 $.ajax({
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
                         console.log(data); 
                         
                         if(data.id !== null){
-                            window.location = "./"+data.id+"/";  
+                            window.location = "./"+data.id+"/";
                         } 
                     } 
                 }) 
-            }) ; 
+            });
             
             $("#typeList").bind( "click" , function(element){ 
                 selectedType = viewModel.types[$(element.target).attr("typeindex")];