diff --git a/editor/js/comms.js b/editor/js/comms.js
index ac726d3de..6edd9afa0 100644
--- a/editor/js/comms.js
+++ b/editor/js/comms.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ RED.comms = (function() {
 
     var errornotification = null;
     var clearErrorTimer = null;
-
+    var connectCountdownTimer = null;
+    var connectCountdown = 10;
     var subscriptions = {};
     var ws;
     var pendingAuth = false;
@@ -82,14 +83,39 @@ RED.comms = (function() {
             }
         };
         ws.onclose = function() {
-            if (reconnectAttempts > 5 && errornotification == null) {
-                errornotification = RED.notify(RED._("notification.error",{message:RED._("notification.errors.lostConnection")}),"error",true);
-            } else if (clearErrorTimer) {
+            if (clearErrorTimer) {
                 clearTimeout(clearErrorTimer);
                 clearErrorTimer = null;
             }
             reconnectAttempts++;
-            setTimeout(connectWS,1000);
+            if (reconnectAttempts < 10) {
+                setTimeout(connectWS,1000);
+                if (reconnectAttempts > 5 && errornotification == null) {
+                    errornotification = RED.notify(RED._("notification.errors.lostConnection"),"error",true);
+                }
+            } else if (reconnectAttempts < 20) {
+                setTimeout(connectWS,2000);
+            } else {
+                connectCountdown = 60;
+                connectCountdownTimer = setInterval(function() {
+                    connectCountdown--;
+                    if (connectCountdown === 0) {
+                        errornotification.update(RED._("notification.errors.lostConnection"));
+                        clearInterval(connectCountdownTimer);
+                        connectWS();
+                    } else {
+                        var msg = RED._("notification.errors.lostConnectionReconnect",{time: connectCountdown})+' <a href="#">'+ RED._("notification.errors.lostConnectionTry")+'</a>';
+                        errornotification.update(msg);
+                        $(errornotification).find("a").click(function(e) {
+                            e.preventDefault();
+                            errornotification.update(RED._("notification.errors.lostConnection"));
+                            clearInterval(connectCountdownTimer);
+                            connectWS();
+                        })
+                    }
+                },1000);
+            }
+
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/editor/js/ui/notifications.js b/editor/js/ui/notifications.js
index 809fcec51..f64bf6f89 100644
--- a/editor/js/ui/notifications.js
+++ b/editor/js/ui/notifications.js
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ RED.notify = (function() {
                 });
             };
         })();
+
+        n.update = (function() {
+            var nn = n;
+            return function(msg) {
+                nn.innerHTML = msg;
+            }
+        })();
+        
         if (!fixed) {
             $(n).click((function() {
                 var nn = n;
diff --git a/red/api/locales/en-US/editor.json b/red/api/locales/en-US/editor.json
index ce2d7a0e1..c8c4e95ea 100644
--- a/red/api/locales/en-US/editor.json
+++ b/red/api/locales/en-US/editor.json
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
 
         "error": "<strong>Error</strong>: __message__",
         "errors": {
-            "lostConnection": "Lost connection to server",
+            "lostConnection": "Lost connection to server, reconnecting...",
+            "lostConnectionReconnect": "Lost connection to server, reconnecting in __time__s.",
+            "lostConnectionTry": "Try now",
             "cannotAddSubflowToItself": "Cannot add subflow to itself",
             "cannotAddCircularReference": "Cannot add subflow - circular reference detected"
         }