diff --git a/src/ert/ensemble_evaluator/monitor.py b/src/ert/ensemble_evaluator/monitor.py
index 3388779e67a..d62a0c65eb8 100644
--- a/src/ert/ensemble_evaluator/monitor.py
+++ b/src/ert/ensemble_evaluator/monitor.py
@@ -118,6 +118,21 @@ async def track(
             if event is not None:
                 self._event_queue.task_done()
 
+    async def reconnect(self) -> None:
+        retries = 5
+        while retries > 0:
+            try:
+                self._socket.connect(self._ee_con_info.router_uri)
+                break
+            except zmq.ZMQError as e:
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Failed to connect to {self._ee_con_info.router_uri}: {e}"
+                )
+                retries -= 1
+                if retries == 0:
+                    raise e
+                await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
     async def _receiver(self) -> None:
         tls: Optional[ssl.SSLContext] = None
         if self._ee_con_info.cert:
@@ -134,11 +149,7 @@ async def _receiver(self) -> None:
 
         client_id = f"client-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
         self._socket.setsockopt_string(zmq.IDENTITY, client_id)
-        try:
-            self._socket.connect(self._ee_con_info.router_uri)
-        except zmq.ZMQError as exc:
-            logger.error(f"Failed to connect to {self._ee_con_info.router_uri} {exc}")
-            raise
+        await self.reconnect()
         await self._socket.send_multipart([b"", b"CONNECT"])
         self._connected.set()
 
@@ -152,4 +163,4 @@ async def _receiver(self) -> None:
                 logger.debug(
                     f"ZeroMQ connection to EnsembleEvaluator went down, reconnecting: {exc}"
                 )
-                await asyncio.sleep(1)
+                await self.reconnect()