diff --git a/ait/dsn/sle/common.py b/ait/dsn/sle/common.py
index d9e7f6d..8851aa4 100644
--- a/ait/dsn/sle/common.py
+++ b/ait/dsn/sle/common.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 import gevent.queue
 import gevent.socket
 import gevent.select
-import gevent.monkey; gevent.monkey.patch_all()
+import gevent.monkey; gevent.monkey.patch_time()
 
 import pyasn1.error
 from pyasn1.codec.ber.encoder import encode
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ class SLE(object):
     for interfacing with SLE.
 
     '''
-    _state = 'unbound'
-    _handlers = defaultdict(list)
-    _data_queue = gevent.queue.Queue()
-    _invoke_id = 0
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ''''''
+        self._state = 'unbound'
+        self._handlers = defaultdict(list)
+        self._data_queue = gevent.queue.Queue()
+        self._invoke_id = 0
         self._downlink_frame_type = ait.config.get('dsn.sle.downlink_frame_type',
                                                    kwargs.get('downlink_frame_type', 'TMTransFrame'))
         self._heartbeat = ait.config.get('dsn.sle.heartbeat',
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                                              kwargs.get('peer_password', None))
         self._responder_port = ait.config.get('dsn.sle.responder_port',
                                               kwargs.get('responder_port', 'default'))
-        self._telem_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
         self._auth_level = ait.config.get('dsn.sle.auth_level',
                                           kwargs.get('auth_level', 'none'))
 
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ def send(self, data):
             for i in writeable:
                 i.sendall(data)
         except socket.error as e:
+            self._state = 'unbound'
             if e.errno == errno.ECONNRESET:
                 ait.core.log.error('Socket connection lost to DSN')
                 self._socket.close()
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ def connect(self):
             ait.core.log.error('Connection failure with DSN. Aborting ...')
             raise Exception('Unable to connect to DSN through any provided hostnames.')
 
+        self._telem_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        ait.core.log.info("Starting conn monitor for %s", type(self))
         self._conn_monitor = gevent.spawn(conn_handler, self)
         self._data_processor = gevent.spawn(data_processor, self)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e6a2672..971fe49 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name = 'ait-dsn',
-    version = '2.0.1-rc1',
+    version = '2.0.2',
     description  = description,
     long_description = long_description,
     long_description_content_type = 'text/x-rst',