diff --git a/inroducer/index.js b/inroducer/index.js
index 90f842d7362ae40059fda1ad4414a352b1d1ddb6..b76e2ae6354c5802231f2832f2ca34b904ea543c 100644
--- a/inroducer/index.js
+++ b/inroducer/index.js
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ socket.on("message", function(message, rinfo) {
   if (text[0] === "dead") {
     console.log(text)
     console.log(text[1].toString()[0])
-    machines = machines.filter(m => m.toString()[0] !== text[1].toString()[0]);
-    console.log(machines)
+    // machines = machines.filter(m => m.toString()[0] !== text[1].toString()[0]);
+    // console.log(machines)
 
   }
 });
diff --git a/machine/index.js b/machine/index.js
index 8ead3a2d195421e0a1e61f9a0d5a45379208de10..57081f6162c6be05e6b530c09520684e2d921415 100644
--- a/machine/index.js
+++ b/machine/index.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function updateTimeStamp(ackMachineNumber) {
 
 function updateStatuses() {
   Object.keys(connections).forEach(connection => {
-    if (Date.now() - connections[connection].timestamp >= 2000) {
+    if (Date.now() - connections[connection].timestamp >= 2000 && connections[connection].timestamp != 0) {
       connections[connection].status = "dead"
 
       const message = Buffer.from(`dead ${connection}`);