diff --git a/TES/tes/sshwrapper/__init__.py b/TES/tes/sshwrapper/__init__.py
index 146c2a31883b04d2c4b414eb06b63d75464c56b9..0070203082947913b42d87b38c9371cb223b30c7 100644
--- a/TES/tes/sshwrapper/__init__.py
+++ b/TES/tes/sshwrapper/__init__.py
@@ -433,7 +433,6 @@ class Ssh:
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.debug('socket exception {}'.format(e))
                 ssock.close()
-                return False
             time.sleep(1)
         return False