diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 365c852..5c66e0e 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ MPV_SOCKET = os.getenv("MPV_SOCKET", "/tmp/mpvsocket")
 HOST_NAME = os.getenv("HOST_NAME", "0.0.0.0")
 PORT_NUMBER = int(os.getenv("PORT_NUMBER", "8080"))
 SOCKET_RETRY_DELAY = 5  # Time in seconds between retries to connect to the socket
+MAX_RETRIES = 10  # Maximum number of retries to connect to the socket
 
 # Set up basic logging
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -19,29 +20,25 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 
 
 def send_to_mpv(command):
-    """Send a command to the mpv socket, retrying if the socket is not available."""
-    while True:
+    """Send a command to the mpv socket, retrying up to MAX_RETRIES times if the socket is not available."""
+    attempts = 0
+    while attempts < MAX_RETRIES:
         try:
-            # Check if the socket exists
-            if not os.path.exists(MPV_SOCKET):
-                logging.warning(
-                    f"Socket {MPV_SOCKET} not found, retrying in {SOCKET_RETRY_DELAY} seconds..."
-                )
-                time.sleep(SOCKET_RETRY_DELAY)
-                continue
-
-            # Send command to mpv socket
             with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as client_socket:
                 client_socket.connect(MPV_SOCKET)
                 client_socket.sendall(command.encode("utf-8"))
                 logging.info("Command sent to mpv successfully.")
                 return True
         except socket.error as e:
+            attempts += 1
             logging.error(
-                f"Failed to connect to socket: {e}. Retrying in {SOCKET_RETRY_DELAY} seconds..."
+                f"Failed to connect to socket (attempt {attempts}/{MAX_RETRIES}): {e}. Retrying in {SOCKET_RETRY_DELAY} seconds..."
             )
             time.sleep(SOCKET_RETRY_DELAY)
 
+    logging.error(f"Exceeded maximum retries ({MAX_RETRIES}). Ignoring the request.")
+    return False
+
 
 class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     def do_GET(self):
@@ -50,10 +47,7 @@ class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         video_url = query_components.get("url", [None])[0]
 
         if video_url:
-            # Decode the URL to handle any special characters
-            video_url = urllib.parse.unquote(video_url)
-
-            # Log the received URL
+            video_url = urllib.parse.unquote(video_url)  # Decode the URL
             logging.info(f"Received URL: {video_url}")
 
             # Create the command to send to mpv
@@ -67,9 +61,8 @@ class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             else:
                 self.send_response(500)
                 self.end_headers()
-                self.wfile.write(b"Failed to add URL to mpv queue")
+                self.wfile.write(b"Failed to add URL to mpv queue after max retries")
         else:
-            # Log the error
             logging.error("Missing 'url' parameter")
             self.send_response(400)
             self.end_headers()
@@ -81,7 +74,6 @@ class MyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # Log server start
     logging.info(f"Starting server on {HOST_NAME}:{PORT_NUMBER}...")
 
     try:
@@ -89,10 +81,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         logging.info(f"Server running on port {PORT_NUMBER}...")
         httpd.serve_forever()
     except Exception as e:
-        # Log any exceptions that occur during server operation
         logging.exception(f"Error occurred: {e}")
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        # Log server shutdown
         logging.info("Server is shutting down...")
         httpd.server_close()
         logging.info("Server stopped.")
+