diff --git a/lib/gui/src/widgets/drawablecanvas.cpp b/lib/gui/src/widgets/drawablecanvas.cpp
index c7c223c..61068d1 100644
--- a/lib/gui/src/widgets/drawablecanvas.cpp
+++ b/lib/gui/src/widgets/drawablecanvas.cpp
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ void DrawableCanvas::reset_compressed() {
 signed DrawableCanvas::BufferedTCPStream::connect(WiFiClient *ptr, const char *server_ip, const uint16_t server_port) {
     client = ptr;
     size = 0;
-    flag = false;
+    flag = true;
     return client->connect(IPAddress(server_ip), server_port);
 }