diff --git a/tts.py b/tts.py
index ffb7b12..ecabd3e 100644
--- a/tts.py
+++ b/tts.py
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class IRC:
         try:
             self.irc.send(bytes("JOIN " + channel + "\r\n", "UTF-8"))
         except ConnectionResetError:
+            logging.warn('JOIN was refused, will try again in 5 seconds.')
+            time.sleep(5)
             self.irc.send(bytes("JOIN " + channel + "\r\n", "UTF-8"))
 
     def sendpriv(self, channel, user, msg):
@@ -175,10 +177,12 @@ class IRC:
                 if msg.startswith('!toff'):
                     logging.info('TTS is now turned off')
                     msg_queue.clear()
+                    msg_queue_raw.clear()
                     self.tts_status = False
                 if msg.startswith('!ton'):
                     logging.info('TTS is now turned on')
                     msg_queue.clear()
+                    msg_queue_raw.clear()
                     self.tts_status = True
 
             if msg.startswith('!tts'):