diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b89462f..fb339c8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ be accessed via the EnerVu App.
 Changelog
 =========
 
+**2020-05-30 0.1.6**
+ - repair crash introduced with 0.1.5
+
 **2020-05-30 0.1.5**
  - some extra logging, timeouts and exception handling. Might fix #7
 
diff --git a/pyess/__init__.py b/pyess/__init__.py
index 885fa05..c694e2e 100755
--- a/pyess/__init__.py
+++ b/pyess/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 #__all__ = ['cli', 'ess']
 
-__version__ ="0.1.5"
+__version__ ="0.1.6"
diff --git a/pyess/aio_ess.py b/pyess/aio_ess.py
index 23d5c13..f84098d 100755
--- a/pyess/aio_ess.py
+++ b/pyess/aio_ess.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ def __init__(self, name, pw, ip=None):
         self.ip = ip
         self.logged_in = False
         self.auth_key = None
-        self.session = aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=False), read_timeout=60,
-                                             conn_timeout=60, timeout=120)
+        self.session = aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=False),
+                                             timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(connect=60,sock_read=60, sock_connect=60, total=180))
 
     async def _login(self, retry=1):
         """