diff --git a/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/AutoRelog.cs b/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/AutoRelog.cs
index c384eb7c9f..24e6570ac6 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/AutoRelog.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/AutoRelog.cs
@@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ private void LaunchDelayedReconnection(string? msg)
         {
             double delay = random.NextDouble() * (Config.Delay.max - Config.Delay.min) + Config.Delay.min;
             LogDebugToConsole(string.Format(string.IsNullOrEmpty(msg) ? Translations.bot_autoRelog_reconnect_always : Translations.bot_autoRelog_reconnect, msg));
-            LogToConsole(string.Format(Translations.bot_autoRelog_wait, delay));
-            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep((int)Math.Floor(delay * 1000));
-            ReconnectToTheServer();
+            
+            // TODO: Change this translation string to add the retries left text
+            LogToConsole(string.Format(Translations.bot_autoRelog_wait, delay) + $" ({Config.Retries - Configs._BotRecoAttempts} retries left)");
+            ReconnectToTheServer(Config.Retries - Configs._BotRecoAttempts, (int)Math.Floor(delay), true);
         }
 
         public static bool OnDisconnectStatic(DisconnectReason reason, string message)
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs b/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
index 294c3a9711..48f1cbaaea 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ public enum MovementType { Sneak, Walk, Sprint }
         
         private static IMinecraftComHandler? instance;
         public static IMinecraftComHandler? Instance => instance;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Starts the main chat client, wich will login to the server using the MinecraftCom class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -245,28 +246,48 @@ public McClient(SessionToken session, PlayerKeyPair? playerKeyPair, string serve
 
             return;
 
-        Retry:
+            Retry:
             if (timeoutdetector != null)
             {
                 timeoutdetector.Item2.Cancel();
                 timeoutdetector = null;
             }
-            if (ReconnectionAttemptsLeft > 0)
+
+            if (!Config.ChatBot.AutoRelog.Enabled)
             {
-                Log.Info(string.Format(Translations.mcc_reconnect, ReconnectionAttemptsLeft));
-                Thread.Sleep(5000);
-                ReconnectionAttemptsLeft--;
-                Program.Restart();
-            }
-            else if (InternalConfig.InteractiveMode)
+                if (ReconnectionAttemptsLeft > 0)
+                {
+                    Log.Info(string.Format(Translations.mcc_reconnect, ReconnectionAttemptsLeft));
+                    Thread.Sleep(5000);
+                    ReconnectionAttemptsLeft--;
+                    Program.Restart();
+                }
+                else if (InternalConfig.InteractiveMode)
+                {
+                    ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.StopReadThread();
+                    ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.MessageReceived -= ConsoleReaderOnMessageReceived;
+                    ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.OnInputChange -= ConsoleIO.AutocompleteHandler;
+                    Program.HandleFailure();
+                }
+
+                throw new Exception("Initialization failed.");
+            } 
+            else
             {
-                ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.StopReadThread();
-                ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.MessageReceived -= ConsoleReaderOnMessageReceived;
-                ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.OnInputChange -= ConsoleIO.AutocompleteHandler;
-                Program.HandleFailure();
-            }
+                // The AutoRelog ChatBot will handle reconnection at this point.
+                // This is important, or else we'll have multiple instances of the client running at the same time.
 
-            throw new Exception("Initialization failed.");
+                if (ReconnectionAttemptsLeft == 0)
+                {
+                    if (InternalConfig.InteractiveMode)
+                    {
+                        ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.StopReadThread();
+                        ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.MessageReceived -= ConsoleReaderOnMessageReceived;
+                        ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.OnInputChange -= ConsoleIO.AutocompleteHandler;
+                        Program.HandleFailure();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -572,7 +593,7 @@ public void OnConnectionLost(ChatBot.DisconnectReason reason, string message)
                 ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.StopReadThread();
                 ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.MessageReceived -= ConsoleReaderOnMessageReceived;
                 ConsoleInteractive.ConsoleReader.OnInputChange -= ConsoleIO.AutocompleteHandler;
-                Program.HandleFailure();
+                Program.HandleFailure(message, false, reason);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Program.cs b/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
index 9c126bee32..599ee7229f 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Program.cs
@@ -398,7 +398,12 @@ private static void RequestPassword()
         /// </summary>
         private static void InitializeClient()
         {
-            InternalConfig.MinecraftVersion = Config.Main.Advanced.MinecraftVersion;
+            // Ensure that we use the provided Minecraft version if we can't connect automatically.
+            //
+            // useMcVersionOnce is set to true on HandleFailure()
+            // whenever we are unable to connect to the server and the user provides a version number.
+            if (!useMcVersionOnce)
+                InternalConfig.MinecraftVersion = Config.Main.Advanced.MinecraftVersion;
 
             SessionToken session = new();
             PlayerKeyPair? playerKeyPair = null;
@@ -406,7 +411,7 @@ private static void InitializeClient()
             ProtocolHandler.LoginResult result = ProtocolHandler.LoginResult.LoginRequired;
 
             string loginLower = ToLowerIfNeed(InternalConfig.Account.Login);
-            if (InternalConfig.Account.Password == "-")
+            if (InternalConfig.Account.Password == "-" || InternalConfig.Account.Password == string.Empty)
             {
                 ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted("§8" + Translations.mcc_offline, acceptnewlines: true);
                 result = ProtocolHandler.LoginResult.Success;
@@ -749,7 +754,7 @@ public static void HandleFailure(string? errorMessage = null, bool versionError
                     if (InternalConfig.MinecraftVersion != "")
                     {
                         useMcVersionOnce = true;
-                        Restart();
+                        Restart(0, true);
                         return;
                     }
                 }