diff --git a/bridge/zulip/zulip.go b/bridge/zulip/zulip.go
index 165bdb18..3c6c7ec6 100644
--- a/bridge/zulip/zulip.go
+++ b/bridge/zulip/zulip.go
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ func (b *Bzulip) handleQueue() error {
 		switch err {
 		case gzb.BackoffError:
 			time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
+		case gzb.NoJSONError:
+			b.Log.Error("Response wasn't JSON, server down or restarting? sleeping 10 seconds")
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
 		case gzb.BadEventQueueError:
 			b.Log.Info("got a bad event queue id error, reconnecting")
 			b.bot.Queues = nil
@@ -113,10 +116,14 @@ func (b *Bzulip) handleQueue() error {
 				time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
 				continue
 			}
-			continue
+		case gzb.HeartbeatError:
+			b.Log.Debug("heartbeat received.")
 		default:
 			b.Log.Debugf("receiving error: %#v", err)
 		}
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		for _, m := range messages {
 			b.Log.Debugf("== Receiving %#v", m)
 			// ignore our own messages
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dc3d0fb5..ce7c3cc0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/lusis/slack-test v0.0.0-20180109053238-3c758769bfa6 // indirect
 	github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20180529212104-cd19799fba91
 	github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20190102230110-6f9631ca6dea
-	github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190211002717-befe50663a92
+	github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190212232658-7aa251978a18
 	github.com/matterbridge/logrus-prefixed-formatter v0.0.0-20180806162718-01618749af61
 	github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server v5.5.0+incompatible
 	github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6403ebd7..04ac0b22 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20180529212104-cd19799fba91 h1:KzDEcy8eDb
 github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20180529212104-cd19799fba91/go.mod h1:ECDRehsR9TYTKCAsRS8/wLeOk6UUqDydw47ln7wG41Q=
 github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20190102230110-6f9631ca6dea h1:kaADGqpK4gGO2BpzEyJrBxq2Jc57Rsar4i2EUxcACUc=
 github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20190102230110-6f9631ca6dea/go.mod h1:+jWeaaUtXQbBRdKYWfjW6JDDYiI2XXE+3NnTjW5kg8g=
-github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190211002717-befe50663a92 h1:4L4vltV2H74Wl+fuwH3xDBe5jvFTn85UXdTqkCPs6Mg=
-github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190211002717-befe50663a92/go.mod h1:yAjnZ34DuDyPHMPHHjOsTk/FefW4JJjoMMCGt/8uuQA=
+github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190212232658-7aa251978a18 h1:fLhwXtWGtfTgZVxHG1lcKjv+re7dRwyyuYFNu69xdho=
+github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190212232658-7aa251978a18/go.mod h1:yAjnZ34DuDyPHMPHHjOsTk/FefW4JJjoMMCGt/8uuQA=
 github.com/matterbridge/logrus-prefixed-formatter v0.0.0-20180806162718-01618749af61 h1:R/MgM/eUyRBQx2FiH6JVmXck8PaAuKfe2M1tWIzW7nE=
 github.com/matterbridge/logrus-prefixed-formatter v0.0.0-20180806162718-01618749af61/go.mod h1:iXGEotOvwI1R1SjLxRc+BF5rUORTMtE0iMZBT2lxqAU=
 github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server v5.5.0+incompatible h1:0wcLGgYtd+YImtLDPf2AOfpBHxbU4suATx+6XKw1XbU=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot/queue.go b/vendor/github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot/queue.go
index af32bb6e..d6e910ee 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot/queue.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot/queue.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gozulipbot
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 	BackoffError       = fmt.Errorf("Too many requests")
 	BadEventQueueError = fmt.Errorf("BAD_EVENT_QUEUE_ID error")
 	UnknownError       = fmt.Errorf("Error was unknown")
+	NoJSONError        = fmt.Errorf("No JSON in body found")
 )
 
 type Queue struct {
@@ -150,6 +152,9 @@ func (q *Queue) GetEvents() ([]EventMessage, error) {
 	case resp.StatusCode == 403:
 		return nil, UnauthorizedError
 	case resp.StatusCode >= 400:
+		if bytes.HasPrefix(body, []byte("<")) {
+			return nil, NoJSONError
+		}
 		qErr, err := q.ParseError(body)
 		if err != nil || qErr == nil {
 			return nil, UnknownError
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 1b268fcb..d01d5147 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ github.com/magiconair/properties
 github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp
 # github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20190102230110-6f9631ca6dea
 github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix
-# github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190211002717-befe50663a92
+# github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190212232658-7aa251978a18
 github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot
 # github.com/matterbridge/logrus-prefixed-formatter v0.0.0-20180806162718-01618749af61
 github.com/matterbridge/logrus-prefixed-formatter