From d91f33f59aa0ab10967a95517a91bad4fbced9b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams <melissa@adafruit.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 10:16:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Verify we have a connection in the Adafruit IO stuff

---
 adafruit_matrixportal/network.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/adafruit_matrixportal/network.py b/adafruit_matrixportal/network.py
index d3fc97e..5e39ff2 100755
--- a/adafruit_matrixportal/network.py
+++ b/adafruit_matrixportal/network.py
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ def connect(self):
                 time.sleep(3)
 
     def _get_io_client(self):
+        self.connect()
+
         try:
             aio_username = secrets["aio_username"]
             aio_key = secrets["aio_key"]