diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4862e55..8fc9c7b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ project(
     LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
-set(PROJECT_VERSION 1.0.0)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION 1.0.1)
 
 configure_file(config.h.in configured/config.h)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/configured)
diff --git a/Common/Constants.cxx b/Common/Constants.cxx
index 82b9d01..567d9fe 100644
--- a/Common/Constants.cxx
+++ b/Common/Constants.cxx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Common {
     uint32_t Constants::TSAP_PORT_LOCAL = 0;                // Read from PVSS on driver startup from config file
     uint32_t Constants::TSAP_PORT_REMOTE = 0;               // Read from PVSS on driver startupconfig file
     uint32_t Constants::POLLING_INTERVAL = 2;               // Read from PVSS on driver startupconfig file, default 2 seconds
-    uint32_t Constants::MAX_IO_FAILURES = 5;                // Read from PVSS on driver startupconfig file, default 2 seconds
+    uint32_t Constants::MAX_IO_FAILURES = 1;                // Read from PVSS on driver startupconfig file, default 1 time
     uint32_t Constants::CYCLE_INTERVAL = 1;                 // Read from PVSS on driver startupconfig file, default 1 second
     bool Constants::SMOOTHING = true;                       // Read from PVSS on driver startupconfig file
     std::string Constants::drv_version = PROJECT_VER;
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 71977dc..cf1481e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ smoothing = 1
 cycleInterval = 1
 
 # Set max number of IO failures before disconnecting and connecting again
-maxIoFailures = 5
+maxIoFailures = 1
 ```
 
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