diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 3837919..fff0808 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func (handler *CommandHandler) CommandReconnect(ce *CommandEvent) {
 		ce.User.SetSession(&sess)
 	}
 
-	err = ce.User.Conn.Restore()
+	err = ce.User.Conn.Restore(true)
 	if err == whatsapp.ErrInvalidSession {
 		if ce.User.Session != nil {
 			ce.User.log.Debugln("Got invalid session error when reconnecting, but user has session. Retrying using RestoreWithSession()...")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 61c244d..fa035b8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ require (
 	maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.8.2
 )
 
-replace github.com/Rhymen/go-whatsapp => github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.3.20
+replace github.com/Rhymen/go-whatsapp => github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.3.21
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dd93f1c..379f950 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.3.19 h1:76VtmcjKGX8MbfJN9NNi1f0IVmigTLUcxqE1VRco
 github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.3.19/go.mod h1:U5+sm33vrv3wz62YyRM/VS7q2ObXkxU4Xqj/3KOmN9o=
 github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.3.20 h1:nK92MgruqXwk+QlaAS39xhzHNbFvJIEgUIOUrN3i8Yc=
 github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.3.20/go.mod h1:U5+sm33vrv3wz62YyRM/VS7q2ObXkxU4Xqj/3KOmN9o=
+github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.3.21 h1:2m7gUw4oHX4kIpMmP9VwCR7KEUK/PHhXLygPFGF9XfI=
+github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.3.21/go.mod h1:U5+sm33vrv3wz62YyRM/VS7q2ObXkxU4Xqj/3KOmN9o=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20170930174604-9419663f5a44/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
diff --git a/provisioning.go b/provisioning.go
index 4c96606..33069f4 100644
--- a/provisioning.go
+++ b/provisioning.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (prov *ProvisioningAPI) Reconnect(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	user.log.Debugln("Restoring session for /reconnect")
-	err = user.Conn.Restore()
+	err = user.Conn.Restore(true)
 	user.log.Debugfln("Restore session for /reconnect responded with %v", err)
 	if err == whatsapp.ErrInvalidSession {
 		if user.Session != nil {
diff --git a/user.go b/user.go
index b343575..b019d3f 100644
--- a/user.go
+++ b/user.go
@@ -801,12 +801,14 @@ func (user *User) tryReconnect(msg string) {
 	}
 	delay := baseDelay
 	conn := user.Conn
+	takeover := false
 	for user.ConnectionErrors <= user.bridge.Config.Bridge.MaxConnectionAttempts {
 		if user.Conn != conn {
 			user.log.Debugln("Connection was recreated, aborting reconnection attempts")
 			return
 		}
-		err := conn.Restore()
+		err := conn.Restore(takeover)
+		takeover = true
 		if err == nil {
 			user.ConnectionErrors = 0
 			if user.bridge.Config.Bridge.ReportConnectionRetry {