diff --git a/src/mesh/Channels.cpp b/src/mesh/Channels.cpp
index 85db38403..337fa66e0 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Channels.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/Channels.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Channel &Channels::getByIndex(ChannelIndex chIndex)
 Channel &Channels::getByName(const char* chName)
 {
     for (ChannelIndex i = 0; i < getNumChannels(); i++) {
-        if (strcasecmp(channelFile.channels[i].settings.name, chName) == 0) {
+        if (strcasecmp(getGlobalId(i), chName) == 0) {
             return channelFile.channels[i];
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/mesh/http/WiFiAPClient.cpp b/src/mesh/http/WiFiAPClient.cpp
index 0f9832fdf..733e4c1f1 100644
--- a/src/mesh/http/WiFiAPClient.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/http/WiFiAPClient.cpp
@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ static int32_t reconnectWiFi()
 
         // Make sure we clear old connection credentials
         WiFi.disconnect(false, true);
-
         LOG_INFO("Reconnecting to WiFi access point %s\n",wifiName);
 
-        WiFi.mode(WIFI_MODE_STA);
-        WiFi.begin(wifiName, wifiPsw);
+        delay(5000);
+
+        if (!WiFi.isConnected()) {
+            WiFi.begin(wifiName, wifiPsw);
+        }
     }
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_NTP
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ bool initWifi()
             WiFi.mode(WIFI_MODE_STA);
             WiFi.setHostname(ourHost);
             WiFi.onEvent(WiFiEvent);
-            WiFi.setAutoReconnect(false);
+            WiFi.setAutoReconnect(true);
             WiFi.setSleep(false);
             if (config.network.address_mode == Config_NetworkConfig_AddressMode_STATIC && config.network.ipv4_config.ip != 0) {
                 WiFi.config(config.network.ipv4_config.ip,
@@ -182,7 +184,8 @@ bool initWifi()
 
             WiFi.onEvent(
                 [](WiFiEvent_t event, WiFiEventInfo_t info) {
-                    LOG_WARN("WiFi lost connection. Reason: %d", info.wifi_sta_disconnected.reason);
+
+                    LOG_WARN("WiFi lost connection. Reason: %d\n", info.wifi_sta_disconnected.reason);
 
                     /*
                         If we are disconnected from the AP for some reason,
diff --git a/src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp b/src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp
index f4004139a..cc091bcff 100644
--- a/src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp
+++ b/src/mqtt/MQTT.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,20 @@ void MQTT::onPublish(char *topic, byte *payload, unsigned int length)
         JSONValue *json_value = JSON::Parse(payloadStr);
         if (json_value != NULL) {
             LOG_INFO("JSON Received on MQTT, parsing..\n");
+
             // check if it is a valid envelope
             JSONObject json;
             json = json_value->AsObject();
+
+            // parse the channel name from the topic string
+            char *ptr = strtok(topic, "/");
+            for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+                ptr = strtok(NULL, "/");
+            }
+            LOG_DEBUG("Looking for Channel name: %s\n", ptr);
+            Channel sendChannel = channels.getByName(ptr);
+            LOG_DEBUG("Found Channel name: %s (Index %d)\n", channels.getGlobalId(sendChannel.settings.channel_num), sendChannel.settings.channel_num);
+
             if ((json.find("sender") != json.end()) && (json.find("payload") != json.end()) && (json.find("type") != json.end()) && json["type"]->IsString() && (json["type"]->AsString().compare("sendtext") == 0)) {
                 // this is a valid envelope
                 if (json["payload"]->IsString() && json["type"]->IsString() && (json["sender"]->AsString().compare(owner.id) != 0)) {
@@ -55,13 +66,18 @@ void MQTT::onPublish(char *topic, byte *payload, unsigned int length)
                     // construct protobuf data packet using TEXT_MESSAGE, send it to the mesh
                     MeshPacket *p = router->allocForSending();
                     p->decoded.portnum = PortNum_TEXT_MESSAGE_APP;
-                    if (jsonPayloadStr.length() <= sizeof(p->decoded.payload.bytes)) {
-                        memcpy(p->decoded.payload.bytes, jsonPayloadStr.c_str(), jsonPayloadStr.length());
-                        p->decoded.payload.size = jsonPayloadStr.length();
-                        MeshPacket *packet = packetPool.allocCopy(*p);
-                        service.sendToMesh(packet, RX_SRC_LOCAL);
+                    p->channel = sendChannel.settings.channel_num;
+                    if (sendChannel.settings.downlink_enabled) {
+                        if (jsonPayloadStr.length() <= sizeof(p->decoded.payload.bytes)) {
+                            memcpy(p->decoded.payload.bytes, jsonPayloadStr.c_str(), jsonPayloadStr.length());
+                            p->decoded.payload.size = jsonPayloadStr.length();
+                            MeshPacket *packet = packetPool.allocCopy(*p);
+                            service.sendToMesh(packet, RX_SRC_LOCAL);
+                        } else {
+                            LOG_WARN("Received MQTT json payload too long, dropping\n");
+                        }
                     } else {
-                        LOG_WARN("Received MQTT json payload too long, dropping\n");
+                        LOG_WARN("Received MQTT json payload on channel %s, but downlink is disabled, dropping\n", sendChannel.settings.name);
                     }
                 } else {
                     LOG_DEBUG("JSON Ignoring downlink message we originally sent.\n");
@@ -80,9 +96,13 @@ void MQTT::onPublish(char *topic, byte *payload, unsigned int length)
                     // construct protobuf data packet using POSITION, send it to the mesh
                     MeshPacket *p = router->allocForSending();
                     p->decoded.portnum = PortNum_POSITION_APP;
-                    p->decoded.payload.size = pb_encode_to_bytes(p->decoded.payload.bytes, sizeof(p->decoded.payload.bytes), &Position_msg, &pos); //make the Data protobuf from position
-                    service.sendToMesh(p, RX_SRC_LOCAL);
-
+                    p->channel = sendChannel.settings.channel_num;
+                    if (sendChannel.settings.downlink_enabled) {
+                        p->decoded.payload.size = pb_encode_to_bytes(p->decoded.payload.bytes, sizeof(p->decoded.payload.bytes), &Position_msg, &pos); //make the Data protobuf from position
+                        service.sendToMesh(p, RX_SRC_LOCAL);
+                    } else {
+                        LOG_WARN("Received MQTT json payload on channel %s, but downlink is disabled, dropping\n", sendChannel.settings.name);
+                    }
                 } else {
                     LOG_DEBUG("JSON Ignoring downlink message we originally sent.\n");
                 }
@@ -187,14 +207,17 @@ void MQTT::reconnect()
 
             sendSubscriptions();
         } else {
-            LOG_ERROR("Failed to contact MQTT server (%d/10)...\n",reconnectCount);
 #if HAS_WIFI && !defined(ARCH_PORTDUINO)
-            if (reconnectCount > 9) {
+            LOG_ERROR("Failed to contact MQTT server (%d/5)...\n",reconnectCount + 1);
+            if (reconnectCount >= 4) {
                 needReconnect = true;
-                wifiReconnect->setIntervalFromNow(1000);
+                wifiReconnect->setIntervalFromNow(0);
+                reconnectCount = 0;
+            } else {
+                reconnectCount++;
             }
+            
 #endif
-            reconnectCount++;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -264,7 +287,6 @@ int32_t MQTT::runOnce()
 
                     String topic = cryptTopic + env->channel_id + "/" + owner.id;
                     LOG_INFO("publish %s, %u bytes from queue\n", topic.c_str(), numBytes);
-                    
 
                     pubSub.publish(topic.c_str(), bytes, numBytes, false);
 
@@ -279,7 +301,7 @@ int32_t MQTT::runOnce()
                     }
                     mqttPool.release(env);
                 }
-                return 20;
+                return 200;
             } else {
                 return 30000;
             }
diff --git a/src/mqtt/MQTT.h b/src/mqtt/MQTT.h
index ddbacbcc4..16ce4c37a 100644
--- a/src/mqtt/MQTT.h
+++ b/src/mqtt/MQTT.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <EthernetClient.h>
 #endif
 
-#define MAX_MQTT_QUEUE 32
+#define MAX_MQTT_QUEUE 16
 
 /**
  * Our wrapper/singleton for sending/receiving MQTT "udp" packets.  This object isolates the MQTT protocol implementation from