diff --git a/core/cat/auth/connection.py b/core/cat/auth/connection.py
index d89661a2..702a15ae 100644
--- a/core/cat/auth/connection.py
+++ b/core/cat/auth/connection.py
@@ -140,11 +140,10 @@ async def get_user_stray(self, user: AuthUserInfo, connection: WebSocket) -> Str
 
         if user.id in strays.keys():
             stray = strays[user.id]
-            # Close previus ws connection
-            if stray._StrayCat__ws:
-                await stray._StrayCat__ws.close()
+            await stray.close_connection()
+
             # Set new ws connection
-            stray._StrayCat__ws = connection
+            stray.reset_connection(connection)
             log.info(
                 f"New websocket connection for user '{user.id}', the old one has been closed."
             )
diff --git a/core/cat/looking_glass/stray_cat.py b/core/cat/looking_glass/stray_cat.py
index 08a120d4..c06b9f3f 100644
--- a/core/cat/looking_glass/stray_cat.py
+++ b/core/cat/looking_glass/stray_cat.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from cat.convo.messages import CatMessage, UserMessage, MessageWhy, Role, EmbedderModelInteraction
 from cat.agents import AgentOutput
 from cat import utils
+from websockets.exceptions import ConnectionClosedOK
 
 MSG_TYPES = Literal["notification", "chat", "error", "chat_token"]
 
@@ -484,7 +485,13 @@ def run(self, user_message_json, return_message=False):
             if return_message:
                 return {"error": str(e)}
             else:
-                self.send_error(e)
+                try:
+                    self.send_error(e)
+                except ConnectionClosedOK as ex:
+                    log.warning(ex)
+                    if self.__ws:
+                        del self.__ws
+                        self.__ws = None
 
     def classify(
         self, sentence: str, labels: List[str] | Dict[str, List[str]]
@@ -599,6 +606,20 @@ def langchainfy_chat_history(self, latest_n: int = 5) -> List[BaseMessage]:
 
         return langchain_chat_history
 
+    async def close_connection(self):
+        if self.__ws:
+            try:
+                await self.__ws.close()
+            except RuntimeError as ex:
+                log.warning(ex)
+                if self.__ws:
+                    del self.__ws
+                    self.__ws = None
+
+    def reset_connection(self, connection):
+        """Reset the connection to the API service."""
+        self.__ws = connection
+
     @property
     def user_id(self):
         return self.__user_id