diff --git a/src/Wippersnapper.cpp b/src/Wippersnapper.cpp
index e8e886b91..ce5af449f 100644
--- a/src/Wippersnapper.cpp
+++ b/src/Wippersnapper.cpp
@@ -2664,7 +2664,8 @@ bool Wippersnapper::publish(const char *topic, uint8_t *payload, uint16_t bLen,
     WS_DEBUG_PRINTLN(WS._mqtt->connected());
     WS_DEBUG_PRINT("Network status: ");
     WS_DEBUG_PRINTLN(networkStatus());
-    if (WS._mqtt->connected() && networkStatus() == WS_NET_CONNECTED) {
+    WS_DEBUG_PRINTLN("IF:");
+    if (WS._mqtt->connected() && (networkStatus() == WS_NET_CONNECTED)) {
       WS_DEBUG_PRINTLN("Failed to publish MQTT message, retrying!");
     } else {
       WS_DEBUG_PRINTLN("MQTT connection broken! Running network FSM then publish...");
diff --git a/src/network_interfaces/Wippersnapper_ESP32.h b/src/network_interfaces/Wippersnapper_ESP32.h
index 81c87995c..c5d7ba956 100644
--- a/src/network_interfaces/Wippersnapper_ESP32.h
+++ b/src/network_interfaces/Wippersnapper_ESP32.h
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ class Wippersnapper_ESP32 : public Wippersnapper {
   @return ws_status_t
   */
   /********************************************************/
-  ws_status_t networkStatus() {
+  ws_status_t networkStatus() override {
+    WS_DEBUG_PRINTLN("ESP NetStatus");
     switch (WiFi.status()) {
     case WL_CONNECTED:
       return WS_NET_CONNECTED;