diff --git a/mq.go b/mq.go
index 06ab7d0..48d8b5e 100644
--- a/mq.go
+++ b/mq.go
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 package main
+
+func (c *MQClient) Open() error {
+	conn, err := amqp.Dial("amqp://" + c.User + ":" + c.Password + "@" + c.Host + "/" + c.Path)
+	c.Connection = conn
+	return null
+}
diff --git a/workers.go b/workers.go
index 74dfb3b..f5e0453 100644
--- a/workers.go
+++ b/workers.go
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ func MQGetMsgWorker(id int, msgs chan<- ChatWarsMessage) {
 			SSL:      false,
 		}
 
-		conn, err := amqp.Dial("amqp://" + c.User + ":" + c.Password + "@" + c.Host + "/" + c.Path)
-		c.Connection = conn
+		err := c.Open()
 
 		logOnError(err, "MQGetMsgWorker["+strconv.Itoa(id)+"] : Failed to connect to RabbitMQ")
 		if err != nil {