diff --git a/lib/utils/install-srf-locals.js b/lib/utils/install-srf-locals.js
index aa8cd489..44acde9d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/install-srf-locals.js
+++ b/lib/utils/install-srf-locals.js
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ function installSrfLocals(srf, logger) {
     // retry to connect to any that were initially offline
     setInterval(async() => {
       for (const val of mediaservers) {
-        if (val.connect === 0) {
+        if (val.connects === 0) {
           try {
+            logger.info({mediaserver: val.opts}, 'Retrying initial connection to media server');
             const ms = await mrf.connect(val.opts);
             val.ms = ms;
           } catch (err) {
@@ -66,13 +67,15 @@ function installSrfLocals(srf, logger) {
 
     // if we have a single freeswitch (as is typical) report stats periodically
     if (mediaservers.length === 1) {
-      const ms = mediaservers[0].ms;
       setInterval(() => {
         try {
-          stats.gauge('fs.media.channels.in_use', ms.currentSessions);
-          stats.gauge('fs.media.channels.free', ms.maxSessions - ms.currentSessions);
-          stats.gauge('fs.media.calls_per_second', ms.cps);
-          stats.gauge('fs.media.cpu_idle', ms.cpuIdle);
+          if (mediaservers[0].ms && mediaservers[0].active) {
+            const ms = mediaservers[0].ms;
+            stats.gauge('fs.media.channels.in_use', ms.currentSessions);
+            stats.gauge('fs.media.channels.free', ms.maxSessions - ms.currentSessions);
+            stats.gauge('fs.media.calls_per_second', ms.cps);
+            stats.gauge('fs.media.cpu_idle', ms.cpuIdle);
+          }
         }
         catch (err) {
           logger.info(err, 'Error sending media server metrics');