diff --git a/lib/agent.js b/lib/agent.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/agent.js
+++ b/lib/agent.js
@@ -13,21 +13,31 @@ import fetch from 'node-fetch';
  */
 
 export default class Agent {
-  constructor (host) {
+  constructor (host, { debug }) {
     this._host = host;
-    this._agent = http2.createAgent({
-      host,
+    this._debug = debug;
+    this._initAgent();
+  }
+
+  _initAgent () {
+    return http2.createAgent({
+      host: this._host,
       port: 443
     }).once('error', (err) => this._onError(err));
   }
 
   _onError (err) {
     // XXX: should we `this.emit()`?
+    if (this._debug) console.log('> [debug] connection error', err.stack);
     this._error = err;
   }
 
   fetch (path, opts = {}) {
-    if (this._error) throw new Error('HTTP2 connection error');
+    if (this._error) {
+      if (this._debug) console.log('> [debug] re-initializing agent after error');
+      this._error = null;
+      this._initAgent();
+    }
 
     const { body } = opts;
     opts.agent = this._agent;
@@ -45,6 +55,7 @@ export default class Agent {
   }
 
   close () {
+    if (this._debug) console.log('> [debug] closing agent');
     return this._agent.close();
   }
 }
agent: refactor to re-start connections