diff --git a/lbry/lbry/dht/protocol/protocol.py b/lbry/lbry/dht/protocol/protocol.py
index 838afb2db..809ebd0e1 100644
--- a/lbry/lbry/dht/protocol/protocol.py
+++ b/lbry/lbry/dht/protocol/protocol.py
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ class KademliaProtocol(DatagramProtocol):
             elif error_datagram.response not in old_protocol_errors:
                 log.warning(error_msg)
             else:
-                log.warning("known dht protocol backwards compatibility error with %s:%i (lbrynet v%s)",
+                log.debug("known dht protocol backwards compatibility error with %s:%i (lbrynet v%s)",
                             peer.address, peer.udp_port, old_protocol_errors[error_datagram.response])
             df.set_exception(remote_exception)
             return
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ class KademliaProtocol(DatagramProtocol):
                     f"pending request: {str(remote_exception)}"
                 log.warning(msg)
             else:
-                log.warning("known dht protocol backwards compatibility error with %s:%i (lbrynet v%s)",
+                log.debug("known dht protocol backwards compatibility error with %s:%i (lbrynet v%s)",
                             address[0], address[1], old_protocol_errors[error_datagram.response])
 
     def datagram_received(self, datagram: bytes, address: typing.Tuple[str, int]) -> None:
@@ -646,7 +646,8 @@ class KademliaProtocol(DatagramProtocol):
                 return False
         return True
 
-    async def store_to_peer(self, hash_value: bytes, peer: 'KademliaPeer') -> typing.Tuple[bytes, bool]:
+    async def store_to_peer(self, hash_value: bytes, peer: 'KademliaPeer',
+                            retry: bool = True) -> typing.Tuple[bytes, bool]:
         async def __store():
             res = await self.get_rpc_peer(peer).store(hash_value)
             if res != b"OK":
@@ -658,34 +659,15 @@ class KademliaProtocol(DatagramProtocol):
             return await __store()
         except asyncio.TimeoutError:
             log.debug("Timeout while storing blob_hash %s at %s", binascii.hexlify(hash_value).decode()[:8], peer)
+            return peer.node_id, False
         except ValueError as err:
             log.error("Unexpected response: %s" % err)
+            return peer.node_id, False
         except RemoteException as err:
-            if 'Invalid token' in str(err):
-                self.peer_manager.clear_token(peer.node_id)
-                try:
-                    return await __store()
-                except (ValueError, asyncio.TimeoutError, RemoteException):
-                    return peer.node_id, False
-            else:
+            if 'Invalid token' not in str(err):
                 log.exception("Unexpected error while storing blob_hash")
-        return peer.node_id, False
-
-    def _write(self, data: bytes, address: typing.Tuple[str, int]):
-        if self.transport:
-            try:
-                self.transport.sendto(data, address)
-            except OSError as err:
-                if err.errno == socket.EWOULDBLOCK:
-                    # i'm scared this may swallow important errors, but i get a million of these
-                    # on Linux and it doesn't seem to affect anything  -grin
-                    log.warning("Can't send data to dht: EWOULDBLOCK")
-                # elif err.errno == socket.ENETUNREACH:
-                #     # this should probably try to retransmit when the network connection is back
-                #     log.error("Network is unreachable")
-                else:
-                    log.error("DHT socket error sending %i bytes to %s:%i - %s (code %i)",
-                              len(data), address[0], address[1], str(err), err.errno)
-                    raise err
-        else:
-            raise TransportNotConnected()
+                return peer.node_id, False
+        self.peer_manager.clear_token(peer.node_id)
+        if not retry:
+            return peer.node_id, False
+        return await self.store_to_peer(hash_value, peer, retry=False)
diff --git a/lbry/lbry/extras/daemon/loggly_handler.py b/lbry/lbry/extras/daemon/loggly_handler.py
index 91108bc73..f59e54baa 100644
--- a/lbry/lbry/extras/daemon/loggly_handler.py
+++ b/lbry/lbry/extras/daemon/loggly_handler.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from aiohttp.client_exceptions import ClientError
 import json
 import logging.handlers
 import traceback
+import aiohttp
 from lbry import utils, __version__
 
 
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ class HTTPSLogglyHandler(logging.Handler):
         self.url = "https://logs-01.loggly.com/inputs/{token}/tag/{tag}".format(
             token=utils.deobfuscate(loggly_token), tag='lbrynet-' + __version__
         )
+        self._loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
 
     def get_full_message(self, record):
         if record.exc_info:
@@ -49,13 +52,17 @@ class HTTPSLogglyHandler(logging.Handler):
         else:
             return record.getMessage()
 
-    async def _emit(self, record):
+    async def _emit(self, record, retry=True):
+        data = self.format(record).encode()
         try:
-            async with utils.aiohttp_request('post', self.url, data=self.format(record).encode(),
-                                             cookies=self.cookies) as response:
+            async with self._session.post(self.url, data=data,
+                                          cookies=self.cookies) as response:
                 self.cookies.update(response.cookies)
         except ClientError:
-            pass
+            if self._loop.is_running() and retry:
+                await self._session.close()
+                self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
+                return await self._emit(record, retry=False)
 
     def emit(self, record):
         asyncio.ensure_future(self._emit(record))