diff --git a/remote-reader/app/src/main/java/com/vsmartcard/remotesmartcardreader/app/MainActivity.java b/remote-reader/app/src/main/java/com/vsmartcard/remotesmartcardreader/app/MainActivity.java
index d0ae196..89434b0 100644
--- a/remote-reader/app/src/main/java/com/vsmartcard/remotesmartcardreader/app/MainActivity.java
+++ b/remote-reader/app/src/main/java/com/vsmartcard/remotesmartcardreader/app/MainActivity.java
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity implements NfcAdapter.ReaderCallback
         if (nfcReader != null) {
             /* avoid updating UI components since this may end up on a non ui thread */
             vpcdDisconnect();
+            testing = true;
             vpcdConnect(nfcReader);
         }
     }