diff --git a/source/server/apistatusd.py b/source/server/apistatusd.py
index c4ece63..eb59dc3 100755
--- a/source/server/apistatusd.py
+++ b/source/server/apistatusd.py
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ from time import time, localtime, strftime, sleep
 import configparser
 
 
+class InitException(Exception):
+    '''
+    If the initialisation from the mastodon instance failes then we raise
+    this exception.
+    '''
+    def __init__(self, error):
+        self.error = error
+
 class Toot(threading.Thread):
     '''
     The thread to toot the status to mastodon.
@@ -34,49 +42,43 @@ class Toot(threading.Thread):
         self.status = status
         self.config = config
         self.timestamp = timestamp
-        self.mastodon = Mastodon(api_base_url = self.config['mastodon']['host'],
-                                access_token = self.config['mastodon']['token'])
-        
+        try:
+            self.mastodon = Mastodon(
+                api_base_url = self.config['mastodon']['host'],
+                access_token = self.config['mastodon']['token'])
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error('Exception occurred: {}'.format(e))
+            raise InitException('Mastodon instance initialisation failed')
+
     def run(self):
         '''
         return: boolean
-                        send_toot(status, timestamp,
-                                  config['mastodon']['host'],
-                                  config['mastodon']['token'])
         '''
         msg = None
         timeformat = '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M Uhr'
-        timestring = strftime(timeformat, localtime(self.timestamp))
-
         if self.status not in (True, False):
             logging.error('Invalid status to toot')
-        timestring = strftime(timeformat, localtime(self.timestamp))
-    
-        logging.debug('Try to toot status to {}'.format(host))
+            return False
+        try:
+            timestring = strftime(timeformat, localtime(self.timestamp))
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error('Can not convert timestamp into timestring')
+            return False
+        logging.debug('Try to toot status to {}'.format(self.config['mastodon']['host']))
         if self.status == True:
             msg = 'The krautspace is open since: {}'.format(timestring)
         elif self.status == False:
             msg = 'The krautspace is closed since: {}'.format(timestring)
         logging.debug('Send message: {}'.format(msg))
         try:
-            mastodon = Mastodon(api_base_url = host,
-                                access_token = token)
             mastodon.toot(mag)
+            return True
         except Exception as e:
             logging.error('Failed to toot status')
             return False
         return False
 
 
-    def send_toot(self):
-        '''
-        Starts the thread
-        '''
-        send_toot(status, timestamp,
-                  config['mastodon']['host'],
-                  config['mastodon']['token'])
-
-
 def certs_readable(config):
     '''
     checks at start, if the needed certificates defined (no nullstring) and
@@ -360,9 +362,13 @@ def main():
                     if change_status(status, timestamp, config['api']['api']) is True:
                         answer = raw_data
                     if config['mastodon']['send'].lower() == 'true':
-                        toot_threat = Toot(status, timestamp, config)
-                        toot_thread.run()
-                        logging.debug('Toot thread started')
+                        try:
+                            toot_thread = Toot(status, timestamp, config)
+                            toot_thread.run()
+                        except InitException as e:
+                            logging.debug('InitException: {}'.format(e))
+                        except Exception as ex:
+                            logging.debug('Exception: {}'.format(ex))
                     else: logging.debug('Toot is set to false')
                 if conn:
                     logging.debug('Send {} back'.format(raw_data))