diff --git a/docker-tail b/docker-tail
index 515f8ac..45da8d2 100755
--- a/docker-tail
+++ b/docker-tail
@@ -57,9 +57,17 @@ for i in "${containers[@]}"; do
   # created a fixed length prefix containing the container name for each line of log output
   line_prefix=$(printf "|%-13s | " "$i")
 
-  # fork and spawn `docker logs -f`, feeding output through sed to add our prefix and colors
-  (docker logs --tail=10 --timestamps -f "$i" 2>&1 \
-    | sed "s/^/$color$line_prefix/; s/$/$RESET_COLOR/") &
+  # fork and spawn `docker logs -f` with automatic reconnection, feeding output through sed to add our prefix and colors
+  (
+    while true; do
+      if docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "^${i}$"; then
+        docker logs --tail=10 --timestamps -f "$i" 2>&1 \
+          | sed "s/^/$color$line_prefix/; s/$/$RESET_COLOR/"
+      fi
+      # wait a bit before attempting to reconnect
+      sleep 2
+    done
+  ) &
 
   cnt=$((cnt + 1))
 done