diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aab1692..61cad6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /node_modules/
 *.lock
 /archive/
+/.yalc/
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 480e0f5..fa9b097 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ test/
 testing/
 archive/
 example/
+.yalc
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f463da7..c7cd285 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/mqtt",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "description": "mqtt client with UCI json packet payloads",
   "main": "src",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/mqtt.js b/src/mqtt.js
index 49e22e4..c96f494 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.js
+++ b/src/mqtt.js
@@ -272,7 +272,11 @@ class MQTTClient extends EventEmitter {
     return payload
   }
   _listen() {
-    log.debug({method:'_listen', line:147, msg:`listening for incoming mqtt packets from broker on topics ${this.topics}`})
+
+    const msg = `listening for incoming mqtt packets from broker on topics ${this.topics}`
+    log.debug({method:'_listen', line:147, msg:msg})
+
+    this.emit('socket',{state:'listening', msg:msg})
 
     this.mqtt.on('message', messageProcess.bind(this))