diff --git a/include/villas/dumper.hpp b/include/villas/dumper.hpp
index b09814fbe..0c5b65a93 100644
--- a/include/villas/dumper.hpp
+++ b/include/villas/dumper.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class Dumper {
 	protected:
 		int socketFd;
 		std::string socketName;
+    	bool supressRepeatedWarning;
+    	uint64_t warningCounter;
 
 	public:
 		Dumper(std::string socketNameIn);
diff --git a/lib/dumper.cpp b/lib/dumper.cpp
index 95340ae10..49f428af1 100644
--- a/lib/dumper.cpp
+++ b/lib/dumper.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ using namespace villas::node;
 
 
 Dumper::Dumper(std::string socketNameIn) :
-    socketName("")
+    socketName(""),
+    supressRepeatedWarning(true),
+    warningCounter(0)
 {
     openSocket(socketNameIn);
 }
@@ -82,8 +84,9 @@ void Dumper::writeData(uint len, double* yData, double* xData) {
         str += "\n";
         
         bytesWritten =  write(socketFd, str.c_str(), str.length());
-        if( (long unsigned int) bytesWritten != str.length() ) {
+        if( (long unsigned int) bytesWritten != str.length() && (!supressRepeatedWarning ||  warningCounter<1) ) {
             warning("Could not send all content to socket %s", socketName.c_str());
+            warningCounter++;
         }
     }
 }
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