diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.cc
index 35eaa1d2f7..83b1f5d118 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ const float MAP_SCALE = 2;
 MapWindow::MapWindow(const QMapLibre::Settings &settings) : m_settings(settings), velocity_filter(0, 10, 0.05, false) {
   QObject::connect(uiState(), &UIState::uiUpdate, this, &MapWindow::updateState);
 
+  reinit_timer.setSingleShot(true);
+  QObject::connect(&reinit_timer, &QTimer::timeout, this, [=] {
+    m_settings.setApiKey(get_mapbox_token());
+    initializeGL();
+  });
+
   map_overlay = new QWidget (this);
   map_overlay->setAttribute(Qt::WA_TranslucentBackground, true);
   QVBoxLayout *overlay_layout = new QVBoxLayout(map_overlay);
@@ -256,10 +262,11 @@ void MapWindow::initializeGL() {
 
   QObject::connect(m_map.data(), &QMapLibre::Map::mapLoadingFailed, [=](QMapLibre::Map::MapLoadingFailure err_code, const QString &reason) {
     LOGE("Map loading failed with %d: '%s'\n", err_code, reason.toStdString().c_str());
-    // if time is wrong, re-create token and try connecting again in 5s
-    if (err_code == QMapLibre::Map::MapLoadingFailure::StyleLoadFailure && reason.contains("SSL handshake failed")) {
-      m_settings.setApiKey(get_mapbox_token());
-      QTimer::singleShot(5000, this, &MapWindow::initializeGL);
+    // time could be wrong, re-create token and try connecting again in 5s
+    if (err_code == QMapLibre::Map::MapLoadingFailure::StyleLoadFailure && !loaded_once) {
+      if (!reinit_timer.isActive()) {
+        reinit_timer.start(5000);
+      }
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.h
index 8193d55729..8061fb4733 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/maps/map.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ private:
   void setError(const QString &err_str);
 
   bool loaded_once = false;
+  QTimer reinit_timer;
 
   // Panning
   QPointF m_lastPos;