diff --git a/aaisp-to-mqtt.py b/aaisp-to-mqtt.py
index ab07e2a..b90dfdb 100755
--- a/aaisp-to-mqtt.py
+++ b/aaisp-to-mqtt.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def publish_per_circuit(client, circuit, mqtt_topic_prefix):
     return
 
 def publish(client, topic, payload):
-    result = client.publish(topic=topic, payload=payload)
+    result = client.publish(topic=topic, payload=payload, qos=1)
     if result[0] != 0:
         LOG.fail("MQTT publish failure: %s %s" , topic, payload)