diff --git a/channel.go b/channel.go
index 4524f5a..4d7183f 100644
--- a/channel.go
+++ b/channel.go
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ type channelManager struct {
 	logger              Logger
 	url                 string
 	channel             *amqp.Channel
+	connection          *amqp.Connection
 	channelMux          *sync.RWMutex
 	notifyCancelOrClose chan error
 }
 
 func newChannelManager(url string, log Logger) (*channelManager, error) {
-	ch, err := getNewChannel(url)
+	conn, ch, err := getNewChannel(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func newChannelManager(url string, log Logger) (*channelManager, error) {
 	chManager := channelManager{
 		logger:              log,
 		url:                 url,
+		connection:          conn,
 		channel:             ch,
 		channelMux:          &sync.RWMutex{},
 		notifyCancelOrClose: make(chan error),
@@ -33,16 +35,16 @@ func newChannelManager(url string, log Logger) (*channelManager, error) {
 	return &chManager, nil
 }
 
-func getNewChannel(url string) (*amqp.Channel, error) {
+func getNewChannel(url string) (*amqp.Connection, *amqp.Channel, error) {
 	amqpConn, err := amqp.Dial(url)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	ch, err := amqpConn.Channel()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	return ch, err
+	return amqpConn, ch, err
 }
 
 // startNotifyCancelOrClosed listens on the channel's cancelled and closed
@@ -56,10 +58,15 @@ func (chManager *channelManager) startNotifyCancelOrClosed() {
 	notifyCancelChan = chManager.channel.NotifyCancel(notifyCancelChan)
 	select {
 	case err := <-notifyCloseChan:
-		chManager.logger.Printf("attempting to reconnect to amqp server after close")
-		chManager.reconnectWithBackoff()
-		chManager.logger.Printf("successfully reconnected to amqp server after close")
-		chManager.notifyCancelOrClose <- err
+
+		// If the connection close is triggered by the Server, a reconnection takes place
+		if err.Server {
+			chManager.logger.Printf("attempting to reconnect to amqp server after close")
+			chManager.reconnectWithBackoff()
+			chManager.logger.Printf("successfully reconnected to amqp server after close")
+			chManager.notifyCancelOrClose <- err
+		}
+
 	case err := <-notifyCancelChan:
 		chManager.logger.Printf("attempting to reconnect to amqp server after cancel")
 		chManager.reconnectWithBackoff()
@@ -101,11 +108,15 @@ func (chManager *channelManager) reconnectWithBackoff() {
 func (chManager *channelManager) reconnect() error {
 	chManager.channelMux.Lock()
 	defer chManager.channelMux.Unlock()
-	newChannel, err := getNewChannel(chManager.url)
+	newConn, newChannel, err := getNewChannel(chManager.url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	chManager.channel.Close()
+	chManager.connection.Close()
+
+	chManager.connection = newConn
 	chManager.channel = newChannel
 	go chManager.startNotifyCancelOrClosed()
 	return nil
diff --git a/consume.go b/consume.go
index 1c22504..4003beb 100644
--- a/consume.go
+++ b/consume.go
@@ -312,6 +312,14 @@ func (consumer Consumer) StartConsuming(
 	return nil
 }
 
+// StopConsuming stop the consume of messages
+func (consumer Consumer) StopConsuming() {
+
+	consumer.chManager.channel.Close()
+	consumer.chManager.connection.Close()
+
+}
+
 // startGoroutinesWithRetries attempts to start consuming on a channel
 // with an exponential backoff
 func (consumer Consumer) startGoroutinesWithRetries(