diff --git a/daemons/poll.py b/daemons/poll.py
index 412c4bd..978bae4 100644
--- a/daemons/poll.py
+++ b/daemons/poll.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from utils import queues
 class Daemon(base.Daemon):
     def __init__(self):
         self.telegram_bots: dict[str, dict[str, telebot.TeleBot|None]] = {}
+        self.threads: dict[str, dict[str, threading.Thread|None]] = {}
 
     def execute(self):
         while True:
@@ -17,18 +18,21 @@ class Daemon(base.Daemon):
             for project_name, project in bots.items():
                 if project_name not in self.telegram_bots:
                     self.telegram_bots[project_name] = {}
+                    self.threads[project_name] = {}
                 for bot_name, bot_info in project.items():
                     if bot_name not in self.telegram_bots[project_name]:
                         self.telegram_bots[project_name][bot_name] = None
+                        self.threads[project_name][bot_name] = None
                     bot = self.telegram_bots[project_name][bot_name]
                     if bot_info.get('poll_enabled'):
-                        if bot is not None:
+                        if bot is not None and self.threads[project_name][bot_name].is_alive():
                             print(f'process for {project_name} {bot_name} is alive')
                             continue
                         print(f'starting process for {project_name} {bot_name}')
                         bot = telebot.TeleBot(bot_info['secrets']['telegram_token'])
-                        self.start_polling(bot, bot_info['queue'])
+                        thread = self.start_polling(bot, bot_info['queue'])
                         self.telegram_bots[project_name][bot_name] = bot 
+                        self.threads[project_name][bot_name] = thread 
                         print(f'started process for {project_name} {bot_name}')
                     else:
                         if bot is None:
@@ -40,8 +44,10 @@ class Daemon(base.Daemon):
                         print(f'terminated process for {project_name} {bot_name}')
             time.sleep(10)
 
-    def start_polling(self, bot: telebot.TeleBot, queue: str):
+    def start_polling(self, bot: telebot.TeleBot, queue: str) -> threading.Thread:
         @bot.message_handler()
         def do_action(message: telebot.types.Message):
             queues.set_task(queue, message.json, 1)
-        threading.Thread(target=bot.polling).start()
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=bot.polling)
+        thread.start()
+        return thread