diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 60d4415..a1b7e5c 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-MONGO_DB_URI=mongodb+srv://username:password@orgname-zmpox.mongodb.net/databasename
-TEST_DB=mongodb+srv://username:password@orgname-zmpox.mongodb.net/databasename
+MONGO_DB_URI=mongodb+srv://username:password@orgname-xxxxx.mongodb.net/databasename
+TEST_DB=mongodb+srv://username:password@orgname-xxxxx.mongodb.net/databasename
 GoogleClientSecret=
 HashString=
 AllowUrl={"urls": ["http://localhost:9000", "https://localhost:9000", "http://localhost:7000", "https://localhost:7000"]}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e52e48c..51172bf 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "webjamsocketserver",
-  "version": "3.0.8",
+  "version": "3.0.10",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "webjamsocketserver",
-      "version": "3.0.8",
+      "version": "3.0.10",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e93b2b3..8c83c4d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "webjamsocketserver",
   "description": "Uses latest version of socketcluster-server",
-  "version": "3.0.9",
+  "version": "3.0.10",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
diff --git a/src/AgController/index.ts b/src/AgController/index.ts
index 87ebdf0..690d893 100644
--- a/src/AgController/index.ts
+++ b/src/AgController/index.ts
@@ -272,13 +272,12 @@ class AgController {
           if (gig && gig.datetime && gig.city && gig.usState && gig.venue) {
             await utils.handleGig('createDocs', gig, 'gigCreated', this.gigController, this.server);
           } else throw new Error('Invalid create gig data');
-          if (receiver.done) break;
         } catch (e) {
           const eMessage = (e as Error).message;
           debug(eMessage);
           client.socket.transmit('socketError', { newGig: eMessage });// send error back to client
-          break;
         }
+        /* istanbul ignore else */if (receiver.done) break;
       }
     })();
   }
diff --git a/test/AgController/index.spec.ts b/test/AgController/index.spec.ts
index f6a7b0d..33c4510 100644
--- a/test/AgController/index.spec.ts
+++ b/test/AgController/index.spec.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,19 @@ const aStub:any = {
   }),
 };
 
+const realHandleGig = utils.handleGig;
+const realRemoveGig = utils.removeGig;
+
 describe('AgControler', () => {
-  afterEach(() => { vi.unstubAllGlobals(); });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    // Several tests replace these shared utils exports with vi.fn() stubs
+    // (e.g. line ~483) without restoring them, which otherwise leaks into
+    // later tests (like the #246 regression test) that need the real
+    // implementation and silently breaks their assertions.
+    utils.handleGig = realHandleGig;
+    utils.removeGig = realRemoveGig;
+  });
   let r, clientStub:any = {
     id: '123',
     listener: () => ({ createConsumer: () => ({ next: () => Promise.resolve({ done: true, value: '1000' }) }) }),
@@ -500,6 +511,49 @@ describe('AgControler', () => {
     agController.newGig(cStub, 'newGig');
     expect(utils.handleGig).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+  it('keeps handling newGig on the same socket after an earlier newGig errored (#246)', async () => {
+    const agController = new AgController(aStub);
+    agController.clients = ['123'];
+    agController.gigController.createDocs = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve([]));
+    agController.verifyAdminWrite = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve());
+    const transmit = vi.fn();
+    let call = 0;
+    const cStub:any = {
+      socket: {
+        id: '123',
+        listener: () => ({ createConsumer: () => ({ next: () => Promise.resolve({ done: true, value: '1000' }) }) }),
+        transmit,
+        receiver: () => ({
+          createConsumer: () => ({
+            next: () => {
+              call += 1;
+              // First newGig on this socket: invalid gig data -> throws, must NOT break the loop.
+              if (call === 1) {
+                return Promise.resolve({
+                  value: { token: 'token', gig: { venue: 'venue' } },
+                  done: false,
+                });
+              }
+              // Second newGig on the SAME socket/consumer: valid data -> must still be handled.
+              return Promise.resolve({
+                value: {
+                  token: 'token',
+                  gig: {
+                    venue: 'venue', datetime: new Date(), city: 'city', usState: 'state',
+                  },
+                },
+                done: true,
+              });
+            },
+          }),
+        }),
+      },
+    };
+    agController.newGig(cStub, 'newGig');
+    await delay(1000);
+    expect(transmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('socketError', { newGig: 'Invalid create gig data' });
+    expect(agController.gigController.createDocs).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
   it('process the newImage message from client', async () => {
     const agController = new AgController(aStub);
     agController.clients = ['123'];