diff --git a/broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go b/broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go
index acfcf8045b..551dcdb462 100644
--- a/broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go
+++ b/broadcastclients/broadcastclients.go
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ func (r *Router) AddBroadcastMessages(feedMessages []*broadcaster.BroadcastFeedM
 }
 
 type BroadcastClients struct {
-	primaryClients        []*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient
-	secondaryClients      []*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient
-	numOfStartedSecondary int
+	primaryClients   []*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient
+	secondaryClients []*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient
+	secondaryURL     []string
 
 	primaryRouter   *Router
 	secondaryRouter *Router
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ type BroadcastClients struct {
 	connected int32
 }
 
+var makeClient func(string, *Router) (*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient, error)
+
 func NewBroadcastClients(
 	configFetcher broadcastclient.ConfigFetcher,
 	l2ChainId uint64,
@@ -73,48 +75,41 @@ func NewBroadcastClients(
 		}
 	}
 	clients := BroadcastClients{
-		primaryRouter:   newStandardRouter(),
-		secondaryRouter: newStandardRouter(),
+		primaryRouter:    newStandardRouter(),
+		secondaryRouter:  newStandardRouter(),
+		primaryClients:   make([]*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient, 0, len(config.URL)),
+		secondaryClients: make([]*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient, 0, len(config.SecondaryURL)),
+		secondaryURL:     config.SecondaryURL,
+	}
+	makeClient = func(url string, router *Router) (*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient, error) {
+		return broadcastclient.NewBroadcastClient(
+			configFetcher,
+			url,
+			l2ChainId,
+			currentMessageCount,
+			router,
+			router.confirmedSequenceNumberChan,
+			fatalErrChan,
+			addrVerifier,
+			func(delta int32) { clients.adjustCount(delta) },
+		)
 	}
+
 	var lastClientErr error
-	makeFeeds := func(url []string, router *Router) []*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient {
-		feeds := make([]*broadcastclient.BroadcastClient, 0, len(url))
-		for _, address := range url {
-			client, err := broadcastclient.NewBroadcastClient(
-				configFetcher,
-				address,
-				l2ChainId,
-				currentMessageCount,
-				router,
-				router.confirmedSequenceNumberChan,
-				fatalErrChan,
-				addrVerifier,
-				func(delta int32) { clients.adjustCount(delta) },
-			)
-			if err != nil {
-				lastClientErr = err
-				log.Warn("init broadcast client failed", "address", address)
-				continue
-			}
-			feeds = append(feeds, client)
+	for _, address := range config.URL {
+		client, err := makeClient(address, clients.primaryRouter)
+		if err != nil {
+			lastClientErr = err
+			log.Warn("init broadcast client failed", "address", address)
+			continue
 		}
-		return feeds
+		clients.primaryClients = append(clients.primaryClients, client)
 	}
-
-	clients.primaryClients = makeFeeds(config.URL, clients.primaryRouter)
-	clients.secondaryClients = makeFeeds(config.SecondaryURL, clients.secondaryRouter)
-
-	if len(clients.primaryClients) == 0 && len(clients.secondaryClients) == 0 {
+	if len(clients.primaryClients) == 0 {
 		log.Error("no connected feed on startup, last error: %w", lastClientErr)
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	// have atleast one primary client
-	if len(clients.primaryClients) == 0 {
-		clients.primaryClients = append(clients.primaryClients, clients.secondaryClients[0])
-		clients.secondaryClients = clients.secondaryClients[1:]
-	}
-
 	return &clients, nil
 }
 
@@ -209,26 +204,37 @@ func (bcs *BroadcastClients) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 
 			// primary feeds have been up and running for PRIMARY_FEED_UPTIME=10 mins without a failure, stop the recently started secondary feed
 			case <-stopSecondaryFeedTimer.C:
-				bcs.stopSecondaryFeed(ctx)
+				bcs.stopSecondaryFeed()
 			}
 		}
 	})
 }
 
 func (bcs *BroadcastClients) startSecondaryFeed(ctx context.Context) {
-	if bcs.numOfStartedSecondary < len(bcs.secondaryClients) {
-		client := bcs.secondaryClients[bcs.numOfStartedSecondary]
-		bcs.numOfStartedSecondary += 1
+	pos := len(bcs.secondaryClients)
+	if pos < len(bcs.secondaryURL) {
+		url := bcs.secondaryURL[pos]
+		client, err := makeClient(url, bcs.secondaryRouter)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warn("init broadcast secondary client failed", "address", url)
+			bcs.secondaryURL = append(bcs.secondaryURL[:pos], bcs.secondaryURL[pos+1:]...)
+			return
+		}
+		bcs.secondaryClients = append(bcs.secondaryClients, client)
 		client.Start(ctx)
-	} else {
+		log.Info("secondary feed started", "url", url)
+	} else if len(bcs.secondaryURL) > 0 {
 		log.Warn("failed to start a new secondary feed all available secondary feeds were started")
 	}
 }
-func (bcs *BroadcastClients) stopSecondaryFeed(ctx context.Context) {
-	if bcs.numOfStartedSecondary > 0 {
-		bcs.numOfStartedSecondary -= 1
-		client := bcs.secondaryClients[bcs.numOfStartedSecondary]
-		client.StopAndWait()
+
+func (bcs *BroadcastClients) stopSecondaryFeed() {
+	pos := len(bcs.secondaryClients)
+	if pos > 0 {
+		pos -= 1
+		bcs.secondaryClients[pos].StopAndWait()
+		bcs.secondaryClients = bcs.secondaryClients[:pos]
+		log.Info("disconnected secondary feed", "url", bcs.secondaryURL[pos])
 	}
 }
 
@@ -236,7 +242,7 @@ func (bcs *BroadcastClients) StopAndWait() {
 	for _, client := range bcs.primaryClients {
 		client.StopAndWait()
 	}
-	for i := 0; i < bcs.numOfStartedSecondary; i++ {
-		bcs.secondaryClients[i].StopAndWait()
+	for _, client := range bcs.secondaryClients {
+		client.StopAndWait()
 	}
 }