From 10452dc545cc455f4e10d2d1e6948f2fb9b4828b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan <14043624+delivrance@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:45:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't allow start() to be called more than once

---
 pyrogram/client/client.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pyrogram/client/client.py b/pyrogram/client/client.py
index 237b00f7..08e0e117 100644
--- a/pyrogram/client/client.py
+++ b/pyrogram/client/client.py
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ class Client:
         Raises:
             :class:`Error <pyrogram.Error>`
         """
+        if self.is_started:
+            raise ConnectionError("Client has already been started")
+
         if self.BOT_TOKEN_RE.match(self.session_name):
             self.token = self.session_name
             self.session_name = self.session_name.split(":")[0]