diff --git a/src/bus.ts b/src/bus.ts
index c1d8bce..8b5a18f 100644
--- a/src/bus.ts
+++ b/src/bus.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ export interface Bus {
      * Manually map channels, if turned off in RanchConfig.
      */
     mapChannels(): void;
+
+    /**
+     * Disable automatic reconnection attempts.
+     */
+    disableReconnection(): void;
 }
 
 export interface CommandResponse<T = any> {
diff --git a/src/bus_engine.ts b/src/bus_engine.ts
index 960eb51..5742aea 100644
--- a/src/bus_engine.ts
+++ b/src/bus_engine.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ export class ranch implements Bus {
             // Log error to console
             console.error('STOMP Error received:', stompError.message, stompError);
             
+            // Disable reconnection for STOMP errors (typically server-side blocks)
+            this.disableReconnection();
+            
             // Publish to error channel for centralized error handling
             const errorChannel = this.getChannel(ERROR_CHANNEL_NAME);
             errorChannel.publish({
@@ -145,6 +148,13 @@ export class ranch implements Bus {
         }
     }
 
+    disableReconnection(): void {
+        if (this._stompClient) {
+            this._stompClient.reconnectDelay = 0;
+            this._stompClient.maxReconnectDelay = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
     private _mapDestination(destination: string, channel: string, persistMapping: boolean = true) {
         if (this._stompClient) {
             this._stompClient.subscribe(destination, message => {