diff --git a/components/roode/roode.cpp b/components/roode/roode.cpp
index 80caea8d..7990c88f 100644
--- a/components/roode/roode.cpp
+++ b/components/roode/roode.cpp
@@ -82,31 +82,33 @@ namespace esphome
             getZoneDistance();
             zone++;
             zone = zone % 2;
-            // App.feed_wdt();
+            App.feed_wdt();
             // unsigned long end = micros();
             // unsigned long delta = end - start;
             // ESP_LOGI("Roode loop", "loop took %lu microseconds", delta);
         }
 
-        void Roode::handleSensorStatus()
+        bool Roode::handleSensorStatus()
         {
-            statusString = VL53L1X::rangeStatusToString(sensor_status); // This function call will manipulate the range_status variable
-            if (last_sensor_status == sensor_status && sensor_status == VL53L1X::RangeStatus::RangeValid)
+            const char *statusString = VL53L1X::rangeStatusToString(sensor_status); // This function call will manipulate the range_status variable
+            ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Sensor status: %d, Last sensor status: %d", sensor_status, last_sensor_status);
+
+            if (last_sensor_status == sensor_status && sensor_status == 0)
             {
+                if (status_sensor != nullptr)
                 {
                     status_sensor->publish_state(statusString);
                 }
+                return true;
             }
-            if (sensor_status != VL53L1X::RangeStatus::RangeValid && sensor_status != VL53L1X::RangeStatus::SignalFail && sensor_status != VL53L1X::RangeStatus::WrapTargetFail)
+            if (sensor_status != 0 && sensor_status != 2 && sensor_status != 7)
             {
                 ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Ranging failed with an error. status: %d, error: %s", sensor_status, statusString);
-                if (status_sensor != nullptr)
-                {
-                    status_sensor->publish_state(statusString);
-                }
-                return;
+                return false;
             }
+            return true;
         }
+
         void Roode::getZoneDistance()
         {
             static int PathTrack[] = {0, 0, 0, 0};
@@ -123,7 +125,10 @@ namespace esphome
             distance = distanceSensor.read();
             distanceSensor.writeReg(distanceSensor.SYSTEM__MODE_START, 0x80); // stop reading
             sensor_status = distanceSensor.ranging_data.range_status;
-            handleSensorStatus();
+            if (!handleSensorStatus())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
 
             if (use_sampling_)
             {
diff --git a/components/roode/roode.h b/components/roode/roode.h
index c79b17d2..72187ad4 100644
--- a/components/roode/roode.h
+++ b/components/roode/roode.h
@@ -86,12 +86,11 @@ namespace esphome
       void getZoneDistance();
       void sendCounter(uint16_t counter);
       void recalibration();
-      void handleSensorStatus();
+      bool handleSensorStatus();
 
       uint16_t distance = 0;
       VL53L1X::RangeStatus last_sensor_status = VL53L1X::RangeStatus::None;
       VL53L1X::RangeStatus sensor_status = VL53L1X::RangeStatus::None;
-      const char *statusString = "";
       int DIST_THRESHOLD_MAX[2] = {0, 0}; // max treshold of the two zones
       int DIST_THRESHOLD_MIN[2] = {0, 0}; // min treshold of the two zones
       int roi_width_{6};                  // width of the ROI