diff --git a/src/ReconnectingPDO.php b/src/ReconnectingPDO.php
index 9383b4a..f4e251a 100644
--- a/src/ReconnectingPDO.php
+++ b/src/ReconnectingPDO.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use PDO;
 use LegoW\ReconnectingPDO\ReconnectingPDOStatement;
+use LegoW\ReconnectingPDO\ReconnectingPDOException;
 
 /**
  * It covers the PDO database handler to prevent connection loss caused by non-critical
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class ReconnectingPDO
     /**
      * @var PDO
      */
-    protected $db;
+    protected $connection;
 
     /**
      * @var string DSN
@@ -110,42 +111,45 @@ public function __call($method, $arguments)
      */
     protected function call($method, $arguments)
     {
-        if (!($this->db instanceof PDO)) {
+        if (!($this->connection instanceof PDO)) {
             throw new ReconnectingPDOException('No PDO connection is set');
         }
         try {
-            $returnValue = call_user_func_array([$this->db, $method], $arguments);
+            $this->connection->query('SELECT 1');
+            $returnValue = call_user_func_array([$this->connection, $method],
+                    $arguments);
         } catch (\PDOException $ex) {
             if (!stristr($ex->getMessage(), "server has gone away") || $ex->getCode() != 'HY000') {
                 throw $ex;
             }
-            if ($this->reconnectCounter < $this->maxReconnection) {
-                $this->reconnectDb();
-                $returnValue = $this->call($method, $arguments); // Retry
-                $this->resetCounter();
-            } else {
+            if ($this->reconnectCounter >= $this->maxReconnection) {
                 throw new ExceededMaxReconnectionException('ReconnectingPDO has exceeded max reconnection limit',
                 $ex->getCode(), $ex);
             }
+            $this->reconnectDb();
+            $returnValue = $this->call($method, $arguments); // Retry
+            $this->resetCounter();
         }
         if ($returnValue instanceof \PDOStatement) {
-            return new ReconnectingPDOStatement($returnValue, $this, $method === 'query');
+            return new ReconnectingPDOStatement($returnValue, $this,
+                    $method === 'query');
         }
         return $returnValue;
     }
 
     protected function reconnectDb()
     {
-        unset($this->db);
+        unset($this->connection);
         $this->connectDb();
         $this->reconnectCounter++;
     }
 
     protected function connectDb()
     {
-        $this->db = new PDO($this->dsn, $this->username, $this->passwd,
+        $this->connection = new PDO($this->dsn, $this->username, $this->passwd,
                 $this->options);
-        $this->db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+        $this->connection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,
+                PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -173,16 +177,13 @@ public function setMaxReconnection($max)
      * @param array $parameters
      * @param bool $autoconnect
      */
-    public function setConnectionParameters($parameters, $autoconnect = false)
+    public function setConnectionParameters($parameters)
     {
         foreach ($parameters as $key => $param) {
             if (property_exists($this, $key)) {
                 $this->$key = $param;
             }
         }
-        if ($autoconnect) {
-            $this->connectDb();
-        }
     }
 
     public function setPDO(PDO $pdoObject)
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ public function setPDO(PDO $pdoObject)
         if (!$this->connectionParametersAreSet()) {
             throw new ConnectionParametersMissingException();
         }
-        $this->db = $pdoObject;
+        $this->connection = $pdoObject;
     }
 
     protected function connectionParametersAreSet()
@@ -200,4 +201,5 @@ protected function connectionParametersAreSet()
         }
         return false;
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/ReconnectingPDOStatement.php b/src/ReconnectingPDOStatement.php
index 307b87d..99bd511 100644
--- a/src/ReconnectingPDOStatement.php
+++ b/src/ReconnectingPDOStatement.php
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ protected function call($method, &$arguments)
             switch ($method) {
                 //Differenct method handlers
                 case 'bindParam':
-                    return $this->statement->bindParam(...$arguments);
+                    for($i=0; $i<5; $i++) {
+                        ${'a'.$i} = &$arguments[$i];
+                    }
+                    return $this->statement->bindParam($a0, $a1, $a2, $a3, $a4);
                 //Pre-call 
                 case 'fetch':
                 case 'fetchAll':
diff --git a/test/ReconnectingPDOTest.php b/test/ReconnectingPDOTest.php
index e159fd6..dc05552 100644
--- a/test/ReconnectingPDOTest.php
+++ b/test/ReconnectingPDOTest.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use LegoW\ReconnectingPDO\ReconnectingPDO;
 use LegoW\ReconnectingPDO\ReconnectingPDOStatement;
-use LegoW\ReconnectingPDO\ReconnectingPDOException;
 use LegoW\ReconnectingPDO\ConnectionParametersMissingException;
 use LegoW\ReconnectingPDO\ExceededMaxReconnectionException;
 
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ public function testConstruct()
         $this->assertAttributeEquals('test', 'passwd', $rpdo);
         $this->assertAttributeEquals([], 'options', $rpdo);
         $this->assertAttributeEquals(3, 'maxReconnection', $rpdo);
-        $this->assertAttributeInstanceOf(\PDO::class, 'db', $rpdo);
+        $this->assertAttributeInstanceOf(\PDO::class, 'connection', $rpdo);
     }
-
+    
     public function testSetters()
     {
         $dsn = 'sqlite::memory:';
@@ -73,15 +72,6 @@ public function testSetters()
         }
         $this->assertNull($exception);
 
-        unset($rpdo);
-        $rpdo = new ReconnectingPDO();
-        $rpdo->setConnectionParameters([
-            'dsn' => $dsn,
-            'passwd' => $passwd,
-            'username' => $username
-                ], true);
-
-        $this->assertAttributeInstanceOf(\PDO::class, 'db', $rpdo);
     }
 
     public function testReconnection()
@@ -100,7 +90,7 @@ public function testReconnection()
         $rpdo = new ReconnectingPDO($dsn, $username, $passwd);
         $rpdo->setPDO($mockPDO);
 
-        $this->assertAttributeEquals($mockPDO, 'db', $rpdo);
+        $this->assertAttributeEquals($mockPDO, 'connection', $rpdo);
 
         $exception = null;
         try {
@@ -151,7 +141,7 @@ public function testCallProtection()
         $rpdo = new ReconnectingPDO();
 
         //Should throw exception
-        $rpdo->prepare('SELECT 1');
+        $rpdo->query('SELECT 1');
     }
 
     public function testQuery()