diff --git a/meshtastic/tcp_interface.py b/meshtastic/tcp_interface.py
index 25e5ab8..204872d 100644
--- a/meshtastic/tcp_interface.py
+++ b/meshtastic/tcp_interface.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ class TCPInterface(StreamInterface):
             hostname {string} -- Hostname/IP address of the device to connect to
         """
 
-        # Instead of wrapping as a stream, we use the native socket API
-        # self.stream = sock.makefile('rw')
         self.stream = None
 
         self.hostname = hostname
diff --git a/meshtastic/tests/test_tcp_interface.py b/meshtastic/tests/test_tcp_interface.py
index 432caef..2848087 100644
--- a/meshtastic/tests/test_tcp_interface.py
+++ b/meshtastic/tests/test_tcp_interface.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def test_TCPInterface(capsys):
     """Test that we can instantiate a TCPInterface"""
     with patch('socket.socket') as mock_socket:
         iface = TCPInterface(hostname='localhost', noProto=True)
+        iface.myConnect()
         iface.showInfo()
         iface.localNode.showInfo()
         out, err = capsys.readouterr()
@@ -24,3 +25,11 @@ def test_TCPInterface(capsys):
         assert err == ''
         assert mock_socket.called
         iface.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_TCPInterface_without_connecting(capsys):
+    """Test that we can instantiate a TCPInterface with connectNow as false"""
+    with patch('socket.socket'):
+        iface = TCPInterface(hostname='localhost', noProto=True, connectNow=False)
+        assert iface.socket is None