diff --git a/erizo/src/erizo/WebRtcConnection.cpp b/erizo/src/erizo/WebRtcConnection.cpp
index 9c642e6460..38fe2dba06 100644
--- a/erizo/src/erizo/WebRtcConnection.cpp
+++ b/erizo/src/erizo/WebRtcConnection.cpp
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ void WebRtcConnection::updateState(TransportState state, Transport * transport)
 
   global_state_ = temp;
 
-  ELOG_INFO("%s newGlobalState: %d", toLog(), global_state_);
+  ELOG_INFO("%s newGlobalState: %d", toLog(), temp);
   maybeNotifyWebRtcConnectionEvent(global_state_, msg);
 }
 
diff --git a/erizo/src/erizo/WebRtcConnection.h b/erizo/src/erizo/WebRtcConnection.h
index 4da0552a74..a202aae7a2 100644
--- a/erizo/src/erizo/WebRtcConnection.h
+++ b/erizo/src/erizo/WebRtcConnection.h
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ class WebRtcConnection: public TransportListener, public LogContext,
   void maybeNotifyWebRtcConnectionEvent(const WebRTCEvent& event, const std::string& message,
         const std::string& stream_id = "");
 
+ protected:
+  std::atomic<WebRTCEvent> global_state_;
+
  private:
   std::string connection_id_;
   bool audio_enabled_;
@@ -180,7 +183,6 @@ class WebRtcConnection: public TransportListener, public LogContext,
   std::shared_ptr<Transport> video_transport_, audio_transport_;
 
   std::shared_ptr<Stats> stats_;
-  WebRTCEvent global_state_;
 
   boost::mutex update_state_mutex_;
   boost::mutex event_listener_mutex_;
diff --git a/erizo/src/erizo/rtp/FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler.cpp b/erizo/src/erizo/rtp/FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler.cpp
index a2a178a23f..2e7c92fb54 100644
--- a/erizo/src/erizo/rtp/FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler.cpp
+++ b/erizo/src/erizo/rtp/FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ constexpr uint64_t kPliPeriodMs = 300;
 FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler() :
   stream_{nullptr}, enabled_{true}, first_keyframe_received_{false}, plis_scheduled_{false},
   video_source_ssrc_{0}, video_sink_ssrc_{0} {
-  }
+}
 
 void FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::enable() {
   enabled_ = true;
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ void FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::read(Context *ctx, std::shared_ptr<DataPacket
 
 void FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::write(Context *ctx, std::shared_ptr<DataPacket> packet) {
   RtcpHeader *chead = reinterpret_cast<RtcpHeader*>(packet->data);
-  if (enabled_) {
-    if (!first_keyframe_received_ && packet->type == VIDEO_PACKET && !chead->isRtcp()) {
+  if (!enabled_) {
+    ctx->fireWrite(std::move(packet));
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!first_keyframe_received_ && packet->type == VIDEO_PACKET && !chead->isRtcp()) {
+    if (stream_->getCurrentState() == CONN_READY) {  // TODO(pedro): Find a solution for this in all handlers
       if (!packet->is_keyframe) {
-        if (!plis_scheduled_) {
-          plis_scheduled_ = true;
-          ELOG_DEBUG("Scheduling PLIs");
-          sendPLI();
-          schedulePLI();
-        }
+        maybeSendAndSchedulePLIs();
         ELOG_DEBUG("Building a black keyframe from packet");
         auto keyframe_packet = transformIntoKeyframePacket(packet);
         ctx->fireWrite(keyframe_packet);
@@ -60,38 +60,51 @@ void FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::write(Context *ctx, std::shared_ptr<DataPacke
         ELOG_DEBUG("First part of a keyframe received, stop rewriting packets");
         first_keyframe_received_ = true;
       }
+    } else {
+      ELOG_DEBUG("Transport is not ready - not transforming packet");
     }
   }
   ctx->fireWrite(std::move(packet));
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<DataPacket> FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::transformIntoKeyframePacket
-(std::shared_ptr<DataPacket> packet) {
-  if (packet->codec == "VP8") {
-    auto keyframe_packet = RtpUtils::makeVP8BlackKeyframePacket(packet);
-    return keyframe_packet;
-  } else {
-    ELOG_DEBUG("Generate keyframe packet is not available for codec %s", packet->codec);
-    return packet;
+  (std::shared_ptr<DataPacket> packet) {
+    if (packet->codec == "VP8") {
+      auto keyframe_packet = RtpUtils::makeVP8BlackKeyframePacket(packet);
+      return keyframe_packet;
+    } else {
+      ELOG_DEBUG("Generate keyframe packet is not available for codec %s", packet->codec);
+      return packet;
+    }
+  }
+
+void FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::maybeSendAndSchedulePLIs() {
+  if (!plis_scheduled_) {
+    plis_scheduled_ = true;
+    ELOG_DEBUG("Scheduling PLIs");
+    sendPLI();
+    schedulePLI();
   }
 }
+
 void FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::sendPLI() {
   getContext()->fireRead(RtpUtils::createPLI(video_sink_ssrc_, video_source_ssrc_));
 }
+
 void FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler::schedulePLI() {
   std::weak_ptr<FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler> weak_this = shared_from_this();
   stream_->getWorker()->scheduleEvery([weak_this] {
-      if (auto this_ptr = weak_this.lock()) {
-        if (!this_ptr->first_keyframe_received_) {
-          ELOG_DEBUG("Sending PLI in FakeGenerator, scheduling another");
-          this_ptr->sendPLI();
-          return true;
-        } else {
-          ELOG_DEBUG("Stop sending scheduled PLI packets");
-          return false;
-        }
+    if (auto this_ptr = weak_this.lock()) {
+      if (!this_ptr->first_keyframe_received_) {
+        ELOG_DEBUG("Sending PLI in FakeGenerator, scheduling another");
+        this_ptr->sendPLI();
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        ELOG_DEBUG("Stop sending scheduled PLI packets");
+        return false;
       }
-      return false;
-    }, std::chrono::milliseconds(kPliPeriodMs));
+    }
+    return false;
+  }, std::chrono::milliseconds(kPliPeriodMs));
 }
 }  // namespace erizo
diff --git a/erizo/src/erizo/rtp/FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler.h b/erizo/src/erizo/rtp/FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler.h
index b14ec1e553..87f529ad72 100644
--- a/erizo/src/erizo/rtp/FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler.h
+++ b/erizo/src/erizo/rtp/FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler: public Handler, public std::enable_shared_fr
 
  private:
   std::shared_ptr<DataPacket> transformIntoKeyframePacket(std::shared_ptr<DataPacket> packet);
+  void maybeSendAndSchedulePLIs();
   void sendPLI();
   void schedulePLI();
 
diff --git a/erizo/src/test/log4cxx.properties b/erizo/src/test/log4cxx.properties
index 005ddd8cfb..e3f2a27e55 100644
--- a/erizo/src/test/log4cxx.properties
+++ b/erizo/src/test/log4cxx.properties
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ log4j.logger.rtp.RtpPacketQueue=ERROR
 log4j.logger.rtp.RtpRetransmissionHandler=ERROR
 log4j.logger.rtp.RtpVP8Fragmenter=ERROR
 log4j.logger.rtp.RtpVP8Parser=ERROR
+log4j.logger.rtp.FakeKeyframeGeneratorHandler=ERROR
 log4j.logger.rtp.RtpSlideShowHandler=ERROR
 log4j.logger.rtp.RtpTrackMuteHandler=ERROR
 log4j.logger.rtp.RtpSink=ERROR
diff --git a/erizo/src/test/utils/Mocks.h b/erizo/src/test/utils/Mocks.h
index 8210e9943e..33183ec2ce 100644
--- a/erizo/src/test/utils/Mocks.h
+++ b/erizo/src/test/utils/Mocks.h
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ class MockWebRtcConnection: public WebRtcConnection {
  public:
   MockWebRtcConnection(std::shared_ptr<Worker> worker, std::shared_ptr<IOWorker> io_worker, const IceConfig &ice_config,
                        const std::vector<RtpMap> rtp_mappings) :
-    WebRtcConnection(worker, io_worker, "", ice_config, rtp_mappings, std::vector<erizo::ExtMap>(), nullptr) {}
+    WebRtcConnection(worker, io_worker, "", ice_config, rtp_mappings, std::vector<erizo::ExtMap>(), nullptr) {
+      global_state_ = CONN_READY;
+    }
 
   virtual ~MockWebRtcConnection() {
   }