Check that you've entered the right details and port for whichever pool you're using. 

 I double checked the mining pool details and they are ok… weird 

 There's a bitaxe group on telegram. Maybe best to ask there. https://image.nostr.build/68d584ad94f8cb1dea6c52908e05965a7a344a006f10dcccdc02811b8dfd6dd0.jpg