diff --git a/src/client-store.js b/src/client-store.js
index 6823548..302fde9 100644
--- a/src/client-store.js
+++ b/src/client-store.js
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ module.exports = function createClientStore(options = {}) {
 					let data = JSON.stringify(message);
 					this.socket.send(data, (error) => {
 						if (error != null) {
-							store.emit("error", error);
+							if (error.message === "not opened") {
+								/* The socket has disappeared. We can safely ignore this. Is there a more reliable way to detect this error than by its message, though? */
+							} else {
+								store.emit("error", error);
+							}
 						}
 					});
 				}