diff --git a/packages/socket-stream-client/package.js b/packages/socket-stream-client/package.js
index e7cf7d1831..ddf6058104 100644
--- a/packages/socket-stream-client/package.js
+++ b/packages/socket-stream-client/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   name: "socket-stream-client",
-  version: "0.3.0",
+  version: "0.3.1",
   summary: "Provides the ClientStream abstraction used by ddp-client",
   documentation: "README.md"
 });
diff --git a/packages/socket-stream-client/sockjs-0.3.4.js b/packages/socket-stream-client/sockjs-0.3.4.js
index 2952cdf39b..f4bc6ac399 100644
--- a/packages/socket-stream-client/sockjs-0.3.4.js
+++ b/packages/socket-stream-client/sockjs-0.3.4.js
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ utils.log = function() {
     }
 };
 
+utils.debug = function() {
+    if (_window.console && console.debug && console.debug.apply) {
+        console.debug.apply(console, arguments);
+    }
+};
+
 utils.bind = function(fun, that) {
     if (fun.bind) {
         return fun.bind(that);
@@ -1083,8 +1089,10 @@ SockJS.prototype._didClose = function(code, reason, force) {
     var that = this;
     if (that.readyState !== SockJS.CONNECTING &&
         that.readyState !== SockJS.OPEN &&
-        that.readyState !== SockJS.CLOSING)
-            throw new Error('INVALID_STATE_ERR');
+        that.readyState !== SockJS.CLOSING) {
+        utils.debug('INVALID_STATE_ERR', that.readyState);
+        return;
+    }
     if (that._ir) {
         that._ir.nuke();
         that._ir = null;