diff --git a/lib/error.js b/lib/error.js
index 14cb8bf..fdfa89f 100644
--- a/lib/error.js
+++ b/lib/error.js
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ const ErrorHandler = class {
 			6: 'MPV is already running',
 			7: 'Could not send IPC message',
 			8: 'MPV is not running',
-			9: 'Unsupported protocol'
+			9: 'Unsupported protocol',
+			10: 'IPC connection error'
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/ipcInterface/_events.js b/lib/ipcInterface/_events.js
index 5598464..5a3b81a 100644
--- a/lib/ipcInterface/_events.js
+++ b/lib/ipcInterface/_events.js
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ const events = {
 			if(message.length > 0){
 				const JSONmessage = JSON.parse(message);
 				// if there was a request_id it was a request message
-				if(JSONmessage.request_id && JSONmessage.request_id !== 0){
+				if(JSONmessage.request_id && JSONmessage.request_id !== 0
+					&& this.ipcRequests[JSONmessage.request_id] !== undefined){
 					// resolve promise
 				 	if(JSONmessage.error === 'success'){
 						// resolve the request
diff --git a/lib/ipcInterface/ipcInterface.js b/lib/ipcInterface/ipcInterface.js
index a0c5756..83536c4 100644
--- a/lib/ipcInterface/ipcInterface.js
+++ b/lib/ipcInterface/ipcInterface.js
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ ipcInterface.prototype = Object.assign({
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 
 			// reject the promise if the socket is not running, this is only the case if the mpv player is not running
-			if (this.socket.destroyed){
+			// reject also if the socket is not writable
+			if (this.socket.destroyed || !this.socket.writable){
 				return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(8, util.getCaller()));
 			}
 
diff --git a/lib/mpv/_controls.js b/lib/mpv/_controls.js
index 07b2de3..3901bde 100644
--- a/lib/mpv/_controls.js
+++ b/lib/mpv/_controls.js
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ const controls = {
 				let started = false;
 				// socket to observe if the file is being played back
 				const observeSocket = new net.Socket();
+				// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+				observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+					return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'play()'));
+				});
 				observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, async () => {
 					// this starts the playback when mpv is idle but songs are queued in the playlist
 					await this.setProperty('playlist-pos', 0);
@@ -112,6 +116,10 @@ const controls = {
 			// tracks if the seek event has been emitted
 			let seek_event_started = false;
 			const observeSocket = new net.Socket();
+			// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+			observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+				return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'seek()'));
+			});
 			observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, async () => {
 				await this.command('seek', [seconds, mode, 'exact']);
 			}).on('data', (data) => {
diff --git a/lib/mpv/_events.js b/lib/mpv/_events.js
index 15c34dc..a37e932 100644
--- a/lib/mpv/_events.js
+++ b/lib/mpv/_events.js
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ const events = {
 					let timeout = 0;
 					// promise to watch the socket output
 					new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+						// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+						observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+							return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'messageHandler()'));
+						});
 						// connect a tempoary socket to the mpv player
 						observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, () =>{
 							// receive the data
diff --git a/lib/mpv/_playlist.js b/lib/mpv/_playlist.js
index 0a6247d..276fe8c 100644
--- a/lib/mpv/_playlist.js
+++ b/lib/mpv/_playlist.js
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ const playlist = {
 		.then(() => { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			// socket to observe the command
 			let observeSocket = net.Socket();
+			// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+			observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+				return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'loadPlaylist()'));
+			});
 			observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, () =>{
 				// send the command to mpv
 				this.command('loadlist', [playlist, mode]);
@@ -161,6 +165,10 @@ const playlist = {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			// socket to observe the command
 			const observeSocket = net.Socket();
+			// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+			observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+				return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'append()'));
+			});
 			observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, async () =>{
 				// send the skip command to mpv
 				await this.command('playlist-next', [mode]);
@@ -249,6 +257,10 @@ const playlist = {
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			// socket to observe the command
 			const observeSocket = net.Socket();
+			// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+			observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+				return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'prev()'));
+			});
 			observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, async () =>{
 				// send the prev command to mpv
 				await this.command('playlist-prev', [mode]);
@@ -318,6 +330,10 @@ const playlist = {
 			return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 				// socket to observe the command
 				const observeSocket = net.Socket();
+				// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+				observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+					return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'jump()'));
+				});
 				observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, async () =>{
 					// send the command to jump in the playlist to mpv
 					await this.setProperty('playlist-pos', position);
diff --git a/lib/mpv/_startStop.js b/lib/mpv/_startStop.js
index f598d06..5a0108c 100644
--- a/lib/mpv/_startStop.js
+++ b/lib/mpv/_startStop.js
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ const startStop = {
 				// socket to check for the idle event to check if mpv fully loaded and
 				// actually running
 				const observeSocket = net.Socket();
+				// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+				observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+					return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'start()'));
+				});
 				observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, () => {
 					// send any message to see if there's a MPV instance responding
 					observeSocket.write(JSON.stringify({
diff --git a/lib/mpv/mpv.js b/lib/mpv/mpv.js
index d5a7e9e..4ee6ec4 100644
--- a/lib/mpv/mpv.js
+++ b/lib/mpv/mpv.js
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ mpv.prototype = Object.assign({
 		await new Promise ((resolve, reject) => {
 			// socket to observe the command
 			const observeSocket = net.Socket();
+			// catch EventEmitter error to avoid crash if socket is no longer available
+			observeSocket.on('error', (error) => {
+				return reject(this.errorHandler.errorMessage(10, error.message, 'load()'));
+			});
 			observeSocket.connect({path: this.options.socket}, async () =>{
 				// send the command to mpv
 				await this.command('loadfile', options ? [source, mode].concat(util.formatOptions(options)) : [source, mode]);