diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp.go b/rtmp/rtmp.go
index 791c1b93..4d432a00 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ var (
 	errUnknownScheme = errors.New("rtmp: unknown scheme")
 	errConnected     = errors.New("rtmp: already connected")
 	errNotConnected  = errors.New("rtmp: not connected")
+	errNotWritable   = errors.New("rtmp: connection not writable")
 	errHandshake     = errors.New("rtmp: handshake failed")
 	errConnSend      = errors.New("rtmp: connection send error")
 	errConnStream    = errors.New("rtmp: connection stream error")
@@ -675,27 +676,31 @@ func handleInvoke(s *Session, body []byte) error {
 		case av_connect:
 			if s.link.token != "" {
 				s.log(FatalLevel, pkg+"no support for link token")
-
 			}
-			if (s.link.protocol & RTMP_FEATURE_WRITE) != 0 {
-				sendReleaseStream(s)
-				sendFCPublish(s)
-			} else {
-				s.log(FatalLevel, pkg+"link protocol has no RTMP_FEATURE_WRITE")
-			}
-
-			sendCreateStream(s)
 			if (s.link.protocol & RTMP_FEATURE_WRITE) == 0 {
-				s.log(FatalLevel, pkg+"link protocol has no RTMP_FEATURE_WRITE")
+				return errNotWritable
+			}
+			err := sendReleaseStream(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			err = sendFCPublish(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			err = sendCreateStream(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 
 		case av_createStream:
 			s.streamID = int32(C_AMFProp_GetNumber(C_AMF_GetProp(&obj, "", 3)))
-
-			if s.link.protocol&RTMP_FEATURE_WRITE != 0 {
-				sendPublish(s)
-			} else {
-				s.log(FatalLevel, pkg+"link protocol has no RTMP_FEATURE_WRITE")
+			if s.link.protocol&RTMP_FEATURE_WRITE == 0 {
+				return errNotWritable
+			}
+			err := sendPublish(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 
 		case av_play, av_publish:
@@ -704,7 +709,10 @@ func handleInvoke(s *Session, body []byte) error {
 
 	case av_onBWDone:
 		if s.checkCounter == 0 { // ToDo: why is this always zero?
-			sendCheckBW(s)
+			err := sendCheckBW(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 
 	case av_onFCUnsubscribe, av_onFCSubscribe: