From a204d6794ab9a8f894003d1af0a9138db51c7ffe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahmud Ridwan <m@hjr265.me>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 23:04:19 +0600
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent panic during nil to string type assertion; closes
 #1319

---
 pubsub.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pubsub.go b/pubsub.go
index 03b01566..30362cfe 100644
--- a/pubsub.go
+++ b/pubsub.go
@@ -309,9 +309,10 @@ func (c *PubSub) newMessage(reply interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	case []interface{}:
 		switch kind := reply[0].(string); kind {
 		case "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "psubscribe", "punsubscribe":
+			channel, _ := reply[1].(string)
 			return &Subscription{
 				Kind:    kind,
-				Channel: reply[1].(string),
+				Channel: channel,
 				Count:   int(reply[2].(int64)),
 			}, nil
 		case "message":