diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOChannelInitializer.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOChannelInitializer.java
index 429de85..ee2f080 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOChannelInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOChannelInitializer.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class SocketIOChannelInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<Channel> impl
             }
         }
 
-        packetHandler = new PacketHandler(packetListener, decoder, namespacesHub);
+        packetHandler = new PacketHandler(packetListener, decoder, namespacesHub, configuration.getExceptionListener());
         authorizeHandler = new AuthorizeHandler(connectPath, scheduler, configuration, namespacesHub);
 
         StoreFactory factory = configuration.getStoreFactory();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/handler/PacketHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/handler/PacketHandler.java
index 341290d..813e55a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/handler/PacketHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/handler/PacketHandler.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.ExceptionListener;
 import com.corundumstudio.socketio.messages.PacketsMessage;
 import com.corundumstudio.socketio.namespace.Namespace;
 import com.corundumstudio.socketio.namespace.NamespacesHub;
@@ -41,12 +42,14 @@ public class PacketHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<PacketsMessage> {
     private final PacketListener packetListener;
     private final Decoder decoder;
     private final NamespacesHub namespacesHub;
+    private final ExceptionListener exceptionListener;
 
-    public PacketHandler(PacketListener packetListener, Decoder decoder, NamespacesHub namespacesHub) {
+    public PacketHandler(PacketListener packetListener, Decoder decoder, NamespacesHub namespacesHub, ExceptionListener exceptionListener) {
         super();
         this.packetListener = packetListener;
         this.decoder = decoder;
         this.namespacesHub = namespacesHub;
+        this.exceptionListener = exceptionListener;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -87,7 +90,9 @@ public class PacketHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<PacketsMessage> {
 
     @Override
     public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable e) throws Exception {
-        log.error("Exception occurs", e);
+        if (!exceptionListener.exceptionCaught(ctx, e)) {
+            super.exceptionCaught(ctx, e);
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/DefaultExceptionListener.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/DefaultExceptionListener.java
index e46b33d..15b1969 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/DefaultExceptionListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/DefaultExceptionListener.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener;
 
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -51,4 +53,9 @@ public class DefaultExceptionListener extends ExceptionListenerAdapter {
         log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
     }
 
+    public boolean exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable e) throws Exception {
+        log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+        return true;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/ExceptionListener.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/ExceptionListener.java
index bbc799f..cbad76e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/ExceptionListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/ExceptionListener.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener;
 
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.corundumstudio.socketio.SocketIOClient;
@@ -31,4 +33,6 @@ public interface ExceptionListener {
 
     void onJsonException(Exception e, Object data, SocketIOClient client);
 
+    boolean exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable e) throws Exception;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/ExceptionListenerAdapter.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/ExceptionListenerAdapter.java
index fbc8176..0faa156 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/ExceptionListenerAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/listener/ExceptionListenerAdapter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener;
 
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.corundumstudio.socketio.SocketIOClient;
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ import com.corundumstudio.socketio.SocketIOClient;
  *
  *
  */
-public class ExceptionListenerAdapter implements ExceptionListener {
+public abstract class ExceptionListenerAdapter implements ExceptionListener {
 
     @Override
     public void onEventException(Exception e, List<Object> data, SocketIOClient client) {
@@ -46,4 +48,9 @@ public class ExceptionListenerAdapter implements ExceptionListener {
     public void onJsonException(Exception e, Object data, SocketIOClient client) {
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable e) throws Exception {
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/handler/PacketHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/handler/PacketHandlerTest.java
index 770c1ac..4c439e5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/handler/PacketHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/handler/PacketHandlerTest.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class PacketHandlerTest {
         packets.add(packet);
 
         PacketListener listener = createTestListener(packets);
-        PacketHandler handler = new PacketHandler(listener, decoder, namespacesHub);
+        PacketHandler handler = new PacketHandler(listener, decoder, namespacesHub, null);
         testHandler(handler, new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Packet>(packets));
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class PacketHandlerTest {
         packets.add(packet1);
 
         PacketListener listener = createTestListener(packets);
-        PacketHandler handler = new PacketHandler(listener, decoder, namespacesHub);
+        PacketHandler handler = new PacketHandler(listener, decoder, namespacesHub, null);
         testHandler(handler, new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Packet>(packets));
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class PacketHandlerTest {
         packets.add(packet1);
 
         PacketListener listener = createTestListener(packets);
-        PacketHandler handler = new PacketHandler(listener, decoder, namespacesHub);
+        PacketHandler handler = new PacketHandler(listener, decoder, namespacesHub, null);
         testHandler(handler, new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Packet>(packets));
     }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class PacketHandlerTest {
             public void onPacket(Packet packet, NamespaceClient client) {
             }
         };
-        PacketHandler handler = new PacketHandler(listener, decoder, namespacesHub);
+        PacketHandler handler = new PacketHandler(listener, decoder, namespacesHub, null);
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         ByteBuf buffer = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer("\ufffd10\ufffd3:::Привет\ufffd7\ufffd3:::53d\ufffd3\ufffd0::\ufffd5\ufffd3:::5\ufffd7\ufffd3:::53d\ufffd3\ufffd0::\ufffd5\ufffd3:::5\ufffd7\ufffd3:::53d\ufffd3\ufffd0::\ufffd5\ufffd3:::5\ufffd7\ufffd3:::53d\ufffd3\ufffd0::\ufffd5\ufffd3:::5\ufffd7\ufffd3:::53d\ufffd3\ufffd0::".getBytes());
         for (int i = 0; i < 50000; i++) {