diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index fa189fd..8b11ad8 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
-// const debug = require('debug')
-// const log = debug('libp2p:tcp')
+const debug = require('debug')
+const log = debug('libp2p:websockets')
 const SWS = require('simple-websocket')
 const mafmt = require('mafmt')
 
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ function WebSockets () {
 
   this.close = (callback) => {
     if (listeners.length === 0) {
-      callback(new Error('there are no listeners'))
+      log('Called close with no active listeners')
+      return callback()
     }
     var count = 0
     listeners.forEach((listener) => {