diff --git a/eth-log-alerting.go b/eth-log-alerting.go
index cc206ebe675e457572f3616551a9f228325be226..e19f5c6cf32e9fe5941a91aec99806f7410835db 100644
--- a/eth-log-alerting.go
+++ b/eth-log-alerting.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func tailLog() {
 	}
 
 	for line := range t.Lines {
+		if line.Err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if len(searchRegex) == 0 {
 			go sendLine(line)
 		} else {