diff --git a/etcd.go b/etcd.go
index 5bd110a77c1..9b4d23f3200 100644
--- a/etcd.go
+++ b/etcd.go
@@ -501,6 +501,9 @@ func joinCluster(s *raft.Server, serverName string) error {
 	resp, err := t.Post(fmt.Sprintf("%s/join", serverName), &b)
 
 	for {
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to join: %v", err)
+		}
 		if resp != nil {
 			defer resp.Body.Close()
 			if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
diff --git a/transporter.go b/transporter.go
index 8d71b585a83..0eb6c5599e0 100644
--- a/transporter.go
+++ b/transporter.go
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ func (t transporter) SendAppendEntriesRequest(server *raft.Server, peer *raft.Pe
 
 	debug("Send LogEntries to %s ", peer.Name())
 
-	resp, _ := t.Post(fmt.Sprintf("%s/log/append", peer.Name()), &b)
+	resp, err := t.Post(fmt.Sprintf("%s/log/append", peer.Name()), &b)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		debug("Cannot send AppendEntriesRequest to %s : %s", peer.Name(), err)
+	}
 
 	if resp != nil {
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
@@ -47,7 +51,11 @@ func (t transporter) SendVoteRequest(server *raft.Server, peer *raft.Peer, req *
 
 	debug("Send Vote to %s", peer.Name())
 
-	resp, _ := t.Post(fmt.Sprintf("%s/vote", peer.Name()), &b)
+	resp, err := t.Post(fmt.Sprintf("%s/vote", peer.Name()), &b)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		debug("Cannot send VoteRequest to %s : %s", peer.Name(), err)
+	}
 
 	if resp != nil {
 		defer resp.Body.Close()