diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 
     if (uc.channel) {
         fprintf (message.stream, "JOIN :%s\r\n", uc.channel);
+        message.current_channel = uc.channel;
         if (uc.topic)
             fprintf (message.stream, "TOPIC %s :%s\r\n", uc.channel, uc.topic);
     }
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@
 
         if ((command = irc_parsemessage (buf, &message))) {
             printf ("%10s %s %s\n", command, message.channel, message.line);
+            if (!strcmp (command, "ERROR"))
+                break;
         } else {
             if ((msg = parse (&message)) != NULL) {
                 fprintf (message.stream, "%s\r\n", msg);