diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 24ee549..6be69c7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -133,9 +133,11 @@ function errorHandler(
       err = Boom[camelCase(toIdentifier(statuses.message[val]))]();
       err.message = translate(err.message);
     } else if (
+      err.message === 'Connection is closed.' ||
       err.name === 'RedisError' ||
       err.name === 'MaxRetriesPerRequestError' ||
-      Object.getPrototypeOf(err.constructor).name === 'RedisError'
+      (err.constructor &&
+        Object.getPrototypeOf(err.constructor).name === 'RedisError')
     ) {
       // redis errors (e.g. ioredis' MaxRetriesPerRequestError)
       err.status = 408;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a07a066..978353c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "koa-better-error-handler",
   "description": "A better error-handler for Lad and Koa.  Makes `ctx.throw` awesome (best used with koa-404-handler)",
-  "version": "10.0.7",
+  "version": "10.0.8",
   "author": {
     "name": "Nick Baugh",
     "email": "niftylettuce@gmail.com",