diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b7170e..bdce6cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@ as well: `--debug`, `--pretty`, `--socketTimeout 5000`, etc.
 Changelog
 ---
 
+### 2.0.7
+* Prevent tcp socket errors from dumping straight to console
+
 ### 2.0.6
 * Added support for host domains requiring Punycode encoding (special characters)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11dd5fd..8223886 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	],
 	"main": "lib/index.js",
 	"author": "Michael Morrison",
-	"version": "2.0.6",
+	"version": "2.0.7",
 	"repository": {
 		"type": "git",
 		"url": "https://github.com/sonicsnes/node-gamedig.git"
diff --git a/protocols/core.js b/protocols/core.js
index e301296..c0e4708 100644
--- a/protocols/core.js
+++ b/protocols/core.js
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ class Core extends EventEmitter {
             socket = net.connect(port,address);
             socket.setNoDelay(true);
 
+            // Prevent unhandled 'error' events from dumping straight to console
+            socket.on('error', () => {});
+
             this.debugLog(log => {
                 this.debugLog(address+':'+port+" TCP Connecting");
                 const writeHook = socket.write;