diff --git a/src/sources/redis.c b/src/sources/redis.c
index 09b754e..a3df9ff 100644
--- a/src/sources/redis.c
+++ b/src/sources/redis.c
@@ -66,18 +66,20 @@ redis_connect(cfg_t *cfg) {
       }
       freeReplyObject(reply);
     }
-    timeout.tv_sec  = 0;
-    timeout.tv_usec = 10000; /* 0.01s */
-    if (redisSetTimeout(conn, timeout) != REDIS_OK) {
-      log_msg(cfg, error, "can't enable nonblocking mode");
+    if ((reply = redisCommand(conn, "SUBSCRIBE %s", cfg->hash)) == NULL) {
+      log_msg(cfg, error, "can't subscribe: %s", conn->errstr);
       break;
     }
-    if ((reply = redisCommand(conn, "SUBSCRIBE %s", cfg->hash)) == NULL)
-      break;
     if (reply->type == REDIS_REPLY_ERROR) {
       log_msg(cfg, error, "can't subscribe: %s", reply->str);
       break;
     }
+    timeout.tv_sec  = 0;
+    timeout.tv_usec = 10000; /* 0.01s */
+    if (redisSetTimeout(conn, timeout) != REDIS_OK) {
+      log_msg(cfg, error, "can't enable nonblocking mode");
+      break;
+    }
     freeReplyObject(reply);
     if (cfg->conn)
       redisFree(cfg->conn);