diff --git a/src/grip/handlers/exception.cr b/src/grip/handlers/exception.cr
index 5e56a25..bbdf5d8 100644
--- a/src/grip/handlers/exception.cr
+++ b/src/grip/handlers/exception.cr
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ module Grip
       def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
         call_next(context)
       rescue ex
+        return context if context.response.closed?
+
         context.response.status_code = 500 if !context.response.status_code.in?([400, 401, 403, 404, 405, 500])
 
         if ex.is_a?(Grip::Exceptions::Base)