diff --git a/aiotractive/api.py b/aiotractive/api.py
index 6e33396..0463751 100644
--- a/aiotractive/api.py
+++ b/aiotractive/api.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
 
         if self.session is None:
             loop = loop or asyncio.get_event_loop()
-            self.session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
+            self.session = aiohttp.ClientSession(raise_for_status=True)
             self._close_session = True
 
         self._user_credentials = None
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async def request(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Perform request with error wrapping."""
         try:
             return await self.raw_request(*args, **kwargs)
-        except aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientResponseError as error:
+        except ClientResponseError as error:
             if error.status in [401, 403]:
                 raise UnauthorizedError from error
             if error.status == 404:
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ async def raw_request(self, uri, params=None, data=None, method="GET"):
             headers=await self.auth_headers(),
             timeout=self._timeout,
         ) as response:
-            response.raise_for_status()
             if "Content-Type" in response.headers and "application/json" in response.headers["Content-Type"]:
                 return await response.json()
             return await response.read()
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ async def authenticate(self):
                 headers=self.base_headers(),
                 timeout=self._timeout,
             ) as response:
-                response.raise_for_status()
                 if "Content-Type" in response.headers and "application/json" in response.headers["Content-Type"]:
                     self._user_credentials = await response.json()
                     self._auth_headers = {
diff --git a/aiotractive/channel.py b/aiotractive/channel.py
index ed5e323..267f766 100644
--- a/aiotractive/channel.py
+++ b/aiotractive/channel.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 import time
 from asyncio.exceptions import TimeoutError as AIOTimeoutError
 
-from .exceptions import DisconnectedError, TractiveError
+from aiohttp.client_exceptions import ClientResponseError
+
+from .exceptions import DisconnectedError, TractiveError, UnauthorizedError
 
 
 class Channel:
@@ -32,9 +34,12 @@ async def listen(self):
 
             if event["type"] == "error":
                 self._check_connection_task.cancel()
-
                 await self._check_connection_task
-                raise TractiveError() from event["error"]
+
+                self._listen_task.cancel()
+                await self._listen_task
+
+                raise event["error"]
 
             if event["type"] == "cancelled":
                 self._listen_task.cancel()
@@ -46,9 +51,7 @@ async def _listen(self):
         while True:
             try:
                 async with self._api.session.request(
-                    "POST",
-                    self.CHANNEL_URL,
-                    headers=await self._api.auth_headers(),
+                    "POST", self.CHANNEL_URL, headers=await self._api.auth_headers()
                 ) as response:
                     async for data, _ in response.content.iter_chunks():
                         event = json.loads(data)
@@ -60,12 +63,25 @@ async def _listen(self):
                         await self._queue.put({"type": "event", "event": event})
             except AIOTimeoutError:
                 continue
+            except ClientResponseError as error:
+                try:
+                    if error.status in [401, 403]:
+                        raise UnauthorizedError from error
+                    raise TractiveError from error
+                except TractiveError as error:
+                    await self._queue.put({"type": "error", "error": error})
+                    return
+
             except asyncio.CancelledError as error:
                 await self._queue.put({"type": "cancelled", "error": error})
                 return
+
             except Exception as error:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                await self._queue.put({"type": "error", "error": error})
-                return
+                try:
+                    raise TractiveError from error
+                except TractiveError as error:
+                    await self._queue.put({"type": "error", "error": error})
+                    return
 
     async def _check_connection(self):
         try:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b0a2c12..e745191 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="aiotractive",
-    version="0.5.4",
+    version="0.5.5",
     author="Gleb Sinyavskiy",
     author_email="zhulik.gleb@gmail.com",
     description="Asynchronous Python client for the Tractive REST API",