diff --git a/pkg/connmgr/connmgr.go b/pkg/connmgr/connmgr.go
index a8e8442ac..450e87e33 100755
--- a/pkg/connmgr/connmgr.go
+++ b/pkg/connmgr/connmgr.go
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ type Connmgr struct {
 }
 
 //New creates a new connection manager
-func New(cfg Config) *Connmgr {
+func New(cfg Config) (*Connmgr, error) {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", cfg.AddressPort)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	cnnmgr := &Connmgr{
 		cfg,
 		make(map[string]*Request),
@@ -36,13 +42,6 @@ func New(cfg Config) *Connmgr {
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-
-		listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", cfg.AddressPort)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Error connecting to outbound ", err)
-		}
-
 		defer func() {
 			listener.Close()
 		}()
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ func New(cfg Config) *Connmgr {
 
 	}()
 
-	return cnnmgr
+	return cnnmgr, nil
 }
 
 // NewRequest will make a new connection gets the address from address func in config
diff --git a/pkg/server/connmgr.go b/pkg/server/connmgr.go
index e97416801..155712cb6 100644
--- a/pkg/server/connmgr.go
+++ b/pkg/server/connmgr.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	iputils "github.com/CityOfZion/neo-go/pkg/wire/util/ip"
 )
 
-func setupConnManager(s *Server, port uint16) *connmgr.Connmgr {
+func setupConnManager(s *Server, port uint16) (*connmgr.Connmgr, error) {
 	cfg := connmgr.Config{
 		GetAddress:   s.getAddress,
 		OnAccept:     s.onAccept,
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 22a781170..1e4d6407b 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ func New(net protocol.Magic, port uint16) (*Server, error) {
 	s.smg = syncmgr
 
 	// Setup connection manager
-	connmgr := setupConnManager(s, port)
+	connmgr, err := setupConnManager(s, port)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	s.cmg = connmgr
 
 	// Setup peer config