diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index b5ccf122..46f76783 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ function getGateway(client, token) {
 	return APIRequest('get', Endpoints.GATEWAY, function (err, res) {
 		if (err || !goodResponse(res)) {
 			client._connecting = false;
-			return client.emit("disconnect", "Error GETing gateway:\n" + stringifyError(res), 0);
+			return client.emit("disconnect", "Error GETing gateway:\n" + stringifyError(res), res ? res.statusCode : 0);
 		}
 		return startConnection(client, (res.body.url + "/?encoding=json&v=" + GATEWAY_VERSION));
 	});