diff --git a/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/package.json b/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/package.json
index f3ab195b9b..a482bafae8 100644
--- a/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/package.json
+++ b/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "simplex-chat",
-  "version": "7.1.0-beta.6.1",
+  "version": "7.1.0-beta.6.2",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/src/api.ts b/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/src/api.ts
index 8e0c5a545d..95d942ebf1 100644
--- a/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/src/api.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ export type DbConfig =
       connectionString: string
     }
 
+function chatErrorEvent(err: unknown): ChatEvent {
+  if (err instanceof core.ChatAPIError && err.chatError) return {type: "chatError", chatError: err.chatError}
+  throw err
+}
+
 function dbConfigToMigrateArgs(db: DbConfig): [string, string] {
   switch (db.type) {
     case "sqlite":
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@ export class ChatApi {
   private async runEventsLoop(): Promise<void> {
     while (this.receiveEvents) {
       try {
-        const event = await this.recvChatEvent()
+        const event = await this.recvChatEvent().catch(chatErrorEvent)
         if (!event) continue
         const subs = this.subscribers[event.type]
         if (subs) {
@@ -194,12 +199,7 @@ export class ChatApi {
           }
         }
       } catch(err) {
-        const e = err as core.ChatAPIError
-        if ("chatError" in e) {
-          console.log("Chat error", e.chatError)
-        } else {
-          console.log("Invalid event", e)
-        }
+        console.log("Invalid event", err)
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/tests/api.unit.test.ts b/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/tests/api.unit.test.ts
index b6b92bf93b..8bfecc3347 100644
--- a/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/tests/api.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs/tests/api.unit.test.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ describe("startChat lifecycle", () => {
     await chat.stopChat()
   })
 
+  it("passes event errors to chatError subscribers", async () => {
+    const chat = await chatWithResponses({type: "chatStarted"}, {type: "chatStopped"})
+    const chatError = {type: "errorStore", storeError: {type: "connectionNotFound", agentConnId: "Y29ubg=="}} as T.ChatError
+    jest.mocked(core.chatRecvMsgWait).mockRejectedValueOnce(new core.ChatAPIError("Chat event error (see chatError property)", chatError))
+    const received = new Promise(resolve => chat.on("chatError", event => resolve(event)))
+    await chat.startChat()
+    await expect(received).resolves.toEqual({type: "chatError", chatError})
+    await chat.stopChat()
+  })
+
   it("receives with a 500 ms wait", async () => {
     const chat = await chatWithResponses()
     await chat.recvChatEvent()