diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
index 54ee5af86d..48286c9d0d 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_verto/mod_verto.c
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ static switch_ssize_t ws_write_json(jsock_t *jsock, cJSON **json, switch_bool_t
 
 	if (r <= 0) {
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ALERT, "WRITE RETURNED ERROR %ld\n", r);
+		jsock->drop = 1;
 	}
 
 	return r;