diff --git a/src/client/server/mod.rs b/src/client/server/mod.rs
index 7e6104b..166ac05 100644
--- a/src/client/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/server/mod.rs
@@ -700,16 +700,16 @@ impl IrcServer {
         let (tx_incoming, rx_incoming) = oneshot::channel();
         let (tx_view, rx_view) = oneshot::channel();
 
-        let cfg = config.clone();
+        let mut reactor = Core::new()?;
+        let handle = reactor.handle();
+        // Attempting to connect here (as opposed to on the thread) allows more errors to happen
+        // immediately, rather than to occur as panics on the thread. In particular, non-resolving
+        // server names, and failed SSL setups will appear here.
+        let conn = reactor.run(Connection::new(&config, &handle)?)?;
+
         let _ = thread::spawn(move || {
             let mut reactor = Core::new().unwrap();
 
-            // Setting up internal processing stuffs.
-            let handle = reactor.handle();
-            let conn = reactor
-                .run(Connection::new(&cfg, &handle).unwrap())
-                .unwrap();
-
             tx_view.send(conn.log_view()).unwrap();
             let (sink, stream) = conn.split();