diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b01b016..4cb068d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci/socket",
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.3.2",
   "description": "JSON packet intra(named)/inter(TCP) host communication over socket",
   "main": "src",
   "scripts": {
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "esm": "^3.2.25",
-    "mocha": "^7.1.1",
-    "nodemon": "^2.0.2"
+    "mocha": "^8.0.1",
+    "nodemon": "^2.0.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uci-utils/logger": "^0.0.16",
+    "@uci-utils/logger": "^0.0.18",
     "better-try-catch": "^0.6.2",
     "clone": "^2.1.2",
     "death": "^1.1.0",
     "delay": "^4.3.0",
-    "make-dir": "^3.0.2",
+    "make-dir": "^3.1.0",
     "p-reflect": "^2.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/socket-class.js b/src/socket-class.js
index 2880589..aa6a858 100644
--- a/src/socket-class.js
+++ b/src/socket-class.js
@@ -477,12 +477,23 @@ export default function socketClass(Server) {
     async _send(consumer, packet) {
       log.trace({msg:`sending to consumer:${consumer.sid}:${consumer.data.name}`, consumer:consumer.data, packet:packet})
       return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+        if (!consumer) {
+          console.log('no consumer rejecting packet send')
+          reject('no consumer specified can not send packet')
+          return
+        }
         if (!consumer.writable) {
+          console.log('no consumer writeable stream rejecting packet send')
           reject('socket stream closed can not send packet')
           return
         }
         let [err,ser] = await btc(consumer.stream.serialize)(packet)
         if (err) reject('unable to serialze the packet')
+        if (!ser) {
+          console.log('empty-seriallized packet', consumer.name, consumer.socketName)
+          reject('empty packet rejecting send, nothing to send')
+          return
+        }
         const cb = () => resolve('packet written to socket stream')
         if (!consumer.write(ser)) {
           consumer.once('drain', cb)