diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f1c51fb..2e6a575 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ Changed
 ^^^^^^^
 * Renamed ``NEWS`` to ``CHANGELOG``.
 
+[v0.1.5a] - Unreleased (Anyday)
+------------------------------
+
+Added
+^^^^^
+* Updated kraken connection to raise error in case it doesnt receive 20x status code. 
+
+
 [v0.1.4] - 2017-03-27 (Monday)
 ------------------------------
   
diff --git a/krakenex/connection.py b/krakenex/connection.py
index e9927ef..88f858c 100644
--- a/krakenex/connection.py
+++ b/krakenex/connection.py
@@ -77,4 +77,7 @@ def _request(self, url, req={}, headers={}):
         self.conn.request('POST', url, data, headers)
         response = self.conn.getresponse()
 
+        if response.status not in (200, 201, 202):
+            raise http.client.HTTPException(response.status)
+
         return response.read().decode()