diff --git a/phpFlickr.php b/phpFlickr.php
index 975371e..ed88613 100644
--- a/phpFlickr.php
+++ b/phpFlickr.php
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ function post ($data, $type = null) {
 				curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
 				curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 				$response = curl_exec($curl);
+				if ($response === false) {
+					die(curl_error($curl));
+				}
 				curl_close($curl);
 			} else {
 				// Use sockets.