diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56e9332..05104ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ npm-debug.log
 coverage
 node_modules
 .eslintcache
+.idea
 
 test/**/output*
 output.js
diff --git a/lib/routes.js b/lib/routes.js
index d7001dd..46de04c 100644
--- a/lib/routes.js
+++ b/lib/routes.js
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ const setupRoutes = function setupRoutes() {
         socket.lastHash = hash;
 
         const { errors = [], warnings = [] } = stats.toJson(statsOptions);
+        const hasErrors = Boolean(errors.length);
 
-        if (errors.length || warnings.length) {
+        if (hasErrors || warnings.length) {
           socket.send(
             prep({
               action: 'problems',
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ const setupRoutes = function setupRoutes() {
             })
           );
 
-          return;
+          if (hasErrors) return;
         }
 
         if (options.hmr || options.liveReload) {