diff --git a/lib/streams/BaseRollingFileStream.js b/lib/streams/BaseRollingFileStream.js
index 26de2b0..3f872ed 100644
--- a/lib/streams/BaseRollingFileStream.js
+++ b/lib/streams/BaseRollingFileStream.js
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ BaseRollingFileStream.prototype._write = function(chunk, encoding, callback) {
   function writeTheChunk() {
     debug("writing the chunk to the underlying stream");
     that.currentSize += chunk.length;
-    if(that.theStream.writeable) {
-      try {
-        that.theStream.write(chunk, encoding, callback);
-      }
-      catch (err){
-        callback();
-      }
+    console.log(that.theStream);
+    try {
+      that.theStream.write(chunk, encoding, callback);
+    }
+    catch (err){
+      debug(err);
+      callback();
     }
   }