diff --git a/iottly_sdk/iottly.py b/iottly_sdk/iottly.py
index ae16fe1..c775a73 100644
--- a/iottly_sdk/iottly.py
+++ b/iottly_sdk/iottly.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     from Queue import Queue, Full
 
 import json
+import logging
 
 # Import the SDK version number
 from .version import __version__
@@ -38,6 +39,16 @@
 Msg = namedtuple('Msg', ['payload', 'type', 'channel'])
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger('iottly-sdk')
+logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+sh = logging.StreamHandler()
+sh.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+sh.setFormatter(formatter)
+logger.addHandler(sh)
+
+
+
 class IottlySDK:
     """Class handling interactions with the iottly-agent
 
@@ -349,6 +360,13 @@ def _connect_to_agent(self):
                 s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
                 try:
                     s.connect(self._socket_path)
+                
+                except PermissionError as e:
+                    s.close()
+                    s = None
+                    logger.error("Permission denied, launch with proper permission")
+                    return
+
                 except OSError as e:
                     if e.errno == errno.ECONNREFUSED:
                         s.close()