diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 38d52dd6..60161db8 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ StaticArrays = "^0.12.0, ^1"
 StructArrays = "0.6"
 Tables = "^1.0.0"
 julia = "^1.6"
-xrootdgo_jll = "^0.31.1"
+xrootdgo_jll = "^0.32.1"
 
 [extras]
 Arrow = "69666777-d1a9-59fb-9406-91d4454c9d45"
diff --git a/src/streamsource.jl b/src/streamsource.jl
index 8ac211b7..def0f56e 100644
--- a/src/streamsource.jl
+++ b/src/streamsource.jl
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ end
 
 function XRDStream(urlbase::AbstractString, filepath::AbstractString, username::AbstractString)
     file_id = @ccall xrootdgo.Open(urlbase::Cstring, filepath::Cstring, username::Cstring)::Cstring
+    if unsafe_string(file_id) == "error"
+        error("xrootd Go library errored.")
+    end
     # file_id = @threadcall((:Open, xrootdgo), Cstring, (Cstring, Cstring, Cstring), urlbase, filepath, username)
     size = @ccall xrootdgo.Size(file_id::Cstring)::Int
     XRDStream(file_id, 0, size)