diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d167e2c..6b95c61c 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [8.0.3] - 2020-01-30
+
+(ixcobra) check if we are authenticated in publishNext before trying to publish a message
+
 ## [8.0.2] - 2020-01-28
 
 Extract severity level when emitting messages to sentry
diff --git a/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp b/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp
index 24058341..21e1f285 100644
--- a/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp
+++ b/ixcobra/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ namespace ix
         if (_messageQueue.empty()) return true;
 
         auto&& msg = _messageQueue.back();
-        if (!publishMessage(msg))
+        if (!_authenticated || !publishMessage(msg))
         {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index b23f42b8..0c6959f9 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.0.2"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "8.0.3"