diff --git a/src/client.h b/src/client.h
index 8d95748..04f26da 100644
--- a/src/client.h
+++ b/src/client.h
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class RPCClient {
         }
 
         // blocking call
-        while (!get_response(msg_id_wait, result)){
+        RpcError tmp_error;
+        while (!get_response(msg_id_wait, result, tmp_error)) {
             //delay(1);
         }
 
@@ -60,18 +61,18 @@ class RPCClient {
     }
 
     template<typename RType>
-    bool get_response(const uint32_t wait_id, RType& result) {
-        RpcError tmp_error;
+    bool get_response(const uint32_t wait_id, RType& result, RpcError& error) {
         decoder->decode();
 
-        if (decoder->get_response(wait_id, result, tmp_error)) {
-            lastError.code = tmp_error.code;
-            lastError.traceback = tmp_error.traceback;
+        if (decoder->get_response(wait_id, result, error)) {
+            lastError.copy(error);
             return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
 
+    uint32_t get_discarded_packets() const {return decoder->get_discarded_packets();}
+
 };
 
 #endif //RPCLITE_CLIENT_H
diff --git a/src/decoder.h b/src/decoder.h
index f3ab3d3..883abeb 100644
--- a/src/decoder.h
+++ b/src/decoder.h
@@ -62,29 +62,54 @@ class RpcDecoder {
         MsgPack::Unpacker unpacker;
         unpacker.clear();
 
-        size_t res_size = get_packet_size();
-        if (!unpacker.feed(_raw_buffer, res_size)) return false;
+        if (!unpacker.feed(_raw_buffer, _packet_size)) return false;
 
         MsgPack::arr_size_t resp_size;
         int resp_type;
         uint32_t resp_id;
 
         if (!unpacker.deserialize(resp_size, resp_type, resp_id)) return false;
-        if (resp_size.size() != RESPONSE_SIZE) return false;
-        if (resp_type != RESP_MSG) return false;
+
+        // ReSharper disable once CppDFAUnreachableCode
         if (resp_id != msg_id) return false;
 
+        // msg_id OK packet will be consumed.
+        if (resp_type != RESP_MSG) {
+            // This should never happen
+            error.code = PARSING_ERR;
+            error.traceback = "Unexpected response type";
+            discard();
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (resp_size.size() != RESPONSE_SIZE) {
+            // This should never happen
+            error.code = PARSING_ERR;
+            error.traceback = "Unexpected RPC response size";
+            discard();
+            return true;
+        }
+
         MsgPack::object::nil_t nil;
         if (unpacker.unpackable(nil)){  // No error
-            if (!unpacker.deserialize(nil, result)) return false;
+            if (!unpacker.deserialize(nil, result)) {
+                error.code = PARSING_ERR;
+                error.traceback = "Result not parsable (check type)";
+                discard();
+                return true;
+            }
         } else {                        // RPC returned an error
-            if (!unpacker.deserialize(error, nil)) return false;
+            if (!unpacker.deserialize(error, nil)) {
+                error.code = PARSING_ERR;
+                error.traceback = "RPC Error not parsable (check type)";
+                discard();
+                return true;
+            }
         }
 
+        consume(_packet_size);
         reset_packet();
-        consume(res_size);
         return true;
-
     }
 
     bool send_response(const MsgPack::Packer& packer) const {
@@ -103,8 +128,7 @@ class RpcDecoder {
 
         unpacker.clear();
         if (!unpacker.feed(_raw_buffer, _packet_size)) {    // feed should not fail at this point
-            consume(_packet_size);
-            reset_packet();
+            discard();
             return "";
         };
 
@@ -113,27 +137,24 @@ class RpcDecoder {
         MsgPack::arr_size_t req_size;
 
         if (!unpacker.deserialize(req_size, msg_type)) {
-            consume(_packet_size);
-            reset_packet();
+            discard();
             return ""; // Header not unpackable
         }
 
+        // ReSharper disable once CppDFAUnreachableCode
         if (msg_type == CALL_MSG && req_size.size() == REQUEST_SIZE) {
             uint32_t msg_id;
             if (!unpacker.deserialize(msg_id, method)) {
-                consume(_packet_size);
-                reset_packet();
+                discard();
                 return ""; // Method not unpackable
             }
         } else if (msg_type == NOTIFY_MSG && req_size.size() == NOTIFY_SIZE) {
             if (!unpacker.deserialize(method)) {
-                consume(_packet_size);
-                reset_packet();
+                discard();
                 return ""; // Method not unpackable
             }
         } else {
-            consume(_packet_size);
-            reset_packet();
+            discard();
             return ""; // Invalid request size/type
         }
 
@@ -183,11 +204,13 @@ class RpcDecoder {
 
                 if (type != CALL_MSG && type != RESP_MSG && type != NOTIFY_MSG) {
                     consume(bytes_checked);
+                    _discarded_packets++;
                     break; // Not a valid RPC type (could be type=WRONG_MSG)
                 }
 
                 if ((type == CALL_MSG && container_size != REQUEST_SIZE) || (type == RESP_MSG && container_size != RESPONSE_SIZE) || (type == NOTIFY_MSG && container_size != NOTIFY_SIZE)) {
                     consume(bytes_checked);
+                    _discarded_packets++;
                     break; // Not a valid RPC format
                 }
 
@@ -210,6 +233,8 @@ class RpcDecoder {
 
     size_t size() const {return _bytes_stored;}
 
+    uint32_t get_discarded_packets() const {return _discarded_packets;}
+
     friend class DecoderTester;
 
 private:
@@ -219,6 +244,7 @@ class RpcDecoder {
     int _packet_type = NO_MSG;
     size_t _packet_size = 0;
     uint32_t _msg_id = 0;
+    uint32_t _discarded_packets = 0;
 
     bool buffer_full() const { return _bytes_stored == BufferSize; }
 
@@ -252,6 +278,11 @@ class RpcDecoder {
         return consume(packet_size);
     }
 
+    void discard() {
+        consume(_packet_size);
+        reset_packet();
+        _discarded_packets++;
+    }
 
     void reset_packet() {
         _packet_type = NO_MSG;
diff --git a/src/error.h b/src/error.h
index 925b30a..c98cb7d 100644
--- a/src/error.h
+++ b/src/error.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "MsgPack.h"
 
 #define NO_ERR                   0x00
+#define PARSING_ERR              0xFC
 #define MALFORMED_CALL_ERR       0xFD
 #define FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND_ERR   0xFE
 #define GENERIC_ERR              0xFF
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ struct RpcError {
     RpcError(const int c, MsgPack::str_t tb)
         : code(c), traceback(std::move(tb)) {}
 
+    void copy(const RpcError& err) {
+        code = err.code;
+        traceback = err.traceback;
+    }
+
     MSGPACK_DEFINE(code, traceback); // -> [code, traceback]
 };
 
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 3200b40..f3a5803 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ class RPCServer {
 
     }
 
+    uint32_t get_discarded_packets() const {return decoder->get_discarded_packets();}
+
 private:
     RpcDecoder<>* decoder = nullptr;
     RpcFunctionDispatcher<MAX_CALLBACKS> dispatcher{};