diff --git a/gremlin-go/example/example.go b/gremlin-go/example/example.go
index 4ce2c3c585e..02f91f7e8a3 100644
--- a/gremlin-go/example/example.go
+++ b/gremlin-go/example/example.go
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ func basicGremlinExample() {
 	// Iterate() does not return any data and is used to just generate side-effects (i.e. write data to the database)
 	promise := g.V(v1Vertex).AddE("knows").To(v2Vertex).Property("weight", 0.75).Iterate()
 	err = <-promise
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
 	promise = g.V(v1Vertex).AddE("knows").To(v3Vertex).Property("weight", 0.75).Iterate()
 	err = <-promise
 	if err != nil {