diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c567ec6..4cc825f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Updated links to Spotify in documentation
 - Improve usability on README.md
 - Fix `user_playlists_contents` example. 
+- Updated links to Spotify in documentation 
+- Fixed error obfuscation when Spotify class is being inherited and an error is raised in the Child's `__init__`
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed unused description parameter in playlist creation example
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index a026e41..7d81b1f 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -211,8 +211,11 @@ class Spotify(object):
 
     def __del__(self):
         """Make sure the connection (pool) gets closed"""
-        if isinstance(self._session, requests.Session):
-            self._session.close()
+        try:
+            if isinstance(self._session, requests.Session):
+                self._session.close()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
 
     def _build_session(self):
         self._session = requests.Session()