diff --git a/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/client/WebSocketClient.java b/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/client/WebSocketClient.java
index 958901121..1e6c5d8e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/client/WebSocketClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/java_websocket/client/WebSocketClient.java
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ public boolean hasBufferedData() {
 
 	@Override
 	public void close( int code ) {
-		engine.close();
+		engine.close( code );
 	}
 
 	@Override