diff --git a/lib/chromic_pdf/pdf/protocol_macros.ex b/lib/chromic_pdf/pdf/protocol_macros.ex
index d724f71..8d5c7b6 100644
--- a/lib/chromic_pdf/pdf/protocol_macros.ex
+++ b/lib/chromic_pdf/pdf/protocol_macros.ex
@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ defmodule ChromicPDF.ProtocolMacros do
 
         if JsonRPC.response?(msg, last_call_id) do
           cond do
-            function_exported?(__MODULE__, unquote(cb_name), 2) ->
-              apply(__MODULE__, unquote(cb_name), [state, msg])
-
             JsonRPC.is_error?(msg) ->
               {:error, JsonRPC.extract_error(msg)}
 
+            function_exported?(__MODULE__, unquote(cb_name), 2) ->
+              apply(__MODULE__, unquote(cb_name), [state, msg])
+
             true ->
               :ok
           end
diff --git a/test/integration/pdf_generation_test.exs b/test/integration/pdf_generation_test.exs
index 2a9bc7b..6d24a4d 100644
--- a/test/integration/pdf_generation_test.exs
+++ b/test/integration/pdf_generation_test.exs
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ defmodule ChromicPDF.PDFGenerationTest do
       end)
     end
 
+    @tag :pdftotext
+    test "raises an error for invalid paths, e.g. relative" do
+      assert_raise ChromicPDF.ChromeError, ~r/Cannot navigate to invalid URL/, fn ->
+        ChromicPDF.print_to_pdf({:url, "/doesnotwork"})
+      end
+    end
+
     @tag :pdftotext
     test "it waits for external resources when printing HTML content" do
       html = ~s(<img src="file://#{test_image_path()}" />)