diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7683262..f87ada1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,35 @@ $ npm install --save @team-supercharge/nest-amqp
 In the subsections you can see how to send and receive messages, how to handle message transfer and how to use DTO classes to message 
 payload transformation and validation.
 
+### Create connection
+
+To create a connection, you have to import the `QueueModule.forRoot()` module into your application's root module. The `forRoot()`
+static method has 2 parameters: the first and required is the connection URI string, and the second is the *optional* connection 
+options object. The connection options object extends the [Rhea's connection options](https://www.npmjs.com/package/rhea#connectoptions) 
+and accepts these new properties:
+* **throwExceptionOnConnectionError**?: A boolean value. If it's `true` then AMQPModule will throw forward the exception which occurs 
+  during the connection creation. Default value is `false`.
+
+> Note: the AMQPModule package does not support multiple connection!
+
+```typescript
+import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { QueueModule } from '@team-supercharge/nest-amqp';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [
+    QueueModule.forRoot(
+      'amqp://user:password@localhost:5672', 
+      { 
+        throwExceptionOnConnectionError: true
+      }
+    ),
+    // ...
+  ],
+})
+export class AppModule {}
+```
+
 ### Send a message
 
 You can send messages with the `QueueService`. First you have to inject the service instance in the constructor, then you can use it to
diff --git a/src/interface/amqp-connection-options.interface.ts b/src/interface/amqp-connection-options.interface.ts
index 7d4e3df..ff90178 100644
--- a/src/interface/amqp-connection-options.interface.ts
+++ b/src/interface/amqp-connection-options.interface.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ import { ConnectionOptions } from 'rhea-promise';
  *
  * @publicApi
  */
-export type AMQPConnectionOptions = ConnectionOptions
+export type AMQPConnectionOptions = ConnectionOptions & {
+  throwExceptionOnConnectionError?: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/src/service/amqp/amqp.service.spec.ts b/src/service/amqp/amqp.service.spec.ts
index 8e6766c..166cf28 100644
--- a/src/service/amqp/amqp.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/service/amqp/amqp.service.spec.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ describe('AMQPService', () => {
   let connection: Connection;
   let connectionEvents: Array<{ event: ConnectionEvents; callback: (context: any) => any }> = [];
   let senderEvents: Array<{ event: SenderEvents; callback: (context: any) => any }> = [];
+  let connectionOpenMock: jest.Mock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
   const receiverEvents: Array<{ event: ReceiverEvents; callback: (context: any) => any }> = [];
 
   beforeAll(() => {
     // mock the Connection constructor
     (Connection as any).mockImplementation(() => ({
       on: (event: ConnectionEvents, callback: (context: any) => any) => connectionEvents.push({ event, callback }),
-      open: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+      open: connectionOpenMock,
       close: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
       createAwaitableSender: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
         on: (event: SenderEvents, callback: (context: any) => any) => senderEvents.push({ event, callback }),
@@ -68,6 +69,35 @@ describe('AMQPService', () => {
     expect((connection as any).open).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should create throw error if connection options is not a valid object', async () => {
+    await expect(
+      AMQPService.createConnection(connectionSecureUri, null)
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/connection options must an object/);
+  });
+
+  describe('connection options', () => {
+    it('should not throw connection error by default', async () => {
+      connectionOpenMock = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('Test'));
+
+      await expect(
+        AMQPService.createConnection(connectionUri)
+      ).resolves.toBeInstanceOf(Object);
+
+      connectionOpenMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw connection error by connection options', async () => {
+      const exception = new Error('Test');
+      connectionOpenMock = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(exception);
+
+      await expect(
+        AMQPService.createConnection(connectionUri, { throwExceptionOnConnectionError: true })
+      ).rejects.toBe(exception);
+
+      connectionOpenMock = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should listen to connection events', async () => {
     connectionEvents = [];
 
diff --git a/src/service/amqp/amqp.service.ts b/src/service/amqp/amqp.service.ts
index d2bde58..8ba87be 100644
--- a/src/service/amqp/amqp.service.ts
+++ b/src/service/amqp/amqp.service.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class AMQPService {
 
   /**
    * Parses the connection URI and connect to the message broker by the given
-   * informations.
+   * information.
    *
    * NOTE: If the connection closes and there was no error then the service will
    * attempt to reconnect to the message broker but only once.
@@ -33,13 +33,18 @@ export class AMQPService {
    * ```
    *
    * @param {string} connectionUri The URI which contains the main connection settings.
-   * @param {object} [connectionOptions] Options for the `rhea-promise` Connection.
+   * @param {AMQPConnectionOptions} [connectionOptions] Options for the `rhea-promise` Connection.
    * @return {Connection} The created `rhea-promise` Connection.
    * @static
    */
   public static async createConnection(connectionUri: string, connectionOptions: AMQPConnectionOptions = {}): Promise<Connection> {
+    if (Object.prototype.toString.call(connectionOptions) !== '[object Object]') {
+      throw new Error('AMQPModule connection options must an object');
+    }
+
     logger.info('creating AMQP client');
 
+    const { throwExceptionOnConnectionError, ...rheaConnectionOptions } = connectionOptions;
     const { protocol, username, password, hostname, port } = new URL(connectionUri);
 
     logger.info('initializing client connection to', {
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ export class AMQPService {
       transport: protocol === 'amqps:' ? 'ssl' : 'tcp',
       host: hostname,
       port: Number.parseInt(port, 10),
-      ...connectionOptions,
+      ...rheaConnectionOptions,
     });
 
     connection.on(ConnectionEvents.connectionOpen, (_: EventContext) => {
@@ -94,7 +99,15 @@ export class AMQPService {
       logger.warn('connection closed by peer', context);
     });
 
-    await connection.open();
+    try {
+      await connection.open();
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error('connection error', err);
+
+      if (throwExceptionOnConnectionError === true) {
+        throw err;
+      }
+    }
     logger.info('created AMQP connection');
 
     return connection;