diff --git a/src/you_get/extractors/quanmin.py b/src/you_get/extractors/quanmin.py
index 99e8790c..89d63ea9 100644
--- a/src/you_get/extractors/quanmin.py
+++ b/src/you_get/extractors/quanmin.py
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import time
 def quanmin_download(url, output_dir = '.', merge = True, info_only = False, **kwargs):
     roomid = url[url.rfind("/")+1:]
     json_request_url = 'http://www.quanmin.tv/json/rooms/{}/info4.json'.format(roomid)
-
     content = get_html(json_request_url)
     data = json.loads(content)
 
     title = data["title"]
+    
+    if not data["play_status"]:
+        raise ValueError("The live stream is not online!")
     real_url = "http://flv.quanmin.tv/live/{}.flv".format(roomid)
 
     print_info(site_info, title, 'flv', float('inf'))