diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
index 8728dc9..d9688ff 100644
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@@ -1,47 +1,33 @@
 package gosam
 
-import "fmt"
-
 // SetupAuth sends the AUTH ENABLE command and immediately sets up a new Username and
 // Password from the arguments
 func (c *Client) SetupAuth(user, password string) error {
-	r, err := c.sendCmd("AUTH ENABLE\n")
+	_, err := c.sendCmd("AUTH ENABLE\n")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if r.Topic != "AUTH" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("SetupAuth Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
-	r, err = c.sendCmd("AUTH %s %s\n", user, password)
+	_, err = c.sendCmd("AUTH %s %s\n", user, password)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if r.Topic != "AUTH" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("SetupAuth Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // TeardownAuth sends the AUTH DISABLE command but does not remove the Username and
 // Password from the client PasswordManager
 func (c *Client) TeardownAuth() error {
-	r, err := c.sendCmd("AUTH DISABLE\n")
+	_, err := c.sendCmd("AUTH DISABLE\n")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if r.Topic != "AUTH" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("TeardownAuth Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *Client) RemoveAuthUser(user string) error {
-	r, err := c.sendCmd("AUTH REMOVE %s\n", user)
+	_, err := c.sendCmd("AUTH REMOVE %s\n", user)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if r.Topic != "AUTH" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("RemoveAuthUser Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index c32b130..d14f556 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -226,11 +226,7 @@ func (c *Client) hello() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if r.Topic != "HELLO" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Client Hello Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
-
-	if r.Pairs["RESULT"] != "OK" {
+	if !r.IsOk() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Handshake did not succeed\nReply:%+v\n", r)
 	}
 
@@ -248,7 +244,37 @@ func (c *Client) sendCmd(str string, args ...interface{}) (*Reply, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return parseReply(line)
+	r, err := parseReply(line)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := c.validateResponse(str, r); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecogized reply: %+v\n%v", r, err)
+	}
+
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) validateResponse(command string, reply *Reply) error {
+	expectedTypesMap := map[string]string{
+		"HELLO":   "REPLY",
+		"DEST":    "REPLY",
+		"NAMING":  "REPLY",
+		"SESSION": "STATUS",
+		"STREAM":  "STATUS",
+	}
+	commandTopic := strings.SplitN(command, "", 1)[0]
+
+	if commandTopic != reply.Topic {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unrecogized reply topic. expecting: %v, got: %v", commandTopic, reply.Topic)
+	}
+
+	if expectedTypesMap[commandTopic] != reply.Type {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unrecogized reply type. expecting: %v, got: %v", expectedTypesMap[commandTopic], reply.Type)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Close the underlying socket to SAM
diff --git a/dest.go b/dest.go
index 893dc45..baffac4 100644
--- a/dest.go
+++ b/dest.go
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ func (c *Client) NewDestination(kind ...string) (string, string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
-	if r.Topic != "DEST" {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("NewDestination Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
 	return r.Pairs["PRIV"], r.Pairs["PUB"], nil
 
 }
diff --git a/naming.go b/naming.go
index aaa7e14..9fd3d89 100644
--- a/naming.go
+++ b/naming.go
@@ -15,14 +15,8 @@ func (c *Client) Lookup(name string) (string, error) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
-	// TODO: move check into sendCmd()
-	if r.Topic != "NAMING" || r.Type != "REPLY" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Naming Unknown Reply: %s, %s\n", r.Topic, r.Type)
-	}
-
-	result := r.Pairs["RESULT"]
-	if result != "OK" {
-		return "", ReplyError{result, r}
+	if !r.IsOk() {
+		return "", ReplyError{r.GetResult(), r}
 	}
 
 	if r.Pairs["NAME"] != name {
diff --git a/replyParser.go b/replyParser.go
index 8035105..98a9f4e 100644
--- a/replyParser.go
+++ b/replyParser.go
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ type Reply struct {
 	Pairs map[string]string
 }
 
+func (r *Reply) IsOk() bool {
+	return r.Pairs["RESULT"] == ResultOk
+}
+
+func (r *Reply) GetResult() string {
+	result, ok := r.Pairs["RESULT"]
+
+	if !ok {
+		// TODO Add some debug output
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
 func parseReply(line string) (*Reply, error) {
 	line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
 	parts := strings.Split(line, " ")
diff --git a/sessions.go b/sessions.go
index 1628975..907d4c6 100644
--- a/sessions.go
+++ b/sessions.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package gosam
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+
 	//	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"time"
@@ -33,13 +33,7 @@ func (c *Client) CreateSession(style, dest string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	// TODO: move check into sendCmd()
-	if r.Topic != "SESSION" || r.Type != "STATUS" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Session Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
-
-	result := r.Pairs["RESULT"]
-	if result != "OK" {
+	if !r.IsOk() {
 		return "", ReplyError{ResultKeyNotFound, r}
 	}
 	c.destination = r.Pairs["DESTINATION"]
diff --git a/stream.go b/stream.go
index 81231a9..384d3c1 100644
--- a/stream.go
+++ b/stream.go
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 package gosam
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-)
-
 // StreamConnect asks SAM for a TCP-Like connection to dest, has to be called on a new Client
 func (c *Client) StreamConnect(dest string) error {
 	if dest == "" {
@@ -14,14 +10,8 @@ func (c *Client) StreamConnect(dest string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// TODO: move check into sendCmd()
-	if r.Topic != "STREAM" || r.Type != "STATUS" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Stream Connect Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
-
-	result := r.Pairs["RESULT"]
-	if result != "OK" {
-		return ReplyError{result, r}
+	if !r.IsOk() {
+		return ReplyError{r.GetResult(), r}
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -34,14 +24,8 @@ func (c *Client) StreamAccept() (*Reply, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// TODO: move check into sendCmd()
-	if r.Topic != "STREAM" || r.Type != "STATUS" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Stream Accept Unknown Reply: %+v\n", r)
-	}
-
-	result := r.Pairs["RESULT"]
-	if result != "OK" {
-		return nil, ReplyError{result, r}
+	if !r.IsOk() {
+		return nil, ReplyError{r.GetResult(), r}
 	}
 
 	return r, nil