diff --git a/blacksheep/server/application.py b/blacksheep/server/application.py
index de2e945a..7295dd35 100644
--- a/blacksheep/server/application.py
+++ b/blacksheep/server/application.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 from blacksheep.common import extend
 from blacksheep.common.files.asyncfs import FilesHandler
 from blacksheep.contents import ASGIContent
-from blacksheep.exceptions import HTTPException
 from blacksheep.messages import Request, Response
 from blacksheep.middlewares import get_middlewares_chain
 from blacksheep.scribe import send_asgi_response
@@ -739,31 +738,22 @@ async def _handle_websocket(self, scope, receive, send):
             RouteMethod.GET_WS, scope["path"]
         )
 
-        if route:
-            ws.route_values = route.values
-            try:
-                return await route.handler(ws)
-            except UnauthorizedError as unauthorized_error:
-                # If the WebSocket connection was not accepted yet, we close the
-                # connection with an HTTP Status Code, otherwise we close the connection
-                # with a WebSocket status code
-                if ws.accepted:
-                    # Use a WebSocket error code, not an HTTP error code
-                    await ws.close(1005, "Unauthorized")
-                else:
-                    # Still in handshake phase, we close with an HTTP Status Code
-                    # https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/specs/www.html#close-send-event
-                    await ws.close(403, str(unauthorized_error))
-            except HTTPException as http_exception:
-                # Same like above
-                if ws.accepted:
-                    # Use a WebSocket error code, not an HTTP error code
-                    await ws.close(1005, str(http_exception))
-                else:
-                    # Still in handshake phase, we close with an HTTP Status Code
-                    # https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/specs/www.html#close-send-event
-                    await ws.close(http_exception.status, str(http_exception))
-        await ws.close()
+        if route is None:
+            return await ws.close()
+
+        ws.route_values = route.values
+
+        try:
+            return await route.handler(ws)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            # If WebSocket connection accepted, close
+            # the connection using WebSocket Internal error code.
+            if ws.accepted:
+                return await ws.close(1011, reason=str(exc))
+
+            # Otherwise, just close the connection, the ASGI server
+            # will anyway respond 403 to the client.
+            return await ws.close()
 
     async def _handle_http(self, scope, receive, send):
         assert scope["type"] == "http"
diff --git a/itests/app_2.py b/itests/app_2.py
index 91f7e5d3..7634a65d 100644
--- a/itests/app_2.py
+++ b/itests/app_2.py
@@ -150,9 +150,15 @@ async def echo_text_admin_users(websocket: WebSocket):
         await websocket.send_text(msg)
 
 
-@app_2.router.ws("/websocket-echo-text-http-exp")
+@app_2.router.ws("/websocket-error-before-accept")
 async def echo_text_http_exp(websocket: WebSocket):
-    raise BadRequest("Example")
+    raise RuntimeError("Error before accept")
+
+
+@app_2.router.ws("/websocket-server-error")
+async def websocket_server_error(websocket: WebSocket):
+    await websocket.accept()
+    raise RuntimeError("Server error")
 
 
 @auth("authenticated")
diff --git a/itests/test_server.py b/itests/test_server.py
index 905d94ad..abdbdd1e 100644
--- a/itests/test_server.py
+++ b/itests/test_server.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import json
-import os
 import shutil
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
 from urllib.parse import unquote
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-import pytest
 import websockets
 import yaml
-from websockets.exceptions import InvalidStatusCode
+from websockets.exceptions import ConnectionClosedError, InvalidStatusCode
 
 from .client_fixtures import get_static_path
 from .server_fixtures import *  # NoQA
@@ -793,7 +791,7 @@ async def test_websocket(server_host, server_port_4, route, data):
     "route",
     [
         "websocket-echo-text-auth",
-        "websocket-echo-text-http-exp",
+        "websocket-error-before-accept",
     ],
 )
 async def test_websocket_auth(server_host, server_port_2, route):
@@ -805,3 +803,16 @@ async def test_websocket_auth(server_host, server_port_2, route):
 
     assert error.value.status_code == 403
     assert "server rejected" in str(error.value)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_websocket_server_error(server_host, server_port_2):
+    uri = f"ws://{server_host}:{server_port_2}/websocket-server-error"
+
+    with pytest.raises(ConnectionClosedError) as error:
+        async with websockets.connect(uri) as ws:
+            async for _message in ws:
+                pass
+
+    assert error.value.code == 1011
+    assert error.value.reason == "Server error"