diff --git a/dbcon/dmlpackageproc/dmlpackageprocessor.cpp b/dbcon/dmlpackageproc/dmlpackageprocessor.cpp
index 307ba1d39..676fab0ef 100644
--- a/dbcon/dmlpackageproc/dmlpackageprocessor.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/dmlpackageproc/dmlpackageprocessor.cpp
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ int DMLPackageProcessor::rollBackTransaction(uint64_t uniqueId, BRM::TxnID txnID
 
     while (1)
     {
-      if (msgRecived == fWEClient->getPmCount())
+      if (msgRecived == fWEClient->getRWConnections())
         break;
 
       fWEClient->read(uniqueId, bsIn);
diff --git a/writeengine/client/we_clients.cpp b/writeengine/client/we_clients.cpp
index ffb0e9dee..2e496cb92 100644
--- a/writeengine/client/we_clients.cpp
+++ b/writeengine/client/we_clients.cpp
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ void WEClients::Setup()
   }
 }
 
+bool WEClient::isConectionReadonly(uint32_t connection)
+{
+  return fPmConnections[connection] == nullptr;
+}
+
 int WEClients::Close()
 {
   makeBusy(false);
@@ -502,9 +507,9 @@ void WEClients::write(const messageqcpp::ByteStream& msg, uint32_t connection)
   else
   {
     // new behavior: connection client is nullptr means it is read-only.
-//    ostringstream os;
-//    os << "Lost connection to WriteEngineServer on pm" << connection;
-//    throw runtime_error(os.str());
+    ostringstream os;
+    os << "Connection to readonly pm" << connection;
+    throw runtime_error(os.str());
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/writeengine/client/we_clients.h b/writeengine/client/we_clients.h
index 8a512f732..a5e5a4e66 100644
--- a/writeengine/client/we_clients.h
+++ b/writeengine/client/we_clients.h
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ class WEClients
     return pmCount;
   }
 
+  uint32_t getRWConnections()
+  {
+    uint32_t count = 0;
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < fPmConnections.size(); i++)
+    {
+      count += fPmConnections[i] != nullptr;
+    }
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  bool connectionIsReadonly(uint32_t connection);
+
  private:
   WEClients(const WEClients& weClient);
   WEClients& operator=(const WEClients& weClient);