diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonTopic.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonTopic.java
index f9465124f..782f6ab2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonTopic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonTopic.java
@@ -15,18 +15,20 @@
  */
 package org.redisson;
 
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.FutureListener;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import org.redisson.connection.ConnectionManager;
 import org.redisson.connection.PubSubConnectionEntry;
 import org.redisson.core.MessageListener;
 import org.redisson.core.RTopic;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.lambdaworks.redis.RedisConnection;
 import com.lambdaworks.redis.pubsub.RedisPubSubAdapter;
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ import com.lambdaworks.redis.pubsub.RedisPubSubListener;
  */
 public class RedissonTopic<M> extends RedissonObject implements RTopic<M> {
 
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
     private final AtomicReference<Promise<Boolean>> promise = new AtomicReference<Promise<Boolean>>();
 
     private final Map<Integer, RedisPubSubTopicListenerWrapper<String, M>> listeners =
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ public class RedissonTopic<M> extends RedissonObject implements RTopic<M> {
             @Override
             public void subscribed(String channel, long count) {
                 if (channel.equals(getName())) {
+                    log.debug("subscribed to '{}' channel", getName());
                     newPromise.setSuccess(true);
                 }
             }
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ public class RedissonTopic<M> extends RedissonObject implements RTopic<M> {
 
     @Override
     public long publish(M message) {
+        // TODO refactor to publishAsync usage
         RedisConnection<String, Object> conn = connectionManager.connectionWriteOp();
         try {
             return conn.publish(getName(), message);
@@ -89,11 +95,7 @@ public class RedissonTopic<M> extends RedissonObject implements RTopic<M> {
     @Override
     public Future<Long> publishAsync(M message) {
         RedisConnection<String, Object> conn = connectionManager.connectionWriteOp();
-        try {
-            return conn.getAsync().publish(getName(), message);
-        } finally {
-            connectionManager.release(conn);
-        }
+        return conn.getAsync().publish(getName(), message).addListener(connectionManager.createListener(conn));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ public class RedissonTopic<M> extends RedissonObject implements RTopic<M> {
             @Override
             public void operationComplete(io.netty.util.concurrent.Future<Boolean> future) throws Exception {
                 connectionManager.unsubscribe(oldPubSubEntry, getName());
+                log.debug("unsubscribed from '{}' channel", getName());
 
                 // reattach eventually added listeners
                 for (RedisPubSubListener listener : oldPubSubEntry.getListeners()) {