2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/js/fetch.ts b/js/fetch.ts
index 73ad34e7a..2d57fa65c 100644
--- a/js/fetch.ts
+++ b/js/fetch.ts
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ class FetchRequest {
     fbs.FetchReq.addId(builder, this.id);
     fbs.FetchReq.addUrl(builder, url);
     const msg = fbs.FetchReq.endFetchReq(builder);
-    const res = send(builder, fbs.Any.FetchReq, msg);
-    assert(res == null);
+    send(builder, fbs.Any.FetchReq, msg);
   }
 }
 
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ export function fetch(
 ): Promise<Response> {
   const fetchReq = new FetchRequest(input as string);
   const response = fetchReq.response;
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  const promise = new Promise<Response>((resolve, reject) => {
     response.onHeader = (response: FetchResponse) => {
       log("onHeader");
       resolve(response);
@@ -186,6 +185,7 @@ export function fetch(
       log("onError", error);
       reject(error);
     };
-    fetchReq.start();
   });
+  fetchReq.start();
+  return promise;
 }
diff --git a/js/fetch_test.ts b/js/fetch_test.ts
index 873f2fbde..88cf834bc 100644
--- a/js/fetch_test.ts
+++ b/js/fetch_test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2018 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-import { testPerm, assertEqual } from "./test_util.ts";
+import { test, testPerm, assert, assertEqual } from "./test_util.ts";
 import * as deno from "deno";
 
 testPerm({ net: true }, async function fetchJsonSuccess() {
@@ -7,3 +7,15 @@ testPerm({ net: true }, async function fetchJsonSuccess() {
   const json = await response.json();
   assertEqual(json.name, "deno");
 });
+
+test(async function fetchPerm() {
+  let err;
+  try {
+    await fetch("http://localhost:4545/package.json");
+  } catch (err_) {
+    err = err_;
+  }
+  // TODO assert(err instanceof deno.PermissionDenied).
+  assert(err);
+  assertEqual(err.name, "deno.PermissionDenied");
+});