diff --git a/discordrpc/asyncdiscord.py b/discordrpc/asyncdiscord.py
index 919201a..e21a9a7 100644
--- a/discordrpc/asyncdiscord.py
+++ b/discordrpc/asyncdiscord.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from loguru import logger as log
 
 from .sockets import UnixPipe, SOCKET_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE, SOCKET_DISCONNECTED
+from socket import timeout
 from .commands import *
 from .exceptions import *
 from .constants import MAX_SOCKET_RETRY_ATTEMPTS
@@ -82,10 +83,11 @@ def poll_callback(self, callback: callable):
         while self.polling:
             try:
                 val = self.rpc.receive()
+            except timeout:
+                continue
             except Exception as ex:
                 log.error(f"error receiving data from socket. {ex}")
                 self.disconnect()
-                return
             if val[0] == SOCKET_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE:
                 log.debug("bad buffer size when receiving data from socket")
             if val[0] == SOCKET_DISCONNECTED:
diff --git a/discordrpc/constants.py b/discordrpc/constants.py
index 34dbfda..b5e1a1b 100644
--- a/discordrpc/constants.py
+++ b/discordrpc/constants.py
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
     10  # Number of IPC sockets to try (discord-ipc-0 through discord-ipc-9)
 )
 SOCKET_SELECT_TIMEOUT = 0.1  # Socket select timeout in seconds (reduced from 1.0s for 90% latency improvement)
-SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024  # Socket receive buffer size in bytes
+#SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024  # Socket receive buffer size in bytes
+SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE = 8
diff --git a/discordrpc/sockets.py b/discordrpc/sockets.py
index 856b521..5c949f4 100644
--- a/discordrpc/sockets.py
+++ b/discordrpc/sockets.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 SOCKET_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE: int = -2
 SOCKET_SEND_TIMEOUT: int = 5
 SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT: int = 2
-SOCKET_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT: int = 5
+SOCKET_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT: int = 10
 
 class UnixPipe:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ def disconnect(self):
         self.socket = None  # Reset so connect() creates a fresh socket
 
     def send(self, payload, op):
-        log.debug(f"Sending payload: {payload} with op: {op}")
         payload_bytes = json.dumps(payload).encode("UTF-8")
         header = struct.pack("<ii", op, len(payload_bytes))
         message = header + payload_bytes
@@ -72,17 +71,16 @@ def send(self, payload, op):
         self.socket.sendall(message)
 
     def receive(self) -> (int, str):
-        self.socket.settimeout(SOCKET_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT)
         data = self.socket.recv(SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE)
         if len(data) == 0:
             return SOCKET_DISCONNECTED, {}
         header = data[:8]
         code = int.from_bytes(header[:4], "little")
         length = int.from_bytes(header[4:], "little")
-        all_data = data[8:]
-        buffer_size = length - len(all_data)
-        if buffer_size < 0:
+        all_data = b""
+        if length < 0:
             return SOCKET_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE, {}
-        data = self.socket.recv(length - len(all_data))
-        all_data += data
+        if length > 0:
+            data = self.socket.recv(length)
+            all_data += data
         return code, all_data.decode("UTF-8")
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 727d436..d5bafa7 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.9.1",
+  "version": "1.9.2",
   "thumbnail": "store/thumbnail.png",
   "id": "com_imdevinc_StreamControllerDiscordPlugin",
   "name": "Discord - Debug",