diff --git a/src/if_xcmdsrv.c b/src/if_xcmdsrv.c
index 0b9b1a8..a94e7cd 100644
--- a/src/if_xcmdsrv.c
+++ b/src/if_xcmdsrv.c
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@
     {
 	while (XCheckWindowEvent(dpy, commWindow, PropertyChangeMask, &event))
 	    serverEventProc(dpy, &event, 1);
+	server_parse_messages();
 
 	if (endCond(endData) != 0)
 	    break;