diff --git a/src/recipient/recipient.go b/src/recipient/recipient.go
index 3860fd0..1df0a93 100644
--- a/src/recipient/recipient.go
+++ b/src/recipient/recipient.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func receive(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *we
 	var hash256 []byte
 	var otherIP string
 	var tcpConnection comm.Comm
+	dataChan := make(chan []byte, 1024*1024)
 
 	useWebsockets := true
 	switch forceSend {
@@ -195,10 +196,48 @@ func receive(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *we
 				progressbar.OptionSetBytes(int(fstats.Size)),
 				progressbar.OptionSetWriter(os.Stderr),
 			)
+			finished := make(chan bool)
+			go func(finished chan bool, dataChan chan []byte) (err error) {
+				for {
+					message := <-dataChan
+					// do decryption
+					var enc crypt.Encryption
+					err = json.Unmarshal(message, &enc)
+					if err != nil {
+						// log.Errorf("%s: [%s] [%+v] (%d/%d) %+v", err.Error(), message, message, len(message), numBytes, bs)
+						log.Error(err)
+						return err
+					}
+					decrypted, err := enc.Decrypt(sessionKey, !fstats.IsEncrypted)
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Error(err)
+						return err
+					}
+
+					// do decompression
+					if fstats.IsCompressed && !fstats.IsDir {
+						decrypted = compress.Decompress(decrypted)
+					}
+
+					// write to file
+					n, err := f.Write(decrypted)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					// update the bytes written
+					bytesWritten += n
+					// update the progress bar
+					bar.Add(n)
+					if int64(bytesWritten) == fstats.Size {
+						log.Debug("finished")
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				finished <- true
+				return
+			}(finished, dataChan)
 			c.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, []byte("ready"))
 			startTime := time.Now()
-			var numBytes int
-			var bs []byte
 			for {
 				if useWebsockets {
 					var messageType int
@@ -209,7 +248,7 @@ func receive(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *we
 					}
 				} else {
 					// read from TCP connection
-					message, numBytes, bs, err = tcpConnection.Read()
+					message, _, _, err = tcpConnection.Read()
 					// log.Debugf("message: %s", message)
 				}
 				if err != nil {
@@ -220,39 +259,19 @@ func receive(forceSend int, serverAddress, serverTCP string, isLocal bool, c *we
 					log.Debug("got magic")
 					break
 				}
-
-				// do decryption
-				var enc crypt.Encryption
-				err = json.Unmarshal(message, &enc)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Errorf("%s: [%s] [%+v] (%d/%d) %+v", err.Error(), message, message, len(message), numBytes, bs)
-					return err
+				select {
+				case dataChan <- message:
+					continue
+				default:
+					log.Debug("blocked")
+					// no message sent
+					// block
+					dataChan <- message
 				}
-				decrypted, err := enc.Decrypt(sessionKey, !fstats.IsEncrypted)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-
-				// do decompression
-				if fstats.IsCompressed && !fstats.IsDir {
-					decrypted = compress.Decompress(decrypted)
-				}
-
-				// write to file
-				n, err := f.Write(decrypted)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				// update the bytes written
-				bytesWritten += n
-				// update the progress bar
-				bar.Add(n)
-
-				// if int64(bytesWritten) == fstats.Size {
-				// 	break
-				// }
 			}
 
+			_ = <-finished
+
 			c.WriteMessage(websocket.BinaryMessage, []byte("done"))
 			// we are finished
 			transferTime = time.Since(startTime)