diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 436b0bf..44c64f8 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ void loop()
         officially times out. That amount of time is converted into ESP32 clock
         ticks using the constant `DMX_TIMEOUT_TICK`. If it takes longer than that
         amount of time to receive data, this if statement will evaluate to false. */
-    if (direction1 == Input)
+    if (direction1 == Input && dmx_receive(dmx2, &dmx2_packet, DMX_TIMEOUT_TICK))
     {
         // Serial.println("Recv DMX1");
         /* If this code gets called, it means we've received DMX data! */