Index: lt8900_spi/__init__.py
==================================================================
--- lt8900_spi/__init__.py
+++ lt8900_spi/__init__.py
@@ -542,10 +542,11 @@
 
 		message = []
 
 		while True:
 			radio_status = self.get_register_bits('status')
+			self._debug("radio_status={}".format(radio_status))
 			if radio_status['packet_flag'] == 0:
 				if wait:
 					time.sleep(wait_time)
 					continue
 				else:
@@ -559,10 +560,14 @@
 			# Data is available, read it from the FIFO register
 			# The first result will include the length
 			# XXX *IF* length encoding is enabled ?
 			fifo_data = self.get_register('fifo')
 			message_length = fifo_data >> 8
+
+			if message_length == 0:
+				self.start_listening(channel)
+				continue
 
 			# Keep track of the total message length to truncate it
 			final_message_length = message_length
 
 			message += [fifo_data & 0xff]