diff --git a/src/lsquic/client.cr b/src/lsquic/client.cr
index 63a7a24..ecefd84 100644
--- a/src/lsquic/client.cr
+++ b/src/lsquic/client.cr
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ module QUIC
     @read_timeout : Float64?
     @socket : UDPSocket?
     @stream_ctx : StreamCtx?
+    @process_fiber : Fiber
 
     def initialize(@host : String, port = nil, tls : Bool | OpenSSL::SSL::Context::Client = false)
       check_host_only(@host)
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ module QUIC
       @stream_channel = Channel(StreamCtx?).new(20)
       @stream_ctx = nil
       @engine_open = false
+      @process_fiber = Fiber.new { puts "process_fiber started before run_engine" }
     end
 
     def run_engine
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ module QUIC
         while stream_ctx = @stream_channel.receive
           LibLsquic.conn_set_ctx(conn, Box.box(stream_ctx))
           LibLsquic.conn_make_stream(conn)
-          LibLsquic.engine_process_conns(engine)
+          client_process_conns(engine)
         end
         @engine_open = false
         LibLsquic.engine_destroy(engine)
@@ -217,13 +219,47 @@ module QUIC
         @socket = nil
       end
 
-      begin
-        buffer = Bytes.new(0x600)
+      @process_fiber = spawn do
         loop do
-          bytes_read = socket.read buffer
-          break if !@engine_open
-          LibLsquic.engine_packet_in(engine, buffer[0, bytes_read], bytes_read, socket.local_address, socket.remote_address, Box.box(socket), 0) if bytes_read != 0
+          sleep
           LibLsquic.engine_process_conns(engine)
+          diff = 0
+          # check advisory time
+          if LibLsquic.engine_earliest_adv_tick(engine, pointerof(diff)) != 0
+            Crystal::Scheduler.current_fiber.resume_event.add(diff.microseconds)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      begin
+        buffers = [] of Bytes
+        bytes_read = [] of Int32
+        loop do
+          # wait until the socket has something.
+          socket.wait_readable
+          # read available messages from the socket into the buffers.
+          buffers_read = 0
+          loop do
+            if (buffers_read >= buffers.size)
+              buffers.push(Bytes.new(0x600))
+              bytes_read.push(0)
+            end
+            bytes_read[buffers_read] = LibC.recv(socket.fd, buffers[buffers_read], buffers[buffers_read].size, 0).to_i32
+            if bytes_read[buffers_read] == -1
+              if Errno.value == Errno::EAGAIN || Errno.value == Errno::EWOULDBLOCK
+                # no more messages are currently available to read from the socket.
+                break
+              else
+                raise IO::Error.from_errno("failed to read from socket")
+              end
+            end
+            buffers_read += 1
+          end
+          break if !@engine_open
+          buffers[0, buffers_read].zip(bytes_read) do |buffer, bytes|
+            LibLsquic.engine_packet_in(engine, buffer[0, bytes], bytes, socket.local_address, socket.remote_address, Box.box(socket), 0) if bytes != 0
+          end
+          client_process_conns(engine)
         end
         @socket.try &.close
         @socket = nil
@@ -232,6 +268,10 @@ module QUIC
       end
     end
 
+    def client_process_conns(engine)
+      Crystal::Scheduler.yield @process_fiber
+    end
+
     def socket : UDPSocket
       socket = @socket
       return socket.not_nil! if @socket