diff --git a/src/bin/syndicate-server.rs b/src/bin/syndicate-server.rs
index 1850641..09d16b6 100644
--- a/src/bin/syndicate-server.rs
+++ b/src/bin/syndicate-server.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use syndicate::{config, spaces, packets, ConnId};
-use syndicate::peer::{Peer, ResultC2S};
+use syndicate::peer::Peer;
 
 use std::sync::{Mutex, Arc};
 use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
@@ -34,27 +34,28 @@ fn message_encoder(p: packets::S2C) -> futures::future::Ready<Result<Message, pa
     futures::future::ready(encode_message(p))
 }
 
-fn message_decoder(r: Result<Message, tungstenite::Error>) -> ResultC2S
+async fn message_decoder(r: Result<Message, tungstenite::Error>) -> Option<Result<packets::C2S, packets::Error>>
 {
-    loop {
-        return match r {
-            Ok(ref m) => match m {
-                Message::Text(_) =>
-                    Err(preserves::error::syntax_error("Text websocket frames are not accepted")),
-                Message::Binary(ref bs) =>
-                    Ok(preserves::de::from_bytes(bs)?),
-                Message::Ping(_) =>
-                    continue, // pings are handled by tungstenite before we see them
-                Message::Pong(_) =>
-                    continue, // unsolicited pongs are to be ignored
-                Message::Close(_) =>
-                    Err(preserves::error::eof()),
-            }
-            Err(tungstenite::Error::Io(e)) =>
-                Err(e.into()),
-            Err(e) =>
-                Err(message_error(e)),
+    match r {
+        Ok(ref m) => match m {
+            Message::Text(_) =>
+                Some(Err(preserves::error::syntax_error("Text websocket frames are not accepted"))),
+            Message::Binary(ref bs) =>
+                match preserves::de::from_bytes(bs) {
+                    Ok(p) => Some(Ok(p)),
+                    Err(e) => Some(Err(e.into())),
+                },
+            Message::Ping(_) =>
+                None, // pings are handled by tungstenite before we see them
+            Message::Pong(_) =>
+                None, // unsolicited pongs are to be ignored
+            Message::Close(_) =>
+                Some(Err(preserves::error::eof())),
         }
+        Err(tungstenite::Error::Io(e)) =>
+            Some(Err(e.into())),
+        Err(e) =>
+            Some(Err(message_error(e))),
     }
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ async fn run_connection(connid: ConnId,
                 let s = tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(stream).await
                     .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
                 let (o, i) = s.split();
-                let i = i.map(message_decoder);
+                let i = i.filter_map(message_decoder);
                 let o = o.sink_map_err(message_error).with(message_encoder);
                 let mut p = Peer::new(connid, i, o);
                 p.run(spaces, &config).await?