diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -94,10 +94,9 @@
 
     while (!feof (message.stream)) {
         *buf = '\0';
+        fgets (buf, 512, message.stream);
 
-        if (active)             /* SIGPROC */
-            fgets (buf, 512, message.stream);
-        else
+        if (!active)            /* the bot was killed with SIGTERM */
             break;
 
         if ((command = irc_parsemessage (buf, &message))) {
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@
     /*
      * cleanup
      */
-
     if (uc.nick)
         free (uc.nick);
     if (uc.pass)