diff --git a/src/network/network.cc b/src/network/network.cc
index 782f78e..df78362 100644
--- a/src/network/network.cc
+++ b/src/network/network.cc
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ void Connection::send( string s )
 
   string p = px.tostring( &session );
 
-  ssize_t bytes_sent = sendto( sock(), p.data(), p.size(), 0,
+  ssize_t bytes_sent = sendto( sock(), p.data(), p.size(), MSG_DONTWAIT,
 			       (sockaddr *)&remote_addr, sizeof( remote_addr ) );
 
   if ( bytes_sent == static_cast<ssize_t>( p.size() ) ) {