diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/com/jasonernst/kanonproxy/BidirectionalByteChannel.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/com/jasonernst/kanonproxy/BidirectionalByteChannel.kt
index e614e2c..e853189 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/com/jasonernst/kanonproxy/BidirectionalByteChannel.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/com/jasonernst/kanonproxy/BidirectionalByteChannel.kt
@@ -1,75 +1,69 @@
 package com.jasonernst.kanonproxy
 
-import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
-import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.takeWhile
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import java.nio.channels.ByteChannel
 import kotlin.math.min
 
 class BidirectionalByteChannel : ByteChannel {
+    private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(javaClass)
     private val buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
     private var isOpen = true
-    private val readyToWrite = MutableStateFlow(true)
-    private val readyToRead = MutableStateFlow(false)
+    // private val readyToRead = MutableStateFlow(false)
 
     override fun isOpen(): Boolean = isOpen
 
     override fun close() {
         this.isOpen = false
-        readyToRead.value = true
+        // readyToRead.value = true
     }
 
     override fun write(src: ByteBuffer): Int {
-        if (readyToWrite.value.not()) {
-            runBlocking {
-                readyToWrite.takeWhile { !it }.collect {}
-            }
+        logger.debug("Waiting to write: ${src.limit()} bytes")
+        synchronized(buffer) {
+            val availableBytes = min(buffer.remaining(), src.remaining())
+            buffer.put(src.array(), src.position(), availableBytes)
+            src.position(src.position() + availableBytes)
+            // readyToRead.value = true
+            logger.debug("Wrote $availableBytes bytes")
+            return availableBytes
         }
-        readyToRead.value = false
-        val availableBytes = min(buffer.remaining(), src.remaining())
-        buffer.put(src.array(), src.position(), availableBytes)
-        src.position(src.position() + availableBytes)
-        readyToRead.value = true
-        return availableBytes
     }
 
     override fun read(dst: ByteBuffer): Int {
         // when this function is called, we expect the buffer is pointing to the end of what was written to it
         // if its at zero, there is nothing to read
-        if (buffer.position() == 0) {
-            runBlocking {
-                readyToRead.takeWhile { !it }.collect {}
-            }
-        }
+//        if (buffer.position() == 0) {
+//            runBlocking {
+//                readyToRead.takeWhile { !it }.collect {}
+//            }
+//        }
         if (!isOpen) {
             return 0
         }
-        readyToWrite.value = false
-        // just in case its flipped in the time it took us to get here
-        if (readyToRead.value.not()) {
-            readyToWrite.value = true
-            return 0
-        }
 
-        // flip the buffer to get it from write mode to read mode
-        buffer.flip()
-        val availableBytes = min(buffer.remaining(), dst.remaining())
-        dst.put(buffer.array(), buffer.position(), availableBytes)
-        buffer.position(buffer.position() + availableBytes)
-        if (!buffer.hasRemaining()) {
-            readyToRead.value = false
+        synchronized(buffer) {
+            // flip the buffer to get it from write mode to read mode
+            buffer.flip()
+            val availableBytes = min(buffer.remaining(), dst.remaining())
+            dst.put(buffer.array(), buffer.position(), availableBytes)
+            buffer.position(buffer.position() + availableBytes)
+//        if (!buffer.hasRemaining()) {
+//            readyToRead.value = false
+//        }
+            // compact to get us back into read mode
+            buffer.compact()
+            return availableBytes
         }
-        // compact to get us back into read mode
-        buffer.compact()
-        readyToWrite.value = true
-        return availableBytes
     }
 
     fun available(): Int =
-        if (readyToRead.value.not()) {
-            0
-        } else {
-            buffer.position() // because we haven't flipped yet, this will be how many bytes there are to read
+//        if (readyToRead.value.not()) {
+//            0
+//        } else {
+//            buffer.position() // because we haven't flipped yet, this will be how many bytes there are to read
+//        }
+        synchronized(buffer) {
+            return buffer.position()
         }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/com/jasonernst/kanonproxy/tcp/TcpClient.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/com/jasonernst/kanonproxy/tcp/TcpClient.kt
index d45df87..ab514b8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/com/jasonernst/kanonproxy/tcp/TcpClient.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/com/jasonernst/kanonproxy/tcp/TcpClient.kt
@@ -244,9 +244,14 @@ class TcpClient(
     fun recv(buffer: ByteBuffer) {
         logger.debug("Waiting for up to ${buffer.remaining()} bytes")
         while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
-            val byteRead = channel.read(buffer)
-            logger.debug("READ: $byteRead")
-            if (isPsh.get()) {
+            val bytesRead = channel.read(buffer)
+            if (bytesRead > 0) {
+                logger.debug("READ: $bytesRead")
+            }
+            if (isPsh.get() && buffer.position() == 0) {
+                logger.warn("PSH received but haven't received any data yet, still waiting")
+            }
+            if (isPsh.get() && buffer.position() > 0) {
                 isPsh.set(false)
                 logger.debug("PSH received, returning from read before buffer full")
                 break