diff --git a/cosmic-applet-audio/src/pulse.rs b/cosmic-applet-audio/src/pulse.rs
index dce58852..8c724cb2 100644
--- a/cosmic-applet-audio/src/pulse.rs
+++ b/cosmic-applet-audio/src/pulse.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ impl PulseHandle {
                 loop {
                     // This is where the we match messages from the GUI to pass to the pulse server
                     let mut msgs = Vec::new();
+
+                    if let Some(msg) = to_pulse_recv.recv().await {
+                        msgs.push(msg);
+                    }
                     while let Ok(msg) = to_pulse_recv.try_recv() {
                         msgs.push(msg);
                     }