diff --git a/CollabVMAgent/Program.cs b/CollabVMAgent/Program.cs
index a94b2e9..d3c3083 100644
--- a/CollabVMAgent/Program.cs
+++ b/CollabVMAgent/Program.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace CollabVMAgent
 
         static readonly string UploadsFolder = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE") + @"\Desktop";
         static MessagePackSerializer serializer = MessagePackSerializer.Get<ProtocolMessage>();
+        static VirtIOSerial vio;
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
             if (!IsAdmin())
@@ -31,8 +32,16 @@ namespace CollabVMAgent
 #if DEBUG
             Console.WriteLine("Starting CollabVM Agent in Debug mode");
 #endif
-            VirtIOSerial vio = new VirtIOSerial();
+            vio = new VirtIOSerial();
             vio.Data += OnData;
+            if (vio.WriteMsg(new ProtocolMessage{
+                Operation = ProtocolOperation.NOP
+            }))
+            {
+#if DEBUG
+                Console.WriteLine("Wrote NOP");
+#endif
+            }
             Thread.Sleep(-1);
         }
 
@@ -79,6 +88,20 @@ namespace CollabVMAgent
                         }
                         break;
                     }
+                case ProtocolOperation.NOP:
+                    {
+                        if (vio.WriteMsg(new ProtocolMessage
+                        {
+                            Operation = ProtocolOperation.NOP
+                        }))
+                        {
+#if DEBUG
+                            Console.WriteLine("Wrote NOP");
+#endif
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    }
+
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/CollabVMAgent/Protocol.cs b/CollabVMAgent/Protocol.cs
index 35abd63..344bd3f 100644
--- a/CollabVMAgent/Protocol.cs
+++ b/CollabVMAgent/Protocol.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace CollabVMAgent.Protocol
     public enum ProtocolOperation : ushort
     {
         UploadFile = 0,
-        ACK = 1
+        ACK = 1,
+        NOP = 2,
     }
 }
diff --git a/CollabVMAgent/VirtIOSerial.cs b/CollabVMAgent/VirtIOSerial.cs
index 971c919..b2fd450 100644
--- a/CollabVMAgent/VirtIOSerial.cs
+++ b/CollabVMAgent/VirtIOSerial.cs
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ namespace CollabVMAgent
 #if DEBUG
                 Console.WriteLine($"Reported payload size: {size}");
 #endif
+                if (size == 0)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 // Read the message
                 uint position = 0;
                 byte[] buf = new byte[COPY_BUFFER_SIZE];