diff --git a/source/birchwood/client/receiver.d b/source/birchwood/client/receiver.d
index 534b402..cc9aa25 100644
--- a/source/birchwood/client/receiver.d
+++ b/source/birchwood/client/receiver.d
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import core.thread : Thread, dur;
 
 import std.container.slist : SList;
 import core.sync.mutex : Mutex;
+import core.sync.condition : Condition;
 
 import eventy : EventyEvent = Event;
 
@@ -39,11 +40,10 @@ public final class ReceiverThread : Thread
     private Mutex recvQueueLock;
 
     /** 
-     * The libsnooze event to await on which
-     * when we wake up signals a new message
-     * to be processed and received
+     * Condition variable for waking
+     * up receive queue reader
      */
-    private Event receiveEvent;
+    private Condition recvQueueCond;
 
     /** 
      * The associated IRC client
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ public final class ReceiverThread : Thread
     {
         super(&recvHandlerFunc);
         this.client = client;
-        this.receiveEvent = new Event();
         this.recvQueueLock = new Mutex();
-        this.receiveEvent.ensure(this);
+        this.recvQueueCond = new Condition(this.recvQueueLock);
     }
 
     /** 
@@ -84,14 +83,11 @@ public final class ReceiverThread : Thread
         /* Add to queue */
         recvQueue.insertAfter(recvQueue[], encodedMessage);
 
+        /* Wake the sleeping message handler */
+        recvQueueCond.notify();
+
         /* Unlock queue */
         recvQueueLock.unlock();
-
-        /** 
-         * Wake up all threads waiting on this event
-         * (if any, and if so it would only be the receiver)
-         */
-        receiveEvent.notifyAll();
     }
 
     /** 
@@ -108,34 +104,12 @@ public final class ReceiverThread : Thread
     {
         while(client.isRunning())
         {
-            // TODO: We could look at libsnooze wait starvation or mutex racing (future thought)
-
-            try
-            {
-                receiveEvent.wait();
-            }
-            catch(InterruptedException e)
-            {
-                version(unittest)
-                {
-                    writeln("wait() interrupted");
-                }
-                continue;
-            }
-            catch(FatalException e)
-            {
-                // TODO: This should crash and end
-                version(unittest)
-                {
-                    writeln("wait() had a FATAL error!!!!!!!!!!!");
-                }
-                continue;
-            }
-                        
-
-            /* Lock the receieve queue */
+            /* Lock the queue */
             recvQueueLock.lock();
 
+            /* Sleep till woken (new message) */
+            recvQueueCond.wait(); // TODO: Check SyncError?
+
             /* Parsed messages */
             SList!(Message) currentMessageQueue;
 
@@ -237,14 +211,16 @@ public final class ReceiverThread : Thread
      */
     public void end()
     {
-        // TODO: See above notes about libsnooze behaviour due
-        // ... to usage in our context
-        receiveEvent.notifyAll();
+        /* Lock the queue */
+        recvQueueLock.lock();
+
+        /* Wake up sleeping thread (so it can exit) */
+        recvQueueCond.notify();
+
+        /* Unlock the queue */
+        recvQueueLock.unlock();
 
         // Wait on the manager thread to end
         join();
-
-        // Dispose the eventy event (TODO: We could do this then join for same effect)
-        receiveEvent.dispose();
     }
 }
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