diff --git a/src/common/network/RawFrameQueue.cpp b/src/common/network/RawFrameQueue.cpp
index 1f85d1d8..c0f2643f 100644
--- a/src/common/network/RawFrameQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/common/network/RawFrameQueue.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "network/udp/Socket.h"
 #include "Log.h"
 #include "Utils.h"
+#include "Thread.h"
 
 using namespace network;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ using namespace network;
 //  Static Class Members
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-std::mutex RawFrameQueue::m_flushMutex;
+std::mutex RawFrameQueue::m_queueMutex;
+bool RawFrameQueue::m_queueFlushing = false;
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Public Class Members
@@ -114,6 +116,13 @@ void RawFrameQueue::enqueueMessage(const uint8_t* message, uint32_t length, sock
     assert(message != nullptr);
     assert(length > 0U);
 
+    // if the queue is flushing -- don't attempt to enqueue any messages
+    if (m_queueFlushing) {
+        LogWarning(LOG_NET, "RawFrameQueue::enqueueMessage() -- queue is flushing, waiting to enqueue message");
+        while (m_queueFlushing)
+            Thread::sleep(1U);
+    }
+
     uint8_t* buffer = new uint8_t[length];
     ::memset(buffer, 0x00U, length);
     ::memcpy(buffer, message, length);
@@ -135,7 +144,8 @@ void RawFrameQueue::enqueueMessage(const uint8_t* message, uint32_t length, sock
 bool RawFrameQueue::flushQueue()
 {
     bool ret = true;
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_flushMutex);
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_queueMutex);
+    m_queueFlushing = true;
 
     if (m_buffers.empty()) {
         return false;
@@ -156,6 +166,7 @@ bool RawFrameQueue::flushQueue()
     }
 
     deleteBuffers();
+    m_queueFlushing = false;
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/network/RawFrameQueue.h b/src/common/network/RawFrameQueue.h
index f0d6671f..b7317afb 100644
--- a/src/common/network/RawFrameQueue.h
+++ b/src/common/network/RawFrameQueue.h
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ namespace network
         uint32_t m_addrLen;
         udp::Socket* m_socket;
 
-        static std::mutex m_flushMutex;
+        static std::mutex m_queueMutex;
+        static bool m_queueFlushing;
         udp::BufferVector m_buffers;
 
         uint32_t m_failedReadCnt;
diff --git a/src/fne/network/FNENetwork.cpp b/src/fne/network/FNENetwork.cpp
index 721a231c..527c2176 100644
--- a/src/fne/network/FNENetwork.cpp
+++ b/src/fne/network/FNENetwork.cpp
@@ -2594,7 +2594,7 @@ bool FNENetwork::writePeerACK(uint32_t peerId, uint32_t streamId, const uint8_t*
     }
 
     return writePeer(peerId, { NET_FUNC::ACK, NET_SUBFUNC::NOP }, buffer, length + 10U, RTP_END_OF_CALL_SEQ, streamId, 
-        false);
+        false, false, true);
 }
 
 /* Helper to log a warning specifying which NAK reason is being sent a peer. */