diff --git a/afsk/main.c b/afsk/main.c
index 9fce2d3a..2e31b9a6 100644
--- a/afsk/main.c
+++ b/afsk/main.c
@@ -1376,9 +1376,10 @@ void get_tlm_fox() {
           //  int retry = FALSE;
           while ((millis() < waitTime) && !end) {
             int chars = (char) serialDataAvail(uart_fd);
-	    printf("Chars: %d\n", chars);
-            while ((chars--> 0) && !end) {
-              c = (char) serialGetchar(uart_fd);
+            while ((chars > 0) && !end) {
+	      printf("Chars: %d\n", chars);
+	      chars--;
+	      c = (char) serialGetchar(uart_fd);
               //	printf ("%c", c);
               //	fflush(stdout);
               if (c != '\n') {