diff --git a/afsk/main.c b/afsk/main.c
index 17663030..907a0b9d 100644
--- a/afsk/main.c
+++ b/afsk/main.c
@@ -1260,6 +1260,12 @@ void get_tlm_fox() {
         printf("Clearing buffer of %d chars \n", charss);
         while ((charss--> 0))
           c = (char) serialGetchar(uart_fd); // clear buffer
+	      
+        charss = (char) serialDataAvail(uart_fd);
+        if (charss != 0)
+        printf("Clearing buffer of %d chars \n", charss);
+        while ((charss--> 0))
+          c = (char) serialGetchar(uart_fd); // clear buffer
 
         unsigned int waitTime;
         int i = 0;