diff --git a/exec/load/irclib.js b/exec/load/irclib.js
index 53d466efacfe63ac5605765b37b5303c4e78f61e..3d54cd44108ac2874146bed2aba223119ed1cb85 100644
--- a/exec/load/irclib.js
+++ b/exec/load/irclib.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function IRC_quit(server,reason) {
 	/* wait up to 5 seconds for server to disconnect */
 	var start=time();
 	while(server.is_connected && time()-start<5)
-		mswait(500);
+		while(my_server.poll(500) && (response=my_server.recvline()))
 }
 
 // This will create a 'default mask' when given a complete user@host string.