diff --git a/plutus-streaming/src/Plutus/Streaming.hs b/plutus-streaming/src/Plutus/Streaming.hs
index 94d37f0ebe..5928f6dd4d 100644
--- a/plutus-streaming/src/Plutus/Streaming.hs
+++ b/plutus-streaming/src/Plutus/Streaming.hs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import Cardano.Api.ChainSync.Client (ClientStIdle (SendMsgDone, SendMsgFindInter
                                      ClientStIntersect (ClientStIntersect, recvMsgIntersectFound, recvMsgIntersectNotFound),
                                      ClientStNext (ClientStNext, recvMsgRollBackward, recvMsgRollForward))
 import Control.Concurrent.Async (withAsync)
-import Control.Concurrent.STM (TChan, atomically, newBroadcastTChanIO, readTChan, writeTChan)
+import Control.Concurrent.STM (TChan, atomically, dupTChan, newBroadcastTChanIO, readTChan, writeTChan)
 import Control.Exception (Exception, throw)
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
 import Streaming (Of, Stream)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ withSimpleChainSyncEventStream socketPath networkId point consumer = do
   -- The chain-sync client runs in a different thread and it will send us
   -- block through this channel.
   chan <- newBroadcastTChanIO
+  readerChannel <- atomically $ dupTChan chan
 
   let client = chainSyncStreamingClient point chan
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ withSimpleChainSyncEventStream socketPath networkId point consumer = do
   -- waiting on the channel we get a BlockedIndefinitelyOnMVar right away
   -- before the exception that killed the client
   withAsync clientThread $ \_ -> do
-    consumer $ S.repeatM $ atomically (readTChan chan)
+    consumer $ S.repeatM $ atomically (readTChan readerChannel)
 
 -- | `chainSyncStreamingClient` is the client that connects to a local node
 -- and runs the chain-sync mini-protocol.