diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbeb1c04..39548434 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 *.egg-info
 */__pycache__/
-dist/
\ No newline at end of file
+dist/
+.venv
+venv/
+venv.bak/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deepgram/_version.py b/deepgram/_version.py
index 13a85f77..44b18069 100644
--- a/deepgram/_version.py
+++ b/deepgram/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.2.5'
+__version__ = '0.2.6'
diff --git a/deepgram/transcription.py b/deepgram/transcription.py
index 5537d198..836ba9c5 100644
--- a/deepgram/transcription.py
+++ b/deepgram/transcription.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ async def __call__(
 
 class LiveTranscription:
     _root = "/listen"
+    MESSAGE_TIMEOUT = 1.0
 
     def __init__(self, options: Options,
                  transcription_options: LiveOptions) -> None:
@@ -65,8 +66,16 @@ async def __call__(self) -> 'LiveTranscription':
     async def _start(self) -> None:
         asyncio.create_task(self._receiver())
         self._ping_handlers(LiveTranscriptionEvent.OPEN, self)
+
         while not self.done:
-            incoming, body = await self._queue.get()
+            try:
+                incoming, body = await asyncio.wait_for(self._queue.get(), self.MESSAGE_TIMEOUT)
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                if self._socket.closed:
+                    self.done = True
+                    break
+                continue
+
             if incoming:
                 try:
                     parsed: Union[
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ async def _receiver(self) -> None:
                 body = await self._socket.recv()
                 self._queue.put_nowait((True, body))
             except Exception as exc:
-                pass  # socket closed, will terminate on next loop
+                self.done = True # socket closed, will terminate on next loop
 
     def _ping_handlers(self, event_type: LiveTranscriptionEvent,
                        body: Any) -> None: