diff --git a/HubConnection.go b/HubConnection.go
index 7cb9c4f..5e6b58a 100644
--- a/HubConnection.go
+++ b/HubConnection.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (this *HubConnection) userJoined_Full(uinf *UserInfo) {
 }
 
 // SayRaw sends raw bytes over the TCP socket. Callers should add the protocol
-// terminating character `|` themselves.
+// terminating character themselves (e.g. `|` for NMDC).
 // Note that protocol messages are transmitted on the caller thread, not from
 // any internal libnmdc thread.
 func (this *HubConnection) SayRaw(protocolCommand string) error {
@@ -185,9 +185,12 @@ func (this *HubConnection) worker() {
 
 			// Attempt to parse a message block
 			for len(fullBuffer) > 0 {
+
+				// FIXME nmdc
 				for len(fullBuffer) > 0 && fullBuffer[0] == '|' {
 					fullBuffer = fullBuffer[1:]
 				}
+
 				protocolMessage := rxProtocolMessage.FindString(fullBuffer)
 				if len(protocolMessage) > 0 {
 					this.proto.ProcessCommand(protocolMessage[:len(protocolMessage)-1])