diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 3c54180..6ed5c0d 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ class bot(bare.bot):
         if self.queue:
             return bytes(self.queue.pop(0))
         data = bytes(self.sock.recv(2048))
-        while !data.endswith(b"\r\n")
+        while not data.endswith(b"\r\n"):
             data += bytes(self.sock.recv(2048))
-        data.rstrip(b"\r\n")
+        data = bytes(data.strip(b"\r\n"))
         if b"\r\n" in data:
             self.queue.extend(data.split(b"\r\n"))
             return bytes(self.queue.pop(0))
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 07c5205..432e23b 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ipbl = DNSBLIpChecker()
 hsbl = DNSBLDomainChecker()
 
 load_dotenv()
-__version__ = "v3.0.13"
+__version__ = "v3.0.14"
 npbase: str = (
     "\[\x0303last\.fm\x03\] [A-Za-z0-9_[\]{}\\|\-^]{1,$MAX} (is listening|last listened) to: \x02.+ - .*\x02( \([0-9]+ plays\)( \[.*\])?)?"  # pyright: ignore [reportInvalidStringEscapeSequence]
 )