diff --git a/src/Meshcore.php b/src/Meshcore.php
index cc12ad4..458c918 100644
--- a/src/Meshcore.php
+++ b/src/Meshcore.php
@@ -351,11 +351,13 @@ class Meshcore {
             $response = CoreProtocol::readFrame($this->serial);
             $obj = CoreParser::parseResponse($response);
 
+            echo "D: got a " . get_class($obj) . ", was expecting $class_expected\n";
+            
             if( !is_a($obj, $class_expected) ) {
                 array_push($this->msg_queue, $obj);
             }
         }
-        while((time() - $mark) < 5000 || is_a($obj, $class_expected));
+        while((time() - $mark) < 5 || is_a($obj, $class_expected));
 
         return (is_a($obj, $class_expected))?$obj:null;
     }