diff --git a/awesome-client.c b/awesome-client.c
index d7f14093..0615db07 100644
--- a/awesome-client.c
+++ b/awesome-client.c
@@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
             }
         }
         if(msg_len > 1)
+        {
             ret_value = send_msg(msg, msg_len);
+            recv_msg();
+        }
         p_delete(&msg);
     }
 
diff --git a/lua.c b/lua.c
index 7c8329b8..0c03a859 100644
--- a/lua.c
+++ b/lua.c
@@ -819,9 +819,9 @@ luaA_cb(EV_P_ ev_io *w, int revents)
 
         s = lua_tolstring(globalconf.L, -1, &len);
 
-        /* ignore ENOENT because the client doesn't create a socket for non-tty */
-        if (send(w->fd, s, len, 0) == -1 && errno != ENOENT)
-            warn("can't connect to client UNIX domain socket: %s", strerror(errno));
+        /* ignore ENOENT because the client may not read */
+        if (send(w->fd, s, len, 0) == -1) && errno != ENOENT)
+            warn("can't send back to client via domain socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 
         lua_pop(globalconf.L, 1); /* pop the string */
     }