diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index f89e565..839e65c 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def start_mqtt_publishers():
                 # Gets whatever the last Art-Net packet we received is
                 artNetPacket = artNet.readPacket()
                 # Make sure we actually *have* a packet
-                if artNetPacket is not None and artNetPacket.data is not None:
+                if artNetPacket is not None:
                     #Checks to see if the current packet is for the specified DMX Universe
                     dmxPacket = artNetPacket.data
                     for i in range(512):
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ def start_mqtt_publishers():
                             # Publish the DMX value to the MQTT topic
                             mqtt_client.publish(topic, str(dmxPacket[i-1]))
                         except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                            break    
-                time.sleep(0.01)                        
+                            break                      
             except Exception as e:
                 print(e)
             except KeyboardInterrupt: