diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Serial.java b/app/src/processing/app/Serial.java
index 858c6e276..c1caaec4a 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Serial.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Serial.java
@@ -185,11 +185,8 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
       case SerialPortEvent.RXFLAG:
         try {
           byte[] bytes = port.readBytes();
-          if (bytes == null) {
-            return;
-          }
           String bytesAsString = new String(bytes);
-          if (monitor) {
+          if(monitor) {
             System.out.print(bytesAsString);
           }
           if (this.consumer != null) {
@@ -202,6 +199,7 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
   }
 
 
+
   /**
    * This will handle both ints, bytes and chars transparently.
    */