diff --git a/src/commons/constants.rs b/src/commons/constants.rs
index c5a4293..85b99c0 100644
--- a/src/commons/constants.rs
+++ b/src/commons/constants.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ pub const LOG_REFRESH_DELAY_SEC: u64 = 60;
 pub const POLL_TIMEOUT: Option<Duration> = Some(Duration::from_millis(500));
 /// We start syncing blocks only when we got 4 and more connected nodes
 pub const MIN_CONNECTED_NODES_START_SYNC: usize = 4;
+pub const MAX_READ_BLOCK_TIME: u128 = 100;
 pub const MAX_RECONNECTS: u32 = 5;
 pub const MAX_IDLE_SECONDS: u64 = 180;
 pub const MAX_NODES: usize = 15;
diff --git a/src/p2p/network.rs b/src/p2p/network.rs
index 7f01c25..b28b8af 100644
--- a/src/p2p/network.rs
+++ b/src/p2p/network.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Read, Write};
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Shutdown, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use std::time::Instant;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use std::{io, thread};
 
 use byteorder::{BigEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
@@ -692,14 +692,47 @@ fn decode_message(data: &[u8], cipher: &Option<Chacha>) -> Result<Vec<u8>, chach
 }
 
 fn read_message(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+    let instant = Instant::now();
     let data_size = (stream.read_u16::<BigEndian>()? ^ 0xAAAA) as usize;
     if data_size == 0 {
         return Err(io::Error::from(ErrorKind::InvalidInput));
     }
 
     let mut buf = vec![0u8; data_size];
-    stream.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
-    Ok(buf)
+    let mut bytes_read = 0;
+    let delay = Duration::from_millis(2);
+    loop {
+        match stream.read(&mut buf[bytes_read..]) {
+            Ok(bytes) => {
+                bytes_read += bytes;
+                if bytes_read == data_size {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            // Would block "errors" are the OS's way of saying that the connection is not actually ready to perform this I/O operation.
+            Err(ref err) if would_block(err) => {
+                // We give every connection no more than 100ms to read a message
+                if instant.elapsed().as_millis() < MAX_READ_BLOCK_TIME {
+                    // We need to sleep a bit, otherwise it can eat CPU
+                    thread::sleep(delay);
+                    continue;
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            },
+            Err(ref err) if interrupted(err) => continue,
+            // Other errors we'll consider fatal.
+            Err(e) => {
+                debug!("Error reading message, only {}/{} bytes read", bytes_read, data_size);
+                return Err(e)
+            },
+        }
+    }
+    if buf.len() == data_size {
+        Ok(buf)
+    } else {
+        Err(io::Error::from(ErrorKind::WouldBlock))
+    }
 }
 
 /// Sends one byte [garbage_size], [random bytes], and [public_key]
@@ -803,3 +836,11 @@ fn send_message(connection: &mut TcpStream, data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
     connection.write_all(&buf)?;
     connection.flush()
 }
+
+fn would_block(err: &io::Error) -> bool {
+    err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock
+}
+
+fn interrupted(err: &io::Error) -> bool {
+    err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::Interrupted
+}
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