diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/networking/input/InputSocketHandler.cpp b/FlippR-Driver/networking/input/InputSocketHandler.cpp
index 376ecc0..baa69ee 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/networking/input/InputSocketHandler.cpp
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/networking/input/InputSocketHandler.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void InputSocketHandler::run()
       return;
     }
 
-    std::string str = event.getJsonString() +   std::string(1, 0x02 ) ;
+    std::string str = event.getJsonString() +  std::string(1, 0x02 ) ;
 
 
     this->socket().sendBytes(str.c_str(), str.size());
diff --git a/cli/FlippR_Networking.py b/cli/FlippR_Networking.py
index eff4b07..44f587e 100644
--- a/cli/FlippR_Networking.py
+++ b/cli/FlippR_Networking.py
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ class Networking:
     def getInputEvent(self):
         header = list()
         while b'\x02' not in header:
-            bla = self.input_socket.recv(1)
-            header.append(bla)
-        s = ""
-        for x in header:
-            s += x.decode('utf8')
+            byte = self.input_socket.recv(1)
+            header.append(byte)
+        header = [x.decode('utf8') for x in header[:-1]]
 
-        return s
+        return str().join(header)