diff --git a/communication/communication.cpp b/communication/communication.cpp
index 95bf441..617f882 100644
--- a/communication/communication.cpp
+++ b/communication/communication.cpp
@@ -212,14 +212,15 @@ bool Communication::removeMessageCallback(int id) {
 
 std::shared_ptr<Message> Communication::waitForMessageSync(std::function<bool(void)> onceWaitingDo,
 	const std::shared_ptr<MessageFilter>& f, std::chrono::milliseconds timeout) {
-	std::mutex m;
+	std::mutex cvMutex;
 	std::condition_variable cv;
 	std::shared_ptr<Message> returnedMessage;
 
-	std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(m); // Don't let the callback fire until we're waiting for it
-	int cb = addMessageCallback(std::make_shared<MessageCallback>([&m, &returnedMessage, &cv](std::shared_ptr<Message> message) {
+	std::unique_lock<std::mutex> fnLk(syncMessageMutex); // Only allow for one sync message at a time
+	std::unique_lock<std::mutex> cvLk(cvMutex); // Don't let the callback fire until we're waiting for it
+	int cb = addMessageCallback(std::make_shared<MessageCallback>([&cvMutex, &returnedMessage, &cv](std::shared_ptr<Message> message) {
 		{
-			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(m);
+			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(cvMutex);
 			returnedMessage = message;
 		}
 		cv.notify_all();
@@ -228,8 +229,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<Message> Communication::waitForMessageSync(std::function<bool(vo
 	// We have now added the callback, do whatever the caller wanted to do
 	bool fail = !onceWaitingDo();
 	if(!fail)
-		cv.wait_for(lk, timeout, [&returnedMessage] { return !!returnedMessage; }); // `!!shared_ptr` checks if the ptr has a value
-	lk.unlock(); // Ensure callbacks can complete even if we didn't wait for them
+		cv.wait_for(cvLk, timeout, [&returnedMessage] { return !!returnedMessage; }); // `!!shared_ptr` checks if the ptr has a value
+	cvLk.unlock(); // Ensure callbacks can complete even if we didn't wait for them
 
 	// We don't actually check that we got a message, because either way we want to remove the callback (since it should only happen once)
 	removeMessageCallback(cb);
diff --git a/include/icsneo/communication/communication.h b/include/icsneo/communication/communication.h
index d4df8dc..87ab9b6 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/communication/communication.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/communication/communication.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ protected:
 	std::atomic<bool> redirectingRead{false};
 	std::function<void(std::vector<uint8_t>&&)> redirectionFn;
 	std::mutex redirectingReadMutex; // Don't allow read to be disabled while in the redirectionFn
+	std::mutex syncMessageMutex;
 
 	void dispatchMessage(const std::shared_ptr<Message>& msg);
 	void handleInput(Packetizer& p, std::vector<uint8_t>& readBytes);