diff --git a/src/send.rs b/src/send.rs
index 2ab9839..9d84f38 100644
--- a/src/send.rs
+++ b/src/send.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 use std::net::UdpSocket;
 use std::io;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time;
 
 pub fn send(host: &str, message: &str, iters: u32) -> io::Result<()> {
     let socket = UdpSocket::bind("0.0.0.0:0").expect("Failed to bind socket");
+    socket.connect(host).expect("Connect failed");
+    socket.set_nonblocking(true).expect("Failed to set socket as non-blocking");
     let packet_size = 1080;
 
     let message = String::from(message);
@@ -11,8 +15,12 @@ pub fn send(host: &str, message: &str, iters: u32) -> io::Result<()> {
 
 
     for _ in 0..iters {
-        match socket.send_to(buf.as_bytes(), host) {
+        match socket.send(buf.as_bytes()) {
             Ok(_) => (),
+            Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
+                println!("send_to would have blocked");
+                thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_nanos(1));
+            },
             Err(e) => eprintln!("Failed to send message: {}", e),
         }
     }