diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -511,7 +511,16 @@ int interactiveTest(int test, struct gen
      case 5:
        distrend_listen(geninfo->config, &clients);
        while(1)
-	 distrend_accept(geninfo->config, clients);
+	 {
+	   distrend_accept(geninfo->config, clients);
+	   /*
+	     code for reading data from clients either goes here or in distrend_accept().
+	     it might make sense for us to just pass the distrend_accept() function a
+	     callback which can handle packets or to have a generic packet handling
+	     subsystem which gathers data into groups defined by by packet.h and then
+	     passed onto the callback.
+	   */
+	 }
        break;
        
      case 0: