diff --git a/kcl/kcl.go b/kcl/kcl.go
index a6f4776..86a07e4 100644
--- a/kcl/kcl.go
+++ b/kcl/kcl.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -147,23 +148,18 @@ func New(
 		ioHandler:       i,
 		recordProcessor: recordProcessor,
 
-		next:   make(chan struct{}),
-		out:    make(chan string),
-		outErr: make(chan error),
-
 		checkpoint:    make(chan SequencePair),
 		checkpointErr: make(chan error),
 	}
 }
 
 type KCLProcess struct {
+	ckpmux  sync.Mutex
+	readmux sync.Mutex
+
 	ioHandler       ioHandler
 	recordProcessor RecordProcessor
 
-	next   chan struct{}
-	out    chan string
-	outErr chan error
-
 	checkpoint    chan SequencePair
 	checkpointErr chan error
 }
@@ -192,6 +188,9 @@ func (kclp *KCLProcess) performAction(a interface{}) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (kclp *KCLProcess) handleLine(line string) error {
+	kclp.readmux.Lock()
+	defer kclp.readmux.Unlock()
+
 	action, err := kclp.ioHandler.loadAction(line)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -208,8 +207,7 @@ func (kclp *KCLProcess) Checkpoint(pair SequencePair, retryCount int) error {
 	sleepDuration := 5 * time.Second
 
 	for n := 0; n <= retryCount; n++ {
-		kclp.checkpoint <- pair
-		err := <-kclp.checkpointErr
+		err := kclp.processCheckpoint(pair)
 		if err == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -242,6 +240,9 @@ func (kclp *KCLProcess) Shutdown() {
 }
 
 func (kclp *KCLProcess) processCheckpoint(pair SequencePair) error {
+	kclp.ckpmux.Lock()
+	defer kclp.ckpmux.Unlock()
+
 	var seq *string
 	var subSeq *int
 	if !pair.IsEmpty() { // an empty pair is a signal to shutdown
@@ -272,44 +273,22 @@ func (kclp *KCLProcess) processCheckpoint(pair SequencePair) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (kclp *KCLProcess) startLineProcessor(
-	next chan struct{}, out chan string, outErr chan error,
-	checkpoint chan SequencePair, checkpointErr chan error,
-) {
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-next:
-				line, err := kclp.ioHandler.readLine()
-				if err == nil {
-					if line == "" {
-						err = fmt.Errorf("Empty read line recieved")
-					}
-					err = kclp.handleLine(line)
-				}
-				outErr <- err
-			case pair := <-checkpoint:
-				err := kclp.processCheckpoint(pair)
-				checkpointErr <- err
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-}
-
-func (kclp *KCLProcess) processNextLine() error {
-	kclp.next <- struct{}{} // We're ready for a new line
-
-	return <-kclp.outErr
-}
-
 func (kclp *KCLProcess) Run() {
-	kclp.startLineProcessor(kclp.next, kclp.out, kclp.outErr, kclp.checkpoint, kclp.checkpointErr)
 	for {
-		err := kclp.processNextLine()
+		line, err := kclp.ioHandler.readLine()
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			kclp.ioHandler.writeError("IO stream closed")
 			return
 		} else if err != nil {
+			kclp.ioHandler.writeError(fmt.Sprintf("ERR Read line: %+#v", err))
+			return
+		} else if line == "" {
+			kclp.ioHandler.writeError("Empty read line recieved")
+			return
+		}
+
+		err = kclp.handleLine(line)
+		if err != nil {
 			kclp.ioHandler.writeError(fmt.Sprintf("ERR Handle line: %+#v", err))
 			return
 		}