diff --git a/src/engine/shared/fifoconsole.cpp b/src/engine/shared/fifoconsole.cpp
index a6b253617..057362a38 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/fifoconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/shared/fifoconsole.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ void FifoConsole::ListenFifoThread(void *pUser)
 {
 	FifoConsole *pData = (FifoConsole *)pUser;
 
-	if (!pData->m_pFifoFile || str_comp(pData->m_pFifoFile, "") == 0)
-		return;
+	while (!pData->m_pFifoFile || str_comp(pData->m_pFifoFile, "") == 0)
+		thread_sleep(1000);
 
 	mkfifo(pData->m_pFifoFile, 0600);