diff --git a/resources/site-packages/pulsar/daemon.py b/resources/site-packages/pulsar/daemon.py
index e6b4d2caf..d7891e8bf 100644
--- a/resources/site-packages/pulsar/daemon.py
+++ b/resources/site-packages/pulsar/daemon.py
@@ -137,15 +137,17 @@ def pulsard_thread(monitor):
                 # read. We count on the fact that Pulsar daemon flushes its log
                 # output on \n, creating a pretty clean output
                 import fcntl
+                import select
                 fd = proc.stdout.fileno()
                 fl = fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_GETFL)
                 fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFL, fl | os.O_NONBLOCK)
                 while proc.poll() is None:
-                    try:
-                        log.info(proc.stdout.readline())
-                        continue
-                    except IOError:
-                        time.sleep(1) # nothing to read, sleep
+                    to_read, _, _ = select.select([proc.stdout], [], [])
+                    for obj in to_read:
+                        line = obj.readline()
+                        if line == "": # write end is closed
+                            break
+                        log.info(line)
 
             if proc.returncode == 0 or xbmc.abortRequested:
                 break