diff --git a/onyx/include/common.php b/onyx/include/common.php
index 6b293188..dc38c1d8 100644
--- a/onyx/include/common.php
+++ b/onyx/include/common.php
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ function pipe_backend_scheduler($instruct)
   $socket = socket_create(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
   if (is_writable($VAR["scheduler_socket"]) && socket_connect($socket, $VAR["scheduler_socket"]))
   {
-    socket_write($socket, $instruct);
+    socket_write($socket, $instruct."\r\n") or die(socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
+    sleep(1);
+    socket_shutdown($socket);
     socket_close($socket);
   }
   else if(defined("DEBUG") && DEBUG)