diff --git a/gclc/src/main/java/net/bigeon/gclc/utils/ReadingRunnable.java b/gclc/src/main/java/net/bigeon/gclc/utils/ReadingRunnable.java
index 812205e..d191c87 100644
--- a/gclc/src/main/java/net/bigeon/gclc/utils/ReadingRunnable.java
+++ b/gclc/src/main/java/net/bigeon/gclc/utils/ReadingRunnable.java
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ public final class ReadingRunnable implements Runnable {
      * @throws IOException if the pipe is closed */
     public String getMessage() throws IOException {
         synchronized (lock) {
+            if (!messages.isEmpty()) {
+                return messages.poll();
+            }
             if (!running) {
                 throw new IOException(CLOSED_PIPE);
             }
@@ -164,6 +167,9 @@ public final class ReadingRunnable implements Runnable {
      * @throws IOException if the input was closed */
     public String getNextMessage(final long timeout) throws IOException {
         synchronized (lock) {
+            if (!messages.isEmpty()) {
+                return messages.poll();
+            }
             if (!running) {
                 throw new IOException(CLOSED_PIPE);
             }
diff --git a/gclc/src/test/java/net/bigeon/gclc/manager/ReadingRunnableTest.java b/gclc/src/test/java/net/bigeon/gclc/manager/ReadingRunnableTest.java
index d41a52a..ec47eb8 100644
--- a/gclc/src/test/java/net/bigeon/gclc/manager/ReadingRunnableTest.java
+++ b/gclc/src/test/java/net/bigeon/gclc/manager/ReadingRunnableTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
  */
 package net.bigeon.gclc.manager;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 /*-
  * #%L
  * Generic Command Ligne console
@@ -75,12 +76,15 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PipedInputStream;
 import java.io.PipedOutputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -131,13 +135,13 @@ public class ReadingRunnableTest {
             final ReadingRunnable runnable = new ReadingRunnable(reader);
             final Thread th0 = new Thread(runnable, "read");
             th0.start();
-            Thread th = new Thread(new Runnable() {
+            final Thread th = new Thread(new Runnable() {
 
                 @Override
                 public void run() {
                     try {
                         runnable.waitForDelivery("msg");
-                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
                         // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                         e.printStackTrace();
                     }
@@ -186,4 +190,36 @@ public class ReadingRunnableTest {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Test method for {@link net.bigeon.gclc.utils.ReadingRunnable#hasMessage()}.
+     * 
+     * @throws IOException if an error occurred
+     * @throws InterruptedException if an error occured in the reading thread */
+    @Test
+    public final void testGetPendingMessages() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+
+        final PipedOutputStream out = new PipedOutputStream();
+        final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new PipedInputStream(out), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        final ReadingRunnable runnable = new ReadingRunnable(reader);
+        final BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        writer.write("one");
+        writer.newLine();
+        writer.write("two");
+        writer.close();
+        out.close();
+
+        final Thread th = new Thread(runnable);
+        th.start();
+        th.join();
+
+        assertEquals("Pending messages should be retrievable", "one",
+                runnable.getMessage());
+        assertEquals("Pending messages should be retrievable", "two",
+                runnable.getMessage());
+        try {
+            runnable.getMessage();
+            fail("reading from closed runnable");
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
+            // ok
+        }
+    }
 }