diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jagrosh/discordipc/IPCClient.java b/src/main/java/com/jagrosh/discordipc/IPCClient.java
index dd828e0..615a816 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jagrosh/discordipc/IPCClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jagrosh/discordipc/IPCClient.java
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ private void startReading() {
         }, "IPCClient-Reader");
 
         System.out.println("Starting IPCClient reading thread!");
-        readThread.setDaemon(true);
         readThread.start();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jagrosh/discordipc/entities/pipe/Pipe.java b/src/main/java/com/jagrosh/discordipc/entities/pipe/Pipe.java
index 5f22d44..282a3a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jagrosh/discordipc/entities/pipe/Pipe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jagrosh/discordipc/entities/pipe/Pipe.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public static Pipe openPipe(IPCClient ipcClient, long clientId, HashMap<String,
                 Packet p = pipe.read(); // this is a valid client at this point
 
                 final JSONObject data = p.getJson().getJSONObject("data");
-                final JSONObject userData = p.getJson().getJSONObject("user");
+                final JSONObject userData = data.getJSONObject("user");
 
                 pipe.build = DiscordBuild.from(data
                         .getJSONObject("config")