diff --git a/gosmee/client.go b/gosmee/client.go
index 4a1ea22..5c9c810 100644
--- a/gosmee/client.go
+++ b/gosmee/client.go
@@ -289,6 +289,13 @@ func (c goSmee) clientSetup() error {
 			return
 		}
 
+		if string(msg.Event) == "ping" {
+			return
+		} /* Apparently github sends
+		 * a ping every minute but it's not
+		 * documented anywhere for some reason
+		 */
+
 		pm, err := c.parse(now, msg.Data)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout,