diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 9bf91eb..d65cfdb 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ let srv = net.createServer(function(socket: net.Socket) {
 	}
 	let addr = a.address;
 	socket.on('data', function(data: Buffer | string) {
+		if (data[0] === 'P'.charCodeAt(0)) {
+			if (addr == "127.0.0.1") {
+				let p = pp.V1ProxyProtocol.parse(String(data));
+				addr = p.source.ipAddress;
+				if (typeof p.data === 'string') {
+					data = p.data;
+				}
+			} else {
+				console.log("Address " + addr + " tried to use proxy protocol.");
+			}
+		}
 		switch (data[0]) {
 			case 0x30:
 				const store = db.prepare("INSERT INTO messages VALUES (?,?,?)");
@@ -63,13 +74,6 @@ let srv = net.createServer(function(socket: net.Socket) {
 					socket.write(str);
 				});
 				return;
-			case 'P'.charCodeAt(0):
-				if (addr == "127.0.0.1") {
-					addr = pp.V1ProxyProtocol.parse(String(data)).source.ipAddress;
-				} else {
-					console.log("Address " + addr + " tried to use proxy protocol.");
-				}
-				return;
 		}
 		console.log(addr + "???" + data[0]);
 	});