diff --git a/example/Cargo.toml b/example/Cargo.toml
index 5b56ee1f..1e8247d9 100644
--- a/example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/example/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ byteorder = "1.3.2"
 log = "0.4.6"
 simple-logging = "2.0.2"
 nix = "0.23.0"
+ttrpc = { path = "../", features = ["async"] }
 ctrlc = { version = "3.0", features = ["termination"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["signal", "time"] }
+async-trait = "0.1.42"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["signal", "time"]}
-async-trait = {version="0.1.42"}
-ttrpc = { path = "../", features = ["async"] }
 
 [[example]]
 name = "client"
diff --git a/src/sync/sys/windows/net.rs b/src/sync/sys/windows/net.rs
index ef06b3fa..c3b23c30 100644
--- a/src/sync/sys/windows/net.rs
+++ b/src/sync/sys/windows/net.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ pub struct PipeConnection {
 // "In this situation, there is no way to know which operation caused the object's state to be signaled."
 impl PipeConnection {
     pub(crate) fn new(h: isize) -> PipeConnection {
-
         trace!("creating events for thread {:?} on pipe instance {}", std::thread::current().id(), h as i32);
         let read_event = unsafe { CreateEventW(std::ptr::null_mut(), 0, 1, std::ptr::null_mut()) };
         let write_event = unsafe { CreateEventW(std::ptr::null_mut(), 0, 1, std::ptr::null_mut()) };
@@ -185,6 +184,7 @@ impl PipeConnection {
     }
 
     pub fn read(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+        trace!("starting read for thread {:?} on pipe instance {}", std::thread::current().id(), self.named_pipe as i32);
         let ol = Overlapped::new_with_event(self.read_event);
 
         let len = std::cmp::min(buf.len(), u32::MAX as usize) as u32;
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ impl PipeConnection {
     }
 
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
+        trace!("starting write for thread {:?} on pipe instance {}", std::thread::current().id(), self.named_pipe as i32);
         let ol = Overlapped::new_with_event(self.write_event);
         let mut bytes_written= 0;
         let len = std::cmp::min(buf.len(), u32::MAX as usize) as u32;
diff --git a/tests/sync-test.rs b/tests/sync-test.rs
index 47f3ef89..87b69c74 100644
--- a/tests/sync-test.rs
+++ b/tests/sync-test.rs
@@ -1,24 +1,46 @@
-use std::{process::Command, time::Duration};
+use std::{process::{Command}, time::Duration, io::{BufReader, BufRead}};
 
 #[test]
 fn run_sync_example() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // start the server and give it a moment to start.
-    let server = run_example("server").spawn();
+    let mut server = run_example("server").spawn().unwrap();
     std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));
 
-    let client = run_example("client").spawn();
+    let mut client = run_example("client").spawn().unwrap();
     let mut client_succeeded = false;
-    match client.unwrap().wait() {
-        Ok(status) => {
-            client_succeeded = status.success();
+    let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let timeout = Duration::from_secs(600);
+    loop {
+        if start.elapsed() > timeout {
+            println!("Running the client timed out. output:");
+            client.kill().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                println!("This may occur on Windows if the process has exited: {}", e);
+            });
+            let output = client.stdout.unwrap();
+            BufReader::new(output).lines().for_each(|line| {
+                println!("{}", line.unwrap());
+            });
+            break;
         }
-        Err(e) => {
-            println!("Error: {e}");
+
+        match client.try_wait() {
+            Ok(Some(status)) => {
+                client_succeeded = status.success();
+                break;
+            }
+            Ok(None) => {
+                // still running
+                continue;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("Error: {e}");
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }
-
+   
     // be sure to clean up the server, the client should have run to completion
-    server.unwrap().kill()?;
+    server.kill()?;
     assert!(client_succeeded);
     Ok(())
 }