diff --git a/feed-to-muc.go b/feed-to-muc.go
index 508740e..cbd1232 100644
--- a/feed-to-muc.go
+++ b/feed-to-muc.go
@@ -16,9 +16,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mattn/go-xmpp"
 )
 
+// Variables defined globally as they are used by functions pingMUC
+// and processStanzas.
+var (
+	id           string
+	err          error
+	pingSent     time.Time
+	pingReceived bool
+)
+
 func main() {
 
-	var err error
 	var configPath, configFile string
 
 	type configuration struct {
@@ -132,6 +140,9 @@ func main() {
 	// Starting goroutine to ping the MUC every 30 seconds.
 	go pingMUC(client, config.BotJid, config.Muc, config.MucNick)
 
+	// Starting goroutine to process received stanzas.
+	go processStanzas(client)
+
 	for {
 		// Check all configured feeds for new articles and send
 		// new articles to configured MUC.
@@ -163,59 +174,22 @@ func pingMUC(client *xmpp.Client, botJid string, Muc string, MucNick string) {
 		time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
 
 		// Send ping to own MUC participant to check we are still joined.
-		id, err := client.RawInformation(botJid, Muc+"/"+MucNick, sid.Id(),
+		id, err = client.RawInformation(botJid, Muc+"/"+MucNick, sid.Id(),
 			"get", "<ping xmlns='urn:xmpp:ping'/>")
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		pingSent := time.Now()
-		pingReceived := false
+		pingSent = time.Now()
+		pingReceived = false
 
 		// Check for result IQ as long as there was no reply yet.
 		for (time.Since(pingSent).Seconds() < 10.0) && (pingReceived == false) {
-			// Receive stanzas. ToDo: Receive stanzas continiously without 30s delay.
-			stanza, err := client.Recv()
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
-			}
-
-			// Check IQs for ping results and disco#info queries.
-			switch v := stanza.(type) {
-			case xmpp.IQ:
-				if (v.Type == "error") && (v.ID == id) {
-					log.Fatal("MUC not available.")
-				}
-
-				if (v.Type == "result") && (v.ID == id) {
-					pingReceived = true
-				}
-
-				if v.Type == "get" {
-					// Reply to disco#info requests according to https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0030.html.
-					if strings.Contains(string(v.Query),
-						"<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/>") == true {
-						_, err := client.RawInformation(client.JID(), v.From, v.ID,
-							"result", "<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'>"+
-								"<identity category='client' type='bot' name='feedbot'/>"+
-								"<feature var='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/></query>")
-						if err != nil {
-							log.Fatal(err)
-						}
-					} else {
-						// Send error replies for all other IQs.
-						_, err := client.RawInformation(client.JID(), v.From, v.ID, "error", string(v.Query)+
-							"<error type='cancel'><feature-not-implemented "+
-							"xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas'/><error/>")
-						if err != nil {
-							log.Fatal(err)
-						}
-					}
-				}
-
-			default:
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+			if pingReceived == true {
 				break
 			}
+
 		}
 		// Quit if no ping reply was received.
 		if pingReceived == false {
@@ -236,3 +210,55 @@ func pingServer(client *xmpp.Client, server string, botJid string) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func processStanzas(client *xmpp.Client) {
+	for { // Receive stanzas. ToDo: Receive stanzas continiously without 30s delay.
+		stanza, err := client.Recv()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		// Check IQs for ping results and disco#info queries.
+		switch v := stanza.(type) {
+		case xmpp.IQ:
+			if (v.Type == "error") && (v.ID == id) {
+				log.Fatal("MUC not available.")
+			}
+
+			if (v.Type == "result") && (v.ID == id) {
+				pingReceived = true
+			}
+
+			if v.Type == "get" {
+				// Reply to disco#info requests according to https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0030.html.
+				if strings.Contains(string(v.Query),
+					"<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/>") == true {
+					_, err := client.RawInformation(client.JID(), v.From, v.ID,
+						"result", "<query xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'>"+
+							"<identity category='client' type='bot' name='feedbot'/>"+
+							"<feature var='http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info'/></query>")
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Fatal(err)
+					}
+				} else if strings.Contains(string(v.Query), "<ping xmlns='urn:xmpp:ping'/>") == true {
+					// Reply to pings.
+					_, err := client.RawInformation(client.JID(), v.From, v.ID, "result", "")
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Fatal(err)
+					}
+				} else {
+					// Send error replies for all other IQs.
+					_, err := client.RawInformation(client.JID(), v.From, v.ID, "error",
+						"<error type='cancel'><service-unavailable "+
+							"xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas'/></error>")
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Fatal(err)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+		default:
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}