diff --git a/apis/rust/node/src/daemon/mod.rs b/apis/rust/node/src/daemon/mod.rs
index 4e43098b..cf2afbbc 100644
--- a/apis/rust/node/src/daemon/mod.rs
+++ b/apis/rust/node/src/daemon/mod.rs
@@ -151,19 +151,18 @@ impl ControlChannel {
         metadata: Metadata<'static>,
         data: Vec<u8>,
     ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        let request = DaemonRequest::SendMessage {
+            output_id,
+            metadata,
+            data,
+        };
         let reply = self
             .channel
-            .request(&DaemonRequest::SendMessage {
-                output_id,
-                metadata,
-                data,
-            })
-            .wrap_err("failed to send SendEmptyMessage request to dora-daemon")?;
+            .request(&request)
+            .wrap_err("failed to send SendMessage request to dora-daemon")?;
         match reply {
-            dora_core::daemon_messages::DaemonReply::Result(result) => {
-                result.map_err(|err| eyre!(err))
-            }
-            other => bail!("unexpected SendEmptyMessage reply: {other:?}"),
+            dora_core::daemon_messages::DaemonReply::Empty => Ok(()),
+            other => bail!("unexpected SendMessage reply: {other:?}"),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/apis/rust/node/src/daemon/tcp.rs b/apis/rust/node/src/daemon/tcp.rs
index 17ed4351..14c1f0b8 100644
--- a/apis/rust/node/src/daemon/tcp.rs
+++ b/apis/rust/node/src/daemon/tcp.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ use std::{
 
 pub fn request(connection: &mut TcpStream, request: &DaemonRequest) -> eyre::Result<DaemonReply> {
     send_message(connection, request)?;
-    receive_reply(connection)
-        .and_then(|reply| reply.ok_or_else(|| eyre!("server disconnected unexpectedly")))
+    if request.expects_tcp_reply() {
+        receive_reply(connection)
+            .and_then(|reply| reply.ok_or_else(|| eyre!("server disconnected unexpectedly")))
+    } else {
+        Ok(DaemonReply::Empty)
+    }
 }
 
 fn send_message(connection: &mut TcpStream, message: &DaemonRequest) -> eyre::Result<()> {
diff --git a/binaries/daemon/src/listener/mod.rs b/binaries/daemon/src/listener/mod.rs
index 07e47989..f4c9ae6e 100644
--- a/binaries/daemon/src/listener/mod.rs
+++ b/binaries/daemon/src/listener/mod.rs
@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ where
                     .send_daemon_event(event)
                     .await
                     .map_err(|_| "failed to receive send_empty_message reply".to_owned());
-                self.send_reply(DaemonReply::Result(result))
+                if let Err(err) = result {
+                    tracing::warn!("{err:?}");
+                }
+                self.send_reply(DaemonReply::Empty)
                     .await
                     .wrap_err("failed to send SendEmptyMessage reply")?;
             }
diff --git a/binaries/daemon/src/listener/tcp.rs b/binaries/daemon/src/listener/tcp.rs
index 88c8aee7..d8de7ed5 100644
--- a/binaries/daemon/src/listener/tcp.rs
+++ b/binaries/daemon/src/listener/tcp.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ impl super::Connection for TcpConnection {
     }
 
     async fn send_reply(&mut self, message: DaemonReply) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+        if matches!(message, DaemonReply::Empty) {
+            // don't send empty replies
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         let serialized =
             bincode::serialize(&message).wrap_err("failed to serialize DaemonReply")?;
         tcp_send(&mut self.0, &serialized)
diff --git a/libraries/core/src/daemon_messages.rs b/libraries/core/src/daemon_messages.rs
index 1d5747a1..1e78a49a 100644
--- a/libraries/core/src/daemon_messages.rs
+++ b/libraries/core/src/daemon_messages.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ pub enum DaemonRequest {
     },
 }
 
+impl DaemonRequest {
+    pub fn expects_tcp_reply(&self) -> bool {
+        #[allow(clippy::match_like_matches_macro)]
+        match self {
+            DaemonRequest::SendMessage { .. } => false,
+            _ => true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 type SharedMemoryId = String;
 
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
@@ -66,6 +76,7 @@ pub enum DaemonReply {
     Result(Result<(), String>),
     PreparedMessage { shared_memory_id: SharedMemoryId },
     NextEvents(Vec<NodeEvent>),
+    Empty,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]