diff --git a/examples/5_recovery/bob.c b/examples/5_recovery/bob.c
index 0de10465504bc3fc136cb1ee3411d508a2b4df8d..7a74479040060ade4aa184cd7ae04436f646ae45 100644
--- a/examples/5_recovery/bob.c
+++ b/examples/5_recovery/bob.c
@@ -34,22 +34,20 @@ int main() {
 		printf("Receiving messages [%c, %c]\n", yn[0], yn[1]);
 		if (yn[0] == 'y') check("get first  ", connector_get(c, 0));
 		if (yn[1] == 'y') check("get second ", connector_get(c, 1));
-			
 		code = connector_sync(c, 1000);
-		if (code == 0) printf("sync succeeded!\n");
-		else if (code == -1) {
-			printf("sync failed; state recovered!\n");
-			continue;
-		} else {
-			printf("Unrecoverable error! code %d\n", code);
-			connector_dump_log(c);
-		}
-		
-		for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-			if (yn[i] == 'y') {
+		if(code >= 0) {
+			for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+				if (yn[i] == 'y') {
 				check("read ", connector_gotten(c, i, &msg, &msg_len));
-				printf("Got %s msg `%.*s`\n", nth[i], msg_len, msg);
+					printf("Got %s msg `%.*s`\n", nth[i], msg_len, msg);
+				}
 			}
+		} else if(code == -1) {
+			printf("No interaction! Recovered state.\n");
+		} else {
+			printf("Unrecoverable error!\n");
+			connector_dump_log(c);
+			break;
 		}
 	}