diff --git a/lib/statsd.js b/lib/statsd.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/statsd.js
+++ b/lib/statsd.js
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ Client.prototype.close = function (callback) {
         console.log('hot-shots could not clear out messages in flight but closing anyways');
         this.messagesInFlight = 0;
       }
-      if (this.messagesInFlight <= 10000) {
+      if (this.messagesInFlight <= 0) {
         clearInterval(waitForMessages);
         this._close(callback);
       }
Oops, take out debugging change