diff --git a/jf-live-writer/src/main.cpp b/jf-live-writer/src/main.cpp
index f4ffd8d..139a34f 100644
--- a/jf-live-writer/src/main.cpp
+++ b/jf-live-writer/src/main.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,44 @@ void read_buffer(
         const string module_name,
         const int i_module,
         const vector<uint64_t>& pulse_ids_to_write,
-        LiveImageAssembler& image_assembler)
+        LiveImageAssembler& image_assembler,
+        void* ctx)
 {
     BinaryReader reader(detector_folder, module_name);
     auto frame_buffer = new BufferBinaryFormat();
 
+    void* socket = zmq_socket(ctx, ZMQ_SUB);
+    if (socket == nullptr) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    int rcvhwm = 100;
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_RCVHWM, &rcvhwm, sizeof(rcvhwm)) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    int linger = 0;
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_LINGER, &linger, sizeof(linger)) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    // In milliseconds.
+    int rcvto = 2000;
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_RCVTIMEO, &rcvto, sizeof(rcvto)) != 0 ){
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    if (zmq_connect(socket, "tcp://127.0.0.1:51234") != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE, "", 0) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    const uint64_t PULSE_ID_DELAY = 100;
+
+    uint64_t live_pulse_id = pulse_ids_to_write.front();
     for (uint64_t pulse_id:pulse_ids_to_write) {
 
         while(!image_assembler.is_slot_free(pulse_id)) {
@@ -35,6 +68,18 @@ void read_buffer(
 
         auto start_time = steady_clock::now();
 
+        // Enforce a delay of 1 second for writing.
+        while (live_pulse_id - pulse_id < PULSE_ID_DELAY) {
+            if (zmq_recv(socket, &live_pulse_id,
+                    sizeof(live_pulse_id), 0) == -1) {
+                if (errno == EAGAIN) {
+                    throw runtime_error("Did not receive pulse_id in time.");
+                } else {
+                    throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         reader.get_frame(pulse_id, frame_buffer);
 
         auto end_time = steady_clock::now();
@@ -84,7 +129,6 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     int pulse_id_step = atoi(argv[6]);
 
     std::vector<uint64_t> pulse_ids_to_write;
-
     uint64_t i_pulse_id = start_pulse_id;
     for (size_t i=0; i<n_pulses; i++) {
         pulse_ids_to_write.push_back(i_pulse_id);
@@ -93,6 +137,9 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
     LiveImageAssembler image_assembler(n_modules);
 
+    auto ctx = zmq_ctx_new();
+    zmq_ctx_set (ctx, ZMQ_IO_THREADS, 1);
+
     std::vector<std::thread> reading_threads(n_modules);
     for (size_t i_module=0; i_module<n_modules; i_module++) {
 
@@ -109,7 +156,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
                 module_name,
                 i_module,
                 ref(pulse_ids_to_write),
-                ref(image_assembler));
+                ref(image_assembler),
+                ctx);
     }
 
     JFH5LiveWriter writer(output_file, detector_folder, n_modules, n_pulses);