diff --git a/src/receive/reblock.rs b/src/receive/reblock.rs
index 1e44c5b..8b08564 100644
--- a/src/receive/reblock.rs
+++ b/src/receive/reblock.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub(crate) fn start<F>(receiver: &receive::Receiver<F>) -> Result<(), receive::E
     let mut prev_queue: Option<Vec<raptorq::EncodingPacket>> = None;
     let mut queue = Vec::with_capacity(capacity);
     let mut block_id = 0;
+    let mut pktcnt = 0;

     loop {
         let packets = match receiver
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@ pub(crate) fn start<F>(receiver: &receive::Receiver<F>) -> Result<(), receive::E
         };

         for packet in packets {
+            // simple simulation of packet loss
+            pktcnt += 1;
+            if pktcnt > (353 + 44) {
+                pktcnt = 0;
+            }
+            else if pktcnt > 353 {
+                continue;
+            }
             let payload_id = packet.payload_id();
             let message_block_id = payload_id.source_block_number();

$ cargo run --release --bin diode-receive 
    Finished `release` profile [optimized] target(s) in 0.05s
     Running `target/release/diode-receive`
error: the following required arguments were not provided:
  <--to_tcp <ip:port>|--to_unix <path>>

Usage: diode-receive <--to_tcp <ip:port>|--to_unix <path>>

$ cargo run --release --bin diode-receive -- --to_tcp 127.0.0.1:7000
    Finished `release` profile [optimized] target(s) in 0.02s
     Running `target/release/diode-receive --to_tcp '127.0.0.1:7000'`
2024-06-19T08:59:35.840Z INFO  [diode_receive] sending traffic to TCP 127.0.0.1:7000