diff --git a/NEWS.carto.md b/NEWS.carto.md
index d7d0fe0..80f2e3e 100644
--- a/NEWS.carto.md
+++ b/NEWS.carto.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # CARTO's Changelog
 
 ## v2.2.0-carto.1
-Released 2018-mm-dd
+Released 2019-mm-dd
 
 Bug fixes:
  * Copy to: ensure stream is detached when finished
+ * Copy to: deal with interspersed messages properly. See [#9](https://github.com/CartoDB/node-pg-copy-streams/pull/9)
 
 ## v1.2.0-carto.3
 Released 2018-11-21
diff --git a/copy-to.js b/copy-to.js
index 5b843d3..1fcd828 100644
--- a/copy-to.js
+++ b/copy-to.js
@@ -95,13 +95,20 @@ CopyStreamQuery.prototype._transform = function(chunk, enc, cb) {
     length = chunk.readUInt32BE(offset+Byte1Len)
     if(chunk.length >= (offset + Byte1Len + length)) {
       offset += Byte1Len + Int32Len
-      if (needPush) {
-        var row = chunk.slice(offset, offset + length - Int32Len)
-        this.rowCount++
-        row.copy(buffer, buffer_offset);
-        buffer_offset += row.length;
+      var message = chunk.slice(offset, offset + length - Int32Len)
+      switch(messageCode) {
+        case code.CopyData:
+          this.rowCount++;
+          message.copy(buffer, buffer_offset);
+          buffer_offset += message.length;
+          break;
+        case code.ParameterStatus:
+        case code.NoticeResponse:
+        case code.NotificationResponse:
+          this.emit('warning', 'Got an interspersed message: ' + message);
+          break;
       }
-      offset += (length - Int32Len)
+      offset += (length - Int32Len);
     } else {
       // we need more chunks for a complete message
       break;
diff --git a/test/copy-to.js b/test/copy-to.js
index d49eea9..e885c27 100644
--- a/test/copy-to.js
+++ b/test/copy-to.js
@@ -117,6 +117,58 @@ var testNoticeResponse = function() {
 }
 testNoticeResponse();
 
+var warnAndReturnOne = `
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_temp.test_warn_return_one()
+RETURNS INTEGER
+AS $$
+BEGIN
+  RAISE WARNING 'hey, this is returning one';
+  RETURN 1;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql`;
+
+var testInterspersedMessageDoesNotBreakCopyFlow = function() {
+  var toClient = client();
+  toClient.query(warnAndReturnOne, (err, res) => {
+    var q = "COPY (SELECT * FROM pg_temp.test_warn_return_one()) TO STDOUT WITH (FORMAT 'csv', HEADER true)";
+    var stream = toClient.query(copy(q));
+    var done = gonna('got expected COPY TO payload', 1000, function() {
+      toClient.end();
+    });
+
+    stream.pipe(concat(function(buf) {
+      res = buf.toString('utf8')
+    }));
+
+    stream.on('end', function() {
+      var expected = "test_warn_return_one\n1\n";
+      assert.equal(res, expected);
+      // note the header counts as a row
+      assert.equal(stream.rowCount, 2, 'should have rowCount = 2 but got ' + stream.rowCount);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+};
+testInterspersedMessageDoesNotBreakCopyFlow();
+
+var testInterspersedMessageEmitsWarnign = function() {
+  var toClient = client();
+  toClient.query(warnAndReturnOne, (err, res) => {
+    var q = "COPY (SELECT * FROM pg_temp.test_warn_return_one()) TO STDOUT WITH (FORMAT 'csv', HEADER true)";
+    var stream = toClient.query(copy(q));
+    var done = gonna('got expected warning event', 1000, function() {
+      toClient.end();
+    });
+
+    stream.on('warning', function(msg) {
+      assert(msg.match(/Got an interspersed message:.*WARNING.*hey, this is returning one/),
+             'did not get expected warning for interspersed message in COPY TO');
+      done();
+    })
+  });
+};
+testInterspersedMessageEmitsWarnign();
+
 var testClientReuse = function() {
   var c = client();
   var limit = 100000;