-       /* Read bytes from the USB OUT endpoint into the UART transmit buffer */
-       if (CDC_Device_BytesReceived(&VirtualSerial_CDC_Interface) && !(RingBuffer_IsFull(&USBtoUART_Buffer)))
-         RingBuffer_AtomicInsert(&USBtoUART_Buffer, CDC_Device_ReceiveByte(&VirtualSerial_CDC_Interface));
-       
-       /* Check if the software UART flush timer has expired */
-       if (TIFR0 & (1 << TOV0))
+       /* Only try to read in bytes from the CDC interface if the transmit buffer is not full */
+       if (!(RingBuffer_IsFull(&USBtoUART_Buffer)))
+       {
+               int16_t ReceivedByte = CDC_Device_ReceiveByte(&VirtualSerial_CDC_Interface);
+
+               /* Read bytes from the USB OUT endpoint into the UART transmit buffer */
+               if (!(ReceivedByte < 0))
+                 RingBuffer_Insert(&USBtoUART_Buffer, ReceivedByte);
+       }
+
+       /* Check if the UART receive buffer flush timer has expired or buffer is nearly full */
+       uint16_t BufferCount = RingBuffer_GetCount(&UARTtoUSB_Buffer);
+       if ((TIFR0 & (1 << TOV0)) || (BufferCount > 200))