diff --git a/NativeScript/NativeScript-Prefix.pch b/NativeScript/NativeScript-Prefix.pch
index 0144e935..ba363e3f 100644
--- a/NativeScript/NativeScript-Prefix.pch
+++ b/NativeScript/NativeScript-Prefix.pch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef NativeScript_Prefix_pch
 #define NativeScript_Prefix_pch
 
-#define NATIVESCRIPT_VERSION "8.2.2"
+#define NATIVESCRIPT_VERSION "8.2.3-alpha.0"
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define SIZEOF_OFF_T 8
diff --git a/NativeScript/inspector/InspectorServer.mm b/NativeScript/inspector/InspectorServer.mm
index a770071e..5a645577 100644
--- a/NativeScript/inspector/InspectorServer.mm
+++ b/NativeScript/inspector/InspectorServer.mm
@@ -78,10 +78,7 @@
                         if (size) {
                             NSString* payload = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:(NSData*)data encoding:NSUTF16LittleEndianStringEncoding];
 
-                            if (payload) {
-                                std::string result = [payload UTF8String];
-                                onMessage(result);
-                            }
+                            onMessage([payload UTF8String]);
 
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-retain-cycles"
diff --git a/NativeScript/inspector/JsV8InspectorClient.h b/NativeScript/inspector/JsV8InspectorClient.h
index 406bfb52..d16f7c9d 100644
--- a/NativeScript/inspector/JsV8InspectorClient.h
+++ b/NativeScript/inspector/JsV8InspectorClient.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class JsV8InspectorClient : V8InspectorClient, V8Inspector::Channel {
     std::vector<std::string> messages_;
     bool runningNestedLoops_;
     dispatch_queue_t messagesQueue_;
+    dispatch_queue_t messageLoopQueue_;
     dispatch_semaphore_t messageArrived_;
     std::function<void (std::string)> sender_;
     bool isWaitingForDebugger_;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ class JsV8InspectorClient : V8InspectorClient, V8Inspector::Channel {
     void enableInspector(int argc, char** argv);
     void notify(std::unique_ptr<StringBuffer> message);
     void onFrontendConnected(std::function<void (std::string)> sender);
-    void onFrontendMessageReceived(std::string &message);
+    void onFrontendMessageReceived(std::string message);
     template <class TypeName>
     static v8::Local<TypeName> PersistentToLocal(v8::Isolate* isolate, const v8::Persistent<TypeName>& persistent);
     std::string PumpMessage();
diff --git a/NativeScript/inspector/JsV8InspectorClient.mm b/NativeScript/inspector/JsV8InspectorClient.mm
index a3cd2de8..43b379fa 100644
--- a/NativeScript/inspector/JsV8InspectorClient.mm
+++ b/NativeScript/inspector/JsV8InspectorClient.mm
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@
     : runtime_(runtime),
       messages_(),
       runningNestedLoops_(false) {
-     this->messagesQueue_ = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
+     this->messagesQueue_ = dispatch_queue_create("NativeScript.v8.inspector.message_queue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+     this->messageLoopQueue_ = dispatch_queue_create("NativeScript.v8.inspector.message_loop_queue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
      this->messageArrived_ = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
 }
 
@@ -101,22 +102,27 @@
     this->disconnect();
 }
 
-void JsV8InspectorClient::onFrontendMessageReceived(std::string &message) {
-    __block std::string strCopy = message;
+void JsV8InspectorClient::onFrontendMessageReceived(std::string message) {
     dispatch_sync(this->messagesQueue_, ^{
-        this->messages_.push_back(strCopy);
+        this->messages_.push_back(message);
         dispatch_semaphore_signal(messageArrived_);
     });
 
     tns::ExecuteOnMainThread([this, message]() {
-        dispatch_sync(this->messagesQueue_, ^{
-            while (this->messages_.size() > 0) {
-                std::string message = this->PumpMessage();
+        dispatch_sync(this->messageLoopQueue_, ^{
+            // prevent execution if we're already pumping messages
+            if (runningNestedLoops_ && !terminated_) {
+                return;
+            };
+            std::string message;
+            do {
+                message = this->PumpMessage();
                 if (!message.empty()) {
                     this->dispatchMessage(message);
                 }
-            }
+            } while (!message.empty());
         });
+
     });
 }
 
@@ -163,12 +169,20 @@
 }
 
 void JsV8InspectorClient::runMessageLoopOnPause(int contextGroupId) {
-    if (runningNestedLoops_) {
+    __block auto loopsRunning = false;
+    dispatch_sync(this->messageLoopQueue_, ^{
+        loopsRunning = runningNestedLoops_;
+        terminated_ = false;
+        if (runningNestedLoops_) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this->runningNestedLoops_ = true;
+    });
+    
+    if (loopsRunning) {
         return;
     }
-
-    terminated_ = false;
-    this->runningNestedLoops_ = true;
+    
     bool shouldWait = false;
     while (!terminated_) {
         std::string message = this->PumpMessage();
@@ -183,16 +197,20 @@
         Isolate* isolate = runtime_->GetIsolate();
         platform::PumpMessageLoop(platform.get(), isolate, platform::MessageLoopBehavior::kDoNotWait);
         if(shouldWait && !terminated_) {
-            dispatch_semaphore_wait(messageArrived_, dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, 1000000)); // 1ms in ns
+            dispatch_semaphore_wait(messageArrived_, dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, 1 * NSEC_PER_MSEC)); // 1ms
         }
     }
-
-    terminated_ = false;
-    runningNestedLoops_ = false;
+    
+    dispatch_sync(this->messageLoopQueue_, ^{
+        terminated_ = false;
+        runningNestedLoops_ = false;
+    });
 }
 
 void JsV8InspectorClient::quitMessageLoopOnPause() {
-    terminated_ = true;
+    dispatch_sync(this->messageLoopQueue_, ^{
+        terminated_ = true;
+    });
 }
 
 void JsV8InspectorClient::sendResponse(int callId, std::unique_ptr<StringBuffer> message) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a41e73d..7978f8a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@nativescript/ios",
   "description": "NativeScript Runtime for iOS",
-  "version": "8.2.2",
+  "version": "8.2.3-alpha.0",
   "keywords": [
     "NativeScript",
     "iOS",