diff --git a/noise-receive.el b/noise-receive.el
index e14dce4..fb0d00d 100644
--- a/noise-receive.el
+++ b/noise-receive.el
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ Processes the envelope and updates UI."
         (with-current-buffer buf
           (noise-chat-list--render))))))
 
-;; Override the default handler in noise-sse
-(setq noise-sse--handle-event #'noise-receive--handle-sse-event)
+;; Register the receive handler with the SSE client.
+(setq noise-sse--event-handler #'noise-receive--handle-sse-event)
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun noise-receive-start-sse ()
diff --git a/noise-sse.el b/noise-sse.el
index 80d6151..3c0d711 100644
--- a/noise-sse.el
+++ b/noise-sse.el
@@ -39,38 +39,118 @@
   "Parse an SSE EVENT-STRING into a hash table.
 Returns nil for empty or invalid events."
   (when (and event-string (not (string-empty-p event-string)))
-    (let ((lines (split-string event-string "\n"))
+    (let ((lines (split-string event-string "\r?\n"))
           (data-lines '()))
       (dolist (line lines)
-        (when (string-prefix-p "data: " line)
-          (push (substring line 6) data-lines)))
+        (when (string-match "\\`data:\\(?: \\)?\\(.*\\)\\'" line)
+          (push (match-string 1 line) data-lines)))
       (when data-lines
-        (let ((json-str (mapconcat #'identity (nreverse data-lines) "")))
+        (let ((json-str (mapconcat #'identity (nreverse data-lines) "\n")))
           (condition-case nil
               (json-parse-string json-str)
             (error nil)))))))
 
 (defvar noise-sse--buffer ""
-  "Buffer for partial SSE event data.")
+  "Decoded SSE event data awaiting a complete event delimiter.")
+
+(defvar noise-sse--http-buffer ""
+  "Raw HTTP response data buffered until headers are consumed.")
+
+(defvar noise-sse--chunk-buffer ""
+  "Raw chunked HTTP body data buffered until a whole chunk arrives.")
+
+(defvar noise-sse--headers-received nil
+  "Non-nil once the HTTP response headers have been consumed.")
+
+(defvar noise-sse--chunked-response-p nil
+  "Non-nil when the SSE response uses chunked transfer encoding.")
+
+(defun noise-sse--dispatch-events (string)
+  "Append STRING to the SSE event buffer and dispatch complete events."
+  (setq noise-sse--buffer (concat noise-sse--buffer string))
+  (while (string-match "\r?\n\r?\n" noise-sse--buffer)
+    (let ((event-end (match-beginning 0))
+          (event-next (match-end 0)))
+      (let ((event-str (substring noise-sse--buffer 0 event-end)))
+        (setq noise-sse--buffer (substring noise-sse--buffer event-next))
+        (when-let ((event (noise-sse--parse-event event-str)))
+          (funcall noise-sse--event-handler event))))))
+
+(defun noise-sse--decode-chunked (string)
+  "Decode HTTP chunked transfer body STRING.
+Returns newly decoded SSE payload, buffering incomplete chunks."
+  (setq noise-sse--chunk-buffer (concat noise-sse--chunk-buffer string))
+  (let ((decoded '()))
+    (catch 'stop
+      (while t
+        (unless (string-match "\r?\n" noise-sse--chunk-buffer)
+          (throw 'stop nil))
+        (let* ((line-end (match-beginning 0))
+               (line-next (match-end 0))
+               (size-line (car (split-string
+                                (substring noise-sse--chunk-buffer 0 line-end)
+                                ";" t "[ \t]*"))))
+          (unless (and size-line
+                       (string-match-p "\\`[0-9A-Fa-f]+\\'" size-line))
+            (throw 'stop nil))
+          (let* ((size (string-to-number size-line 16))
+                 (data-start line-next)
+                 (data-end (+ data-start size)))
+            (when (= size 0)
+              (setq noise-sse--chunk-buffer "")
+              (throw 'stop nil))
+            (when (> data-end (length noise-sse--chunk-buffer))
+              (throw 'stop nil))
+            (let ((tail-end
+                   (cond
+                    ((and (<= (+ data-end 2) (length noise-sse--chunk-buffer))
+                          (string= "\r\n"
+                                   (substring noise-sse--chunk-buffer data-end (+ data-end 2))))
+                     (+ data-end 2))
+                    ((and (< data-end (length noise-sse--chunk-buffer))
+                          (eq (aref noise-sse--chunk-buffer data-end) ?\n))
+                     (1+ data-end))
+                    (t
+                     (throw 'stop nil)))))
+              (push (substring noise-sse--chunk-buffer data-start data-end) decoded)
+              (setq noise-sse--chunk-buffer
+                    (substring noise-sse--chunk-buffer tail-end)))))))
+    (apply #'concat (nreverse decoded))))
+
+(defun noise-sse--consume-http-body (string)
+  "Consume raw HTTP response STRING and return decoded SSE payload, if any."
+  (let ((body string))
+    (unless noise-sse--headers-received
+      (setq noise-sse--http-buffer (concat noise-sse--http-buffer string))
+      (if (not (string-match "\r?\n\r?\n" noise-sse--http-buffer))
+          (setq body nil)
+        (let ((headers (substring noise-sse--http-buffer 0 (match-beginning 0)))
+              (body-start (match-end 0)))
+          (let ((case-fold-search t))
+            (setq noise-sse--chunked-response-p
+                  (string-match-p "\ntransfer-encoding:[^\r\n]*chunked" headers)))
+          (setq body (substring noise-sse--http-buffer body-start)
+                noise-sse--http-buffer ""
+                noise-sse--headers-received t))))
+    (when body
+      (if noise-sse--chunked-response-p
+          (noise-sse--decode-chunked body)
+        body))))
 
 (defun noise-sse--filter (proc string)
   "Process filter for SSE connection.
-Buffers incoming STRING and processes complete events."
-  (setq noise-sse--buffer (concat noise-sse--buffer string))
-  (while (string-match "\n\n" noise-sse--buffer)
-    (let ((event-end (match-beginning 0))
-          (event-start 0))
-      (let ((event-str (substring noise-sse--buffer event-start event-end)))
-        (setq noise-sse--buffer
-              (substring noise-sse--buffer (+ event-end 2)))
-        (when-let ((event (noise-sse--parse-event event-str)))
-          (noise-sse--handle-event event))))))
+Consumes HTTP framing from STRING and dispatches decoded SSE events."
+  (ignore proc)
+  (when-let ((body (noise-sse--consume-http-body string)))
+    (noise-sse--dispatch-events body)))
 
-(defun noise-sse--handle-event (event)
-  "Handle a parsed SSE EVENT.
-This function will be overridden in noise-receive to process envelopes."
+(defun noise-sse--default-handle-event (event)
+  "Handle a parsed SSE EVENT when no receiver is installed yet."
   (message "SSE event received: %s" event))
 
+(defvar noise-sse--event-handler #'noise-sse--default-handle-event
+  "Function called with each parsed SSE event.")
+
 (defvar noise-signal-cli-address)
 (defvar noise-account)
 
@@ -133,7 +213,11 @@ Handles connection close and triggers reconnection."
   (when noise-sse--reconnect-timer
     (cancel-timer noise-sse--reconnect-timer)
     (setq noise-sse--reconnect-timer nil))
-  (setq noise-sse--buffer "")
+  (setq noise-sse--buffer ""
+        noise-sse--http-buffer ""
+        noise-sse--chunk-buffer ""
+        noise-sse--headers-received nil
+        noise-sse--chunked-response-p nil)
   (message "Noise: SSE disconnected"))
 
 (provide 'noise-sse)
diff --git a/test/noise-receive-test.el b/test/noise-receive-test.el
index 9dec3dc..bf1bbcb 100644
--- a/test/noise-receive-test.el
+++ b/test/noise-receive-test.el
@@ -189,3 +189,22 @@
                       "timestamp" 1717930000000
                       "message" "new message here")))
      (should (string-match-p "Sarah> new message here" (buffer-string))))))
+
+(ert-deftest noise-receive-handle-sse-event-stores-message ()
+  "An SSE envelope event stores the message and refreshes the open buffer." 
+  (noise-receive-test--with-db
+   (noise-db-upsert-conversation "+1" :type "direct" :name "Sarah"
+                                 :members '("+1"))
+   (require 'noise-conversation)
+   (with-current-buffer (noise-conversation-open "+1")
+     (noise-receive--handle-sse-event
+      (noise-receive-test--ht
+       "envelope"
+       (noise-receive-test--ht
+        "sourceNumber" "+1" "sourceName" "Sarah"
+        "dataMessage" (noise-receive-test--ht
+                       "timestamp" 1717930000000
+                       "message" "from sse"))))
+     (should (string-match-p "Sarah> from sse" (buffer-string))))
+   (let ((msg (car (noise-db-get-messages "+1"))))
+     (should (string= "from sse" (gethash "body" msg))))))
diff --git a/test/noise-sse-test.el b/test/noise-sse-test.el
index 71db8f4..773680f 100644
--- a/test/noise-sse-test.el
+++ b/test/noise-sse-test.el
@@ -60,24 +60,73 @@
 
 (ert-deftest noise-sse--filter-processes-complete-event ()
   "Process filter parses and calls handler for complete events."
-  (let ((processed-events '()))
-    (cl-letf (((symbol-function 'noise-sse--handle-event)
-               (lambda (event) (push event processed-events))))
-      (let ((noise-sse--buffer ""))
-        (noise-sse--filter nil "data: {\"type\":\"message\"}\n\n")
-        (should (= 1 (length processed-events)))
-        (should (hash-table-p (car processed-events)))))))
+  (let ((processed-events '())
+        (noise-sse--buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--http-buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--chunk-buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--headers-received t)
+        (noise-sse--chunked-response-p nil))
+    (let ((noise-sse--event-handler
+           (lambda (event) (push event processed-events))))
+      (noise-sse--filter nil "data: {\"type\":\"message\"}\n\n")
+      (should (= 1 (length processed-events)))
+      (should (hash-table-p (car processed-events))))))
 
 (ert-deftest noise-sse--filter-buffers-incomplete-event ()
   "Process filter buffers incomplete events until newline."
-  (let ((processed-events '()))
-    (cl-letf (((symbol-function 'noise-sse--handle-event)
-               (lambda (event) (push event processed-events))))
-      (let ((noise-sse--buffer ""))
-        (noise-sse--filter nil "data: {\"type\":\"message\"")
-        (should (= 0 (length processed-events)))
-        (noise-sse--filter nil "}\n\n")
-        (should (= 1 (length processed-events)))))))
+  (let ((processed-events '())
+        (noise-sse--buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--http-buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--chunk-buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--headers-received t)
+        (noise-sse--chunked-response-p nil))
+    (let ((noise-sse--event-handler
+           (lambda (event) (push event processed-events))))
+      (noise-sse--filter nil "data: {\"type\":\"message\"")
+      (should (= 0 (length processed-events)))
+      (noise-sse--filter nil "}\n\n")
+      (should (= 1 (length processed-events))))))
+
+(ert-deftest noise-sse--filter-skips-http-headers ()
+  "HTTP response headers should not block the first SSE event."
+  (let ((processed-events '())
+        (noise-sse--buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--http-buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--chunk-buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--headers-received nil)
+        (noise-sse--chunked-response-p nil))
+    (let ((noise-sse--event-handler
+           (lambda (event) (push event processed-events))))
+      (noise-sse--filter nil
+                         (concat "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+                                 "Content-Type: text/event-stream\r\n\r\n"
+                                 "data: {\"type\":\"message\"}\n\n"))
+      (should (= 1 (length processed-events)))
+      (should (equal "message" (gethash "type" (car processed-events)))))))
+
+(ert-deftest noise-sse--filter-decodes-chunked-http-body ()
+  "Chunked HTTP SSE responses should be decoded before parsing events."
+  (let ((processed-events '())
+        (noise-sse--buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--http-buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--chunk-buffer "")
+        (noise-sse--headers-received nil)
+        (noise-sse--chunked-response-p nil))
+    (let ((noise-sse--event-handler
+           (lambda (event) (push event processed-events))))
+      (noise-sse--filter nil
+                         (concat "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+                                 "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n"
+                                 "Content-Type: text/event-stream\r\n\r\n"
+                                 "12\r\n"
+                                 "data: {\"type\":\"msg"
+                                 "\r\n"
+                                 "4\r\n"
+                                 "\"}\n\n"
+                                 "\r\n"
+                                 "0\r\n\r\n"))
+      (should (= 1 (length processed-events)))
+      (should (equal "msg" (gethash "type" (car processed-events)))))))
 
 (ert-deftest noise-sse--build-url ()
   "Build SSE endpoint URL from base address."