diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 60dd720..f00817f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -267,13 +267,18 @@ async fn gnss_task(
     )
     .await;
 
+    let mut fix_drop_message = false;
     loop {
         if let Ok(Some(embassy_gps::types::GpsEvent::Fix(fix))) = gps.step().await {
-            // send to main thread
-            critical_section::with(|cs| {
-                let gnss_update_ref = GNSS_UPDATE.borrow(cs);
-                gnss_update_ref.replace(Some(fix));
-            });
+            // drop every second message as we always get each fix twice
+            fix_drop_message = !fix_drop_message;
+            if fix_drop_message {
+                // send to main thread
+                critical_section::with(|cs| {
+                    let gnss_update_ref = GNSS_UPDATE.borrow(cs);
+                    gnss_update_ref.replace(Some(fix));
+                });
+            }
         } else {
             // FSM will recover automatically from errors and ignore other event types
         }