diff --git a/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb b/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
index fb6fe7840eb4cdd8d0af4d136c5d6e85c005dcf1..b010bf5d8a591b6e3ca3e5a8fc6f2ca9741f80ae 100755
--- a/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
+++ b/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
@@ -529,6 +529,15 @@ module SGXbwmsgsv2
 	end
 
 	iq '/iq/ns:query', ns:	'http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info' do |i|
+		# TODO: return error if i.type is :set - if it is :reply or
+		#  :error it should be ignored (as the below does currently);
+		#  review specification to see how to handle other type values
+		if i.type != :get
+			puts 'DISCO iq rcvd, of non-get type "' + i.type.to_s +
+				'" for message "' + i.inspect + '"; ignoring...'
+			next
+		end
+
 		# respond to capabilities request for an sgx-bwmsgsv2 number JID
 		if i.to.node
 			# TODO: confirm the node URL is expected using below