diff --git a/httpd.c b/httpd.c
index 104edcf..7aae6ca 100644
--- a/httpd.c
+++ b/httpd.c
@@ -847,9 +847,10 @@ void httpd(void)
 
     if (setjmp(on_break) == 0) {
         for (;;) {
-            FILE *f = xs_socket_accept(rs);
+            int cs = xs_socket_accept(rs);
 
-            if (f != NULL) {
+            if (cs != -1) {
+                FILE *f = fdopen(cs, "r+");
                 xs *job = xs_data_new(&f, sizeof(FILE *));
                 job_post(job, 1);
             }
diff --git a/xs_socket.h b/xs_socket.h
index b2b3ac7..1c73a22 100644
--- a/xs_socket.h
+++ b/xs_socket.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 int xs_socket_timeout(int s, double rto, double sto);
 int xs_socket_server(const char *addr, const char *serv);
-FILE *xs_socket_accept(int rs);
+int xs_socket_accept(int rs);
 int _xs_socket_peername(int s, char *buf, int buf_size);
 int xs_socket_connect(const char *addr, const char *serv);
 
@@ -94,16 +94,13 @@ end:
 }
 
 
-FILE *xs_socket_accept(int rs)
+int xs_socket_accept(int rs)
 /* accepts an incoming connection */
 {
-    int cs = -1;
     struct sockaddr_storage addr;
     socklen_t l = sizeof(addr);
 
-    cs = accept(rs, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &l);
-
-    return cs == -1 ? NULL : fdopen(cs, "r+");
+    return accept(rs, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &l);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/xs_version.h b/xs_version.h
index d647240..5304f4a 100644
--- a/xs_version.h
+++ b/xs_version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/* 4595e864ae31bc59cca0fff38bd2bac798c2b038 2024-06-08T19:50:32+02:00 */
+/* eb935660a9616c92b262b1a92f64f50932b77565 2024-06-20T17:31:26+02:00 */