diff --git a/minilogd.c b/minilogd.c
index b24fb75..1687f62 100644
--- a/minilogd.c
+++ b/minilogd.c
@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	if (argc>1) debug=1;
 	/* just in case */
 	sock = open("/dev/null",O_RDWR);
-	dup2(sock,0);
-	dup2(sock,1);
-	dup2(sock,2);
+
+	int dupret=0;	
+	dupret=dup2(sock,0);
+	dupret=dup2(sock,1);
+	dupret=dup2(sock,2); 
 
 	bzero(&addr, sizeof(addr));
 	addr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
@@ -163,7 +165,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	sock = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM,0);
 	unlink(_PATH_LOG);
 	/* Bind socket before forking, so we know if the server started */
-	if (!bind(sock,(struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr))) {
+	
+	socklen_t addrsize=sizeof(addr);
+	int bindret=bind(sock,(struct sockaddr *) &addr, addrsize);
+	if (bindret == 0) {
+
 		we_own_log = 1;
 		listen(sock,5);
 		if ((pid=fork())==-1) {