diff --git a/c/simplestatus.c b/c/simplestatus.c
index 896db22..7e00d02 100644
--- a/c/simplestatus.c
+++ b/c/simplestatus.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ char *execstdout(char *file, char *arg[], char *env[]) {
       return buf;
     }
     close(pfds[0]);
+    close(pfds[1]);
   }
 }
 
@@ -239,6 +240,8 @@ module *parse_file(char *file) {
     }
   }
 
+  fclose(fp);
+
   return head;
 }