diff --git a/dist.c b/dist.c
index 4bb8e41..7746dad 100644
--- a/dist.c
+++ b/dist.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void handle_new_connection(unsigned long p_connid,int fd)
       if(can_read(&fd,1,0)) { fdread=fd; fdwrite=fdin; }
       else { fdread=fdin; fdwrite=fd; }
       bytesread=read(fdread,databuffer,sizeof(databuffer));
-      if(bytesread<=0||write(fdwrite,databuffer,bytesread)<=0);
+      if(bytesread<=0||write(fdwrite,databuffer,bytesread)<=0)
       {
         closeskt(fd);
 	closeskt(fdin);