diff --git a/src/extract.c b/src/extract.c
index 1caa6f6..f1b75e8 100644
--- a/src/extract.c
+++ b/src/extract.c
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@
 #endif
 
 
+   /*
+    * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7292642/grabbing-output-from-exec
+    */
+
    if(pipe(link) == -1){
       syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s: cannot open link", sdata->ttmpfile);
       return;
@@ -293,6 +297,8 @@
 
    if((pid = fork()) == -1){
       syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "%s: cannot fork", sdata->ttmpfile);
+      close(link[0]);
+      close(link[1]);
       return;
    }