diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index 8fe9d75..64bc4d1 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static void accept_request(void *cli) {
 
 	signal(SIGQUIT, handle_quit);
 	signal(SIGPIPE, handle_quit);
-	pthread_detach(pthread_self());
 
 	numchars = get_line(client, buf, sizeof(buf));
 	j = 0;
@@ -523,7 +522,7 @@ static void unimplemented(int client) {
 static pthread_attr_t attr;
 static int accept_client(int is_unix_sock) {
     pthread_attr_init(&attr);
-    pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, 1);
+    pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
 	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
 	while(1) {
 		socklen_t client_name_len = sizeof(client_name);