diff --git a/extra/service/legiond/legiond-ctl.c b/extra/service/legiond/legiond-ctl.c
index dde0226..60048c2 100644
--- a/extra/service/legiond/legiond-ctl.c
+++ b/extra/service/legiond/legiond-ctl.c
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	// init socket
-	int fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-	struct sockaddr_un addr;
-	addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-	strcpy(addr.sun_path, socket_path);
-	int ret = connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		exit(-1);
-	}
 	char request[20] = "";
 
 	if (argc > 1) {
@@ -32,8 +23,25 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			sprintf(request, "B"); // B means cpuset
 		} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "reload") == 0) {
 			sprintf(request, "R"); // R means reload config
+		} else {
+			printf("unknown arguments\n");
+			exit(1);
 		}
 	}
-	send(fd, request, strlen(request), 0);
+
+	// init socket
+	int fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	struct sockaddr_un addr;
+	addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	strcpy(addr.sun_path, socket_path);
+
+	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
+		exit(2);
+	}
+
+	if (send(fd, request, strlen(request), 0) != -1) {
+		printf("successfully sent cmd\n");
+	}
+
 	close(fd);
 }
diff --git a/extra/service/legiond/legiond.c b/extra/service/legiond/legiond.c
index 590f6c7..0d2e750 100644
--- a/extra/service/legiond/legiond.c
+++ b/extra/service/legiond/legiond.c
@@ -76,9 +76,8 @@ int main()
 	struct sockaddr_un addr;
 	addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 	strcpy(addr.sun_path, socket_path);
-	int ret = bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
 
-	if (ret == -1) {
+	if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
 		exit(1);
 	}