diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index e99b5fd..8e7e4fc 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 - threading or async
 - optional allowlist of available paths (throw something else on unavailable ones)
 - denylist of known-bad url strings
-- fix memory issues or use a GC (bdwgc probably)
diff --git a/bin/httpsrv b/bin/httpsrv
index 0617f48..8f6f9f9 100755
Binary files a/bin/httpsrv and b/bin/httpsrv differ
diff --git a/lib/file.h b/lib/file.h
index d22dd29..52b29ec 100644
--- a/lib/file.h
+++ b/lib/file.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #ifdef NO_GC
 #include <gc.h>
 #define malloc(n) GC_malloc(n)
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ char* readFile(char* path) {
 	buf = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * (length + 1));
 	fread(buf, sizeof(char), length, fp);
 	buf[length] = '\0';
+	fclose(fp);
 
 	char* tmp = buf;
 	return tmp;
diff --git a/lib/reqHeader.h b/lib/reqHeader.h
index f6f2d96..2b7cfc2 100644
--- a/lib/reqHeader.h
+++ b/lib/reqHeader.h
@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifdef NO_GC
+#include <gc.h>
+#define malloc(n) GC_malloc(n)
+#else
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
 
 typedef struct {
-	char method[16];
-	char path[256];
+	char *method;
+	char *path;
 	char protocol[16];
 } ReqHeader;
 
 ReqHeader readReqHeader(int client) {
-	char buf[1024];
+	char* buf = malloc(1024);
 	read(client, buf, 1024);
 	ReqHeader header;
-	strcpy(header.method, strtok(buf, " "));
-	strcpy(header.path, strtok(NULL, " "));
-	strcpy(header.protocol, strtok(NULL, " "));
+	header.method = malloc(1024);
+	header.path   = malloc(1024);
+	/*strcpy(header.method, strtok(buf, " "));
+	strcpy(header.path, strtok(NULL, " "));*/
+	sprintf(header.method, "%s", strtok(buf, " "));
+	sprintf(header.path,   "%s", strtok(NULL, " "));
 	if (header.path[1] == '\0') {
-		strcpy(header.path, "/index.html");
+		//strcpy(header.path, "/index.html");
+		sprintf(header.path, "/index.html");
 	}
 	return header;
 }
diff --git a/lib/resHeader.h b/lib/resHeader.h
index 4b6c49b..6b66d7d 100644
--- a/lib/resHeader.h
+++ b/lib/resHeader.h
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ typedef struct {
 } ResHeader;
 
 void makeHeader(char* out, ResHeader* header) {
-	sprintf(out, "%s %d %s\r\nContent-Type: %s\r\n\n", /*header->protocol TODO:this breaks everything because newlines*/ "HTTP/1.1", header->status, header->notice, header->mime);
+	sprintf(out, "%s %d %s\r\nContent-Type: %s\r\nServer: httpsrv/1.0-indev\r\n\n", /*header->protocol TODO:this breaks everything because newlines*/ "HTTP/1.1", header->status, header->notice, header->mime);
 }
diff --git a/src/srv.c b/src/srv.c
index 6aa9a80..4391201 100644
--- a/src/srv.c
+++ b/src/srv.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #ifdef NO_GC
 #include <gc.h>
 #define malloc(n) GC_malloc(n)
@@ -28,37 +29,10 @@ void safeExit(int sig) {
 	_exit(0);
 }
 
-int srv(char* ADDR, int PORT) {
-	int srvSocket;
-	struct sockaddr_in srvAddr;
-
-	srvSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-	
-	srvAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	srvAddr.sin_port   = htons(PORT);
-	srvAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ADDR);
+void *handle(void* arg) {
+		int client = *(int*)arg;
 
-	if (bind(
-		srvSocket,
-		(struct sockaddr*) &srvAddr,
-		sizeof(srvAddr)
-	) < 0) {
-		error("Failed to bind to %s:%d.\n", ADDR, PORT);
-		return 1;
-	}
-	
-	if (listen(srvSocket, 10) < 0) {
-		error("Unable to listen on %s:%d.\n", ADDR, PORT);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	signal(SIGINT, safeExit);
-
-	info("Server (probably) listening on http://%s:%d\n", ADDR, PORT);
-
-	while(1) {
 		int hasTriedIndex;
-		int client = accept(srvSocket, NULL, NULL);
 		ReqHeader request = readReqHeader(client);
 funy: {
 		char* dot = strrchr(request.path, '.');
@@ -115,5 +89,39 @@ funy: {
 		send(client, resHeader, strlen(resHeader), 0);
 		close(client);
 	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int srv(char* ADDR, int PORT) {
+	int srvSocket;
+	struct sockaddr_in srvAddr;
+
+	srvSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	
+	srvAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	srvAddr.sin_port   = htons(PORT);
+	srvAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ADDR);
+
+	if (bind(
+		srvSocket,
+		(struct sockaddr*) &srvAddr,
+		sizeof(srvAddr)
+	) < 0) {
+		error("Failed to bind to %s:%d.\n", ADDR, PORT);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	
+	if (listen(srvSocket, 10) < 0) {
+		error("Unable to listen on %s:%d.\n", ADDR, PORT);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	signal(SIGINT, safeExit);
+
+	info("Server (probably) listening on http://%s:%d\n", ADDR, PORT);
+
+	while(1) {
+		int client = accept(srvSocket, NULL, NULL);
+		handle(&client);
 	}
 }