1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/game.c b/src/game.c
index c82f746..4be4999 100644
--- a/src/game.c
+++ b/src/game.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ void start_game(const bool servermode, const char* addr, const char* port, const
 
 		server_sock = server_start(addr, port);
 		server_get_players(server_sock, &client_socks, num_players);
+		close(server_sock); // now no longer needed
 		data->player_list.count = num_players;
 
 		for(int i = 0; i < num_players; i++)