diff --git a/internal/lib/spawn.go b/internal/lib/spawn.go
index 8f996e5..df4160e 100644
--- a/internal/lib/spawn.go
+++ b/internal/lib/spawn.go
@@ -15,8 +15,19 @@ func (c *MyConfig) Spawner() {
 	for prg := range c.Channels.RunChan {
 		<-time.After(25 * time.Millisecond)
 
-		devnullR, _ := os.Open(os.DevNull)
-		devnullW, _ := os.OpenFile(os.DevNull, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
+		devnullR, err := os.Open(os.DevNull)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Unable to open /dev/null for reading: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		defer devnullR.Close()
+
+		devnullW, err := os.OpenFile(os.DevNull, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Unable to open /dev/null for writing: %s", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		defer devnullW.Close()
 
 		spa := syscall.SysProcAttr{
 			Setsid:     true,