diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 468b10b..2c9c18f 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ on_sys_exit_999_log() {
 
 net_recv() {
   declare -n sock_line=$1
-  IFS= read -r "$1" <&"$in_sock"
+  IFS= read -ru "$in_sock" "$1"
   sock_line=${sock_line%$'\r'}
   log_debug "received line: %s" "$sock_line"
 }