diff --git a/include/error.h b/include/error.h
index 75b2879..7a27aef 100644
--- a/include/error.h
+++ b/include/error.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ typedef enum lm_error {
   LM_ERR_ExtractRootChdirFail  = 147,
   LM_ERR_ExtractOldChdirFail   = 148,
   LM_ERR_MPTPAcceptFail        = 149,
+  LM_ERR_MPTPListenFail        = 150,
 } lm_error_t;
 
 typedef struct lm_error_desc {
diff --git a/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libmp.po b/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libmp.po
index d2c7aa0..59026b9 100644
--- a/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libmp.po
+++ b/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libmp.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-08-07 04:49+0300\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-08-07 05:32+0300\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -635,3 +635,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #, c-format
 msgid "failed to accept the MPTP connection: %s"
 msgstr ""
+
+#: src/error.c:169
+#, c-format
+msgid "failed to listen the MPTP socket: %s"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/src/ctx/serve.c b/src/ctx/serve.c
index d49a49d..dfa2b03 100644
--- a/src/ctx/serve.c
+++ b/src/ctx/serve.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ bool lm_ctx_serve(lm_ctx_t *ctx, char *addr, uint8_t threads, lm_ctx_serve_callb
   if ((sock = lm_mptp_server_listen(host, port)) < 0)
     return false;
 
-  while ((c = lm_mptp_server_accept(sock, &saddr)) < 0) {
+  while ((c = lm_mptp_server_accept(sock, &saddr)) != -1) {
     struct lm_ctx_serve_thread_arg *arg = malloc(sizeof(struct lm_ctx_serve_thread_arg));
     memcpy(&arg->addr, &saddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
 
@@ -193,5 +193,6 @@ bool lm_ctx_serve(lm_ctx_t *ctx, char *addr, uint8_t threads, lm_ctx_serve_callb
   }
 
   lm_thpool_stop(&tp);
-  return true;
+  // error set by mptp_server_accept
+  return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/error.c b/src/error.c
index 5965a10..1b86248 100644
--- a/src/error.c
+++ b/src/error.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ void lm_error_set(lm_error_t code, ...) {
       {.code = LM_ERR_ExtractRootChdirFail,    .desc = _("failed to change directory to root during extraction")       },
       {.code = LM_ERR_ExtractOldChdirFail,     .desc = _("failed to change directory back from root during extraction")},
       {.code = LM_ERR_MPTPAcceptFail,          .desc = _("failed to accept the MPTP connection: %s")                   },
+      {.code = LM_ERR_MPTPListenFail,          .desc = _("failed to listen the MPTP socket: %s")                       },
   };
 
   char *fmt     = NULL;
diff --git a/src/mptp/mptp.c b/src/mptp/mptp.c
index 11e9499..ab44ed6 100644
--- a/src/mptp/mptp.c
+++ b/src/mptp/mptp.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int lm_mptp_socket(char *addr, uint16_t port, struct sockaddr *saddr) {
 
   bzero(&hints, sizeof(hints));
   hints.ai_family   = AF_UNSPEC;
-  hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
+  hints.ai_socktype = AF_INET;
 
   if ((status = getaddrinfo(addr, NULL, &hints, &res)) < 0) {
     lm_error_set(LM_ERR_MPTPHostFail);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int lm_mptp_socket(char *addr, uint16_t port, struct sockaddr *saddr) {
     return -1;
   }
 
-  if ((sock = socket(family, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)) < 0) {
+  if ((sock = socket(family, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
     lm_error_set(LM_ERR_MPTPSocketFail);
     return -1;
   }
diff --git a/src/mptp/server.c b/src/mptp/server.c
index 3d6d8de..0000af6 100644
--- a/src/mptp/server.c
+++ b/src/mptp/server.c
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ int lm_mptp_server_listen(char *addr, uint16_t port) {
     return -1;
   }
 
+  if(listen(sock, SOMAXCONN) < 0){
+    lm_mptp_close(sock);
+    lm_error_set(LM_ERR_MPTPListenFail, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
   return sock;
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ int lm_mptp_server_accept(int sock, struct sockaddr *addr){
   socklen_t sl = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
   int s = -1;
 
-  if((s = accept(sock, addr, &sl) < 0)){
+  if((s = accept(sock, addr, &sl)) < 0){
     lm_error_set(LM_ERR_MPTPAcceptFail, strerror(errno));
     s = -1;
   }