diff --git a/app/src/net.c b/app/src/net.c
index e2f3feac..c370dbe3 100644
--- a/app/src/net.c
+++ b/app/src/net.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "net.h"
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 #include "log.h"
 
 #ifdef __WINDOWS__
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@
 socket_t net_listen(Uint32 addr, Uint16 port, int backlog) {
     socket_t sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET) {
-        LOGE("Cannot create socket");
+        perror("socket");
         return INVALID_SOCKET;
     }
 
@@ -29,12 +31,12 @@ socket_t net_listen(Uint32 addr, Uint16 port, int backlog) {
     sin.sin_port = htons(port);
 
     if (bind(sock, (SOCKADDR *) &sin, sizeof(sin)) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
-        LOGE("Cannot bind");
+        perror("bind");
         return INVALID_SOCKET;
     }
 
     if (listen(sock, backlog) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
-        LOGE("Cannot listen on port %" PRIu16, port);
+        perror("listen");
         return INVALID_SOCKET;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/net.h b/app/src/net.h
index 08ea61c1..03ad8c39 100644
--- a/app/src/net.h
+++ b/app/src/net.h
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ ssize_t net_send(socket_t socket, void *buf, size_t len);
 ssize_t net_send_all(socket_t socket, void *buf, size_t len);
 // how is SHUT_RD (read), SHUT_WR (write) or SHUT_RDWR (both)
 SDL_bool net_shutdown(socket_t socket, int how);
-void net_close(socket_t socket);
+SDL_bool net_close(socket_t socket);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/app/src/server.c b/app/src/server.c
index dfb522cc..a4cba260 100644
--- a/app/src/server.c
+++ b/app/src/server.c
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ static socket_t listen_on_port(Uint16 port) {
     return net_listen(IPV4_LOCALHOST, port, 1);
 }
 
+static void close_socket(socket_t *socket) {
+    SDL_assert(*socket != INVALID_SOCKET);
+    if (!net_close(*socket)) {
+        LOGW("Cannot close socket");
+        return;
+    }
+    *socket = INVALID_SOCKET;
+}
+
 void server_init(struct server *server) {
     *server = (struct server) SERVER_INITIALIZER;
 }
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ SDL_bool server_start(struct server *server, const char *serial, Uint16 local_po
     // server will connect to our server socket
     server->process = execute_server(serial, max_size, bit_rate);
     if (server->process == PROCESS_NONE) {
-        net_close(server->server_socket);
+        close_socket(&server->server_socket);
         disable_tunnel(serial);
         return SDL_FALSE;
     }
@@ -109,8 +118,7 @@ socket_t server_connect_to(struct server *server, const char *serial, Uint32 tim
     }
 
     // we don't need the server socket anymore
-    net_close(server->server_socket);
-    server->server_socket = INVALID_SOCKET;
+    close_socket(&server->server_socket);
 
     // we don't need the adb tunnel anymore
     disable_tunnel(serial); // ignore failure
@@ -124,7 +132,9 @@ void server_stop(struct server *server, const char *serial) {
 
     if (server->device_socket != INVALID_SOCKET) {
         // shutdown the socket to finish the device process gracefully
-        net_shutdown(server->device_socket, SHUT_RDWR);
+        if (!net_shutdown(server->device_socket, SHUT_RDWR)) {
+            LOGW("Cannot shutdown socket");
+        }
     }
 
     LOGD("Waiting the server to complete execution on the device...");
@@ -139,9 +149,9 @@ void server_stop(struct server *server, const char *serial) {
 
 void server_destroy(struct server *server) {
     if (server->server_socket != INVALID_SOCKET) {
-        net_close(server->server_socket);
+        close_socket(&server->server_socket);
     }
     if (server->device_socket != INVALID_SOCKET) {
-        net_close(server->device_socket);
+        close_socket(&server->device_socket);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/sys/unix/net.c b/app/src/sys/unix/net.c
index 4219ddb8..f50fbe2e 100644
--- a/app/src/sys/unix/net.c
+++ b/app/src/sys/unix/net.c
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ void net_cleanup(void) {
     // do nothing
 }
 
-void net_close(socket_t socket) {
-    close(socket);
+SDL_bool net_close(socket_t socket) {
+    return !close(socket);
 }
diff --git a/app/src/sys/win/net.c b/app/src/sys/win/net.c
index b328361e..1837e0d1 100644
--- a/app/src/sys/win/net.c
+++ b/app/src/sys/win/net.c
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ void net_cleanup(void) {
     WSACleanup();
 }
 
-void net_close(socket_t socket) {
-    closesocket(socket);
+SDL_bool net_close(socket_t socket) {
+    return !closesocket(socket);
 }