diff --git a/logger.c b/logger.c
index 32bea50..a0923f8 100644
--- a/logger.c
+++ b/logger.c
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ logger_lograw(int priority, const char *msg)
     if (priority < 0 || priority > LOG_PRIMASK)
         priority = INTERNAL_NOPRI;
 
-    if (logger_fd < 0) {
+    if (logger_fd == -1) {
         logger_reopen();
     }
-    if (logger_fd < 0) {
+    if (logger_fd == -1) {
         return;
     }
     fp = (logger_logfile == NULL) ? stdout : fopen(logger_logfile, "a");
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 64f3624..e4508ca 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ write_to_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t count)
 {
     int fd;
     fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0444);
-    if (fd < 0) {
+    if (fd == -1) {
         return -1;
     }
     if (safe_write(fd, buf, count, 3) != count) {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ read_from_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t count)
 {
     int fd;
     fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
-    if (fd < 0) {
+    if (fd == -1) {
         return -1;
     }
     if (safe_read(fd, buf, count) != count) {
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index a4ec878..643e755 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_H
 #define VERSION_H
 
-const char *the_version = "0.1.16.1.g1c25a2d";
+const char *the_version = "0.1.16.2.g5aae3bf";
 
 #endif