diff --git a/close-and-exec/Makefile b/close-and-exec/Makefile
index 3547129..b38a5bb 100644
--- a/close-and-exec/Makefile
+++ b/close-and-exec/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ bins: $(PROGRAMS)
 libs: $(LIBS)
 
 closeandexec: closeandexec.cmxa closeandexec_main.cmx all
-	$(OCAMLOPT) $(OCAMLOPTFLAGS) -thread -I ../stdext -I ../uuid uuid.cmxa unix.cmxa threads.cmxa stdext.cmxa closeandexec.cmxa closeandexec_main.cmx -o $@
+	$(OCAMLOPT) $(OCAMLOPTFLAGS) -thread -I ../stdext -I ../uuid unix.cmxa threads.cmxa uuid.cmxa stdext.cmxa closeandexec.cmxa closeandexec_main.cmx -o $@
 
 closeandexec.cmxa: $(foreach obj,$(OBJS),$(obj).cmx)
 	$(OCAMLOPT) $(OCAMLOPTFLAGS) -a -o $@ $(foreach obj,$(OBJS),$(obj).cmx)
diff --git a/forking_executioner/Makefile b/forking_executioner/Makefile
index 7862b0a..450873b 100644
--- a/forking_executioner/Makefile
+++ b/forking_executioner/Makefile
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ bins: $(PROGRAMS)
 libs: $(LIBS)
 
 test_forker: test_forker.cmx
-	$(OCAMLOPT) $(OCAMLOPTFLAGS) -I ../rpc-light -I ../uuid -I ../stdext uuid.cmxa rpc.cmx jsonrpc.cmx -I ../log unix.cmxa stdext.cmxa  test_forker.cmx -o $@
+	$(OCAMLOPT) $(OCAMLOPTFLAGS) -I ../rpc-light -I ../uuid -I ../stdext unix.cmxa uuid.cmxa rpc.cmx jsonrpc.cmx -I ../log stdext.cmxa  test_forker.cmx -o $@
 
 fe: fe_debug.cmx child.cmx fe_main.cmx
-	$(OCAMLOPT) $(OCAMLOPTFLAGS) -I ../rpc-light -I ../stdext -I ../uuid  -I ../log log.cmxa uuid.cmxa unix.cmxa rpc.cmx jsonrpc.cmx stdext.cmxa fe_debug.cmx child.cmx fe_main.cmx -o $@
+	$(OCAMLOPT) $(OCAMLOPTFLAGS) -I ../rpc-light -I ../stdext -I ../uuid  -I ../log log.cmxa unix.cmxa uuid.cmxa rpc.cmx jsonrpc.cmx stdext.cmxa fe_debug.cmx child.cmx fe_main.cmx -o $@
 
 %.cmo: %.ml
 	$(OCAMLC) -c -I ../log -I ../uuid -I ../stdext -thread -o $@  $<
diff --git a/uuid/uuid.ml b/uuid/uuid.ml
index 8acab0b..96ba7d2 100644
--- a/uuid/uuid.ml
+++ b/uuid/uuid.ml
@@ -57,14 +57,20 @@ let rnd_array n =
 	Array.of_list (rnd_list n [])
 
 let read_array dev n = 
-  let ic = open_in_bin dev in
-  try
-    let result = Array.init n (fun _ -> input_byte ic) in
-    close_in ic;
-    result
-  with e ->
-    close_in ic;
-    raise e
+	let fd = Unix.openfile dev [Unix.O_RDONLY] 0o640 in
+	let finally body_f clean_f =
+		try 
+			let ret = body_f () in clean_f (); ret
+		with e -> clean_f (); raise e in
+	finally 
+		(fun () -> 
+			let buf = String.create n in
+			let read = Unix.read fd buf 0 n in
+			if read <> n then raise End_of_file
+			else 
+				Array.init n (fun i -> Char.code buf.[i])
+		)
+		(fun () -> Unix.close fd)
 
 let uuid_of_int_array uuid =
   Printf.sprintf "%02x%02x%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x"