diff --git a/src/protocol.c b/src/protocol.c
index 1be0a4e0..038b4aaa 100644
--- a/src/protocol.c
+++ b/src/protocol.c
@@ -87,9 +87,14 @@ static bool check_host_origin(struct lws *wsi) {
   return len > 0 && strcasecmp(buf, host_buf) == 0;
 }
 
+static void close_cb(uv_handle_t *handle) {
+  struct pty_proc *proc = container_of((uv_pipe_t *)handle, struct pty_proc, pipe);
+  free(proc);
+}
+
 static void pty_proc_free(struct pty_proc *proc) {
   uv_read_stop((uv_stream_t *)&proc->pipe);
-  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&proc->pipe, NULL);
+  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&proc->pipe, close_cb);
 
   close(proc->pty);
 
@@ -101,8 +106,6 @@ static void pty_proc_free(struct pty_proc *proc) {
   for (int i = 0; i < proc->argc; i++) {
     free(proc->args[i]);
   }
-
-  free(proc);
 }
 
 static void alloc_cb(uv_handle_t *handle, size_t suggested_size, uv_buf_t *buf) {
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 935bec46..2060ac91 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef TTYD_UTIL_H
 #define TTYD_UTIL_H
 
+#define container_of(ptr, type, member)                \
+  ({                                                   \
+    const typeof(((type *)0)->member) *__mptr = (ptr); \
+    (type *)((char *)__mptr - offsetof(type, member)); \
+  })
+
 // malloc with NULL check
 void *xmalloc(size_t size);