--- a/seobeo/s_linux_network.c	Sat Dec 20 21:07:34 2025 -0500
+++ b/seobeo/s_linux_network.c	Tue Dec 23 11:48:11 2025 -0800
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@
     { perror("socket"); continue; }
 
      if (setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &yes, sizeof(yes)) == -1)
-     { perror("setsockopt"); continue; }
+     { perror("setsockopt SO_REUSEADDR"); continue; }
+
+#ifdef SO_REUSEPORT
+     // SO_REUSEPORT allows multiple threads/processes to bind to the same port
+     // The kernel will distribute incoming connections among them
+     if (setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, &yes, sizeof(yes)) == -1)
+     { perror("setsockopt SO_REUSEPORT"); continue; }
+#endif
 
      if (bind(socket_fd, free_server_info->ai_addr, free_server_info->ai_addrlen) == -1)
      { perror("v_network: Couldn't make socket non-blocking\n"); continue; }
@@ -182,7 +189,11 @@
   p_client_handle->write_buffer_len      = 0;
   p_client_handle->write_buffer          = malloc(p_client_handle->write_buffer_capacity);
 
-  p_client_handle->destroyed = false;
+  p_client_handle->read_buffer_used      = 0;
+  p_client_handle->file                  = NULL;
+  p_client_handle->text_copy             = NULL;
+  p_client_handle->file_name             = NULL;
+  p_client_handle->destroyed             = false;
 
   return p_client_handle;
 }
@@ -314,15 +325,17 @@
     return 0;
   }
 
-  if (!p_handle) {
+  if (!p_handle)
+  {
     printf("[ERROR] p_handle is NULL before memcpy\n");
-    return;
+    return -1;
   }
   
-  if (!p_handle->write_buffer) {
+  if (!p_handle->write_buffer)
+  {
     printf("[ERROR] p_handle->write_buffer is NULL (len=%zu, size=%zu)\n",
             p_handle->write_buffer_len, data_size);
-    return;
+    return -1;
   }
   
   printf("[DEBUG] memcpy -> dest=%p (write_buffer=%p + offset=%zu), src=%p, size=%zu\n",