diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a7533a00ffc6edafc3478a7a0e0d07e59adc0b47..956cb861afc6fc44e33e62aae4cecaa66c8f8dbc 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
           else
             postdata = file2string(file);
           if(file && (file != stdin))
-            fclose(stdin);
+            fclose(file);
         }
         else {
           GetStr(&postdata, nextarg);
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
           file = fopen(nextarg, "r");
         config->writeout = file2string(file);
         if(file && (file != stdin))
-          fclose(stdin);
+          fclose(file);
       }
       else 
         GetStr(&config->writeout, nextarg);