diff --git a/echoserver/echoserver.c b/echoserver/echoserver.c
index 80e41e0..be239bf 100644
--- a/echoserver/echoserver.c
+++ b/echoserver/echoserver.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                     // grab the client's socket information (not needed?)
                     // check to see if the client socket is actually connected (not needed?)
                     // grab the data from the client, save to message.
-                    messageBytes = recv(fileIter, message, BUFFER_SIZE, 0);
+                    messageBytes = read(fileIter, message, BUFFER_SIZE);
                     // make sure that the connection is still open before attempting to send.
                     if(messageBytes == 0) // old: messageBytes <= 0
                     {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                     else
                     {
                         // if it is open, send the message back to the client over the client socket
-                        send(fileIter, message, sizeof(message), 0);
+                        write(fileIter, message, sizeof(message));
                         printf("\nMessage has been sent back to client.\n");
                     }
                     printf("\nMessage received.\n");