diff --git a/src/dj.c b/src/dj.c
index d9c38eb..f7e4e9b 100644
--- a/src/dj.c
+++ b/src/dj.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <errno.h> /* errno */
 #include <fcntl.h> /* open(2) */
 #include <stdio.h> /* fprintf(3), stderr */
-#include <stdlib.h> /* free(3), malloc(3), strtol(3), size_t */
+#include <stdlib.h> /* malloc(3), strtol(3), size_t */
 #include <string.h> /* memcpy(3), memmove(3), memset(3) */
 #include <sysexits.h> /* EX_OK, EX_USAGE */
 #include <unistd.h> /* close(2), getopt(3), lseek(2), read(2), write(2),
@@ -64,15 +64,6 @@ static int write_flags = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;
 		|| (fd) == STDOUT_FILENO \
 		|| (fd) == STDERR_FILENO)
 
-/* Macro to call the cleanup functions that operate on struct io on the
- * particular io[2] used in main. Error conditions are not checked because this
- * is only used when the program is about to terminate (hence its name). */
-#define terminate(io) do{ \
-	free((io[0]).buf); \
-	free((io[1]).buf); \
-	Io_fdclose(&(io)[0]); \
-	Io_fdclose(&(io)[1]); }while(0)
-
 /* Allocates *io's buffer. Returns NULL if unsuccessful. */
 static void *
 Io_bufalloc(struct Io *io){
@@ -121,15 +112,6 @@ Io_bufxfer(struct Io *dest, struct Io *src, int n){
 	return dest;
 }
 
-/* Closes io->fn and returns -1 on error, otherwise io->fd. */
-static int
-Io_fdclose(struct Io *io){
-
-	return fdisstd(io->fd)
-		? 0
-		: close(io->fd);
-}
-
 /* Opens io->fn and saves the file descriptor into io->fd. Returns io->fd,
  * which will be -1 if an error occured. */
 static int
@@ -140,7 +122,7 @@ Io_fdopen(struct Io *io, char *fn){
 					/* these are the flags used by touch(1p) */
 					S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH))
 				!= -1
-			&& Io_fdclose(io) == 0){
+			&& (fdisstd(io->fd) || close(io->fd) == 0)){
 		io->fd = fd;
 		io->fn = fn;
 	}
@@ -294,7 +276,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 					break;
 				}else if(Io_fdopen(&io[i], optarg) != -1)
 					break;
-				terminate(io);
 				return oserr(optarg);
 			case 'n': noerror = 1; break;
 			case 'H': fmt_output = fmt_human; break;
@@ -308,19 +289,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 				if(c == 'c' && (count = parse(optarg)) >= 0)
 					break;
 				i = (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z'); /* uppercase changes output */
-				c &= 0x20 /* 0b 0010 0000 */; /* (ASCII) make lowercase */
+				c |= 0x20 /* 0b 0010 0000 */; /* (ASCII) make lowercase */
 				if((c == 'b' && (io[i].bs = parse(optarg)) > 0)
 						|| (c == 's' && (io[i].seek = parse(optarg)) >= 0))
 					break;
 				/* FALLTHROUGH */
 			default:
-				terminate(io);
 				return usage(program_name);
 			}
 	}
 
+
 	if(argc > optind){
-		terminate(io);
 		return usage(program_name);
 	}
 
@@ -328,12 +308,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 		if(Io_bufalloc(&io[i]) == NULL){
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: Failed to allocate %d bytes\n",
 				program_name, io[i].bs);
-			terminate(io);
 			return EX_OSERR;
 		}else if(io[i].seek > 0)
 			Io_fdseek(&io[i]);
 			if(io[i].seek > 0){
-				terminate(io);
 				return oserr(io[i].fn);
 			}
 	}
@@ -387,7 +365,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	}while(count == 0 || --count > 0);
 
 	output(io, fmt_output);
-	terminate(io);
 
 	return EX_OK;
 }