diff --git a/libhttp/server.c b/libhttp/server.c
index 5aca767..04d3152 100644
--- a/libhttp/server.c
+++ b/libhttp/server.c
@@ -141,11 +141,10 @@ int x_poll(struct pollfd *fds, nfds_t nfds, int timeout) {
 #endif
 
 time_t currentTime;
-
-int unixDomainUser;
-int unixDomainGroup;
-int unixDomainChmod;
-char unixDomainSocket[UNIX_PATH_MAX];
+char  *unixDomainPath  = NULL;
+int    unixDomainUser  = 0;
+int    unixDomainGroup = 0;
+int    unixDomainChmod = 0;
 
 struct PayLoad {
   int (*handler)(struct HttpConnection *, void *, const char *, int);
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ void initServer(struct Server *server, int localhostOnly, int portMin,
 
   int true                      = 1;
 
-  if (*unixDomainSocket) {
+  if (unixDomainPath && *unixDomainPath) {
 
     server->serverFd              = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     check(server->serverFd >= 0);
@@ -299,28 +298,30 @@ void initServer(struct Server *server, int localhostOnly, int portMin,
                       &true, sizeof(true)));
 
     struct stat st;
-    if (!stat(unixDomainSocket, &st) && S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode)) {
-      unlink(unixDomainSocket);
+    if (!stat(unixDomainPath, &st) && S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode)) {
+      unlink(unixDomainPath);
     }
 
     struct sockaddr_un serverAddr = { 0 };
     serverAddr.sun_family         = AF_UNIX;
-    strcpy(serverAddr.sun_path, unixDomainSocket);
+    strcpy(serverAddr.sun_path, unixDomainPath);
     int servlen                   = sizeof(serverAddr.sun_family)
-                                    + strlen(unixDomainSocket);
+                                    + strlen(unixDomainPath);
 
     if (bind(server->serverFd, (struct sockaddr *)&serverAddr, servlen)) {
       fatal("Failed to bind to unix socket! [%d: %s]", errno, strerror(errno));
     }
-    if (chown(unixDomainSocket, unixDomainUser, unixDomainGroup)) {
-      fatal("Unable to change ownership on unix socket!");
+    if (chown(unixDomainPath, unixDomainUser, unixDomainGroup)) {
+      fatal("Unable to change ownership on unix socket! [%d: %s]",
+            errno, strerror(errno));
     }
-    if (chmod(unixDomainSocket, unixDomainChmod)) {
-      fatal("Unable to change premission on unix socket!");
+    if (chmod(unixDomainPath, unixDomainChmod)) {
+      fatal("Unable to change premission on unix socket! [%d: %s)",
+            errno, strerror(errno));
     }
 
     check(!listen(server->serverFd, SOMAXCONN));
-    info("Listening on unix domain socket %s", unixDomainSocket);
+    info("Listening on unix domain socket %s", unixDomainPath);
     check(server->pollFds         = malloc(sizeof(struct pollfd)));
     server->pollFds->fd           = server->serverFd;
     server->pollFds->events       = POLLIN;
@@ -396,9 +397,12 @@ void destroyServer(struct Server *server) {
     destroyTrie(&server->handlers);
     destroySSL(&server->ssl);
 
-    struct stat st;
-    if (*unixDomainSocket && !stat(unixDomainSocket, &st) && S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode)) {
-      unlink(unixDomainSocket);
+    if (unixDomainPath) {
+      struct stat st;
+      if (*unixDomainPath && !stat(unixDomainPath, &st) && S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode)) {
+        unlink(unixDomainPath);
+      }
+      free(unixDomainPath);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/libhttp/server.h b/libhttp/server.h
index ae7cc1b..2653771 100644
--- a/libhttp/server.h
+++ b/libhttp/server.h
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
 #define UNIX_PATH_MAX 108
 #endif
 
-extern int unixDomainUser;
-extern int unixDomainGroup;
-extern int unixDomainChmod;
-extern char unixDomainSocket[UNIX_PATH_MAX];
 
 struct Server;
 
@@ -130,5 +126,9 @@ void serverSetNumericHosts(struct Server *server, int numericHosts);
 struct Trie *serverGetHttpHandlers(struct Server *server);
 
 extern time_t currentTime;
+extern char  *unixDomainPath;
+extern int    unixDomainUser;
+extern int    unixDomainGroup;
+extern int    unixDomainChmod;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/shellinabox/shellinaboxd.c b/shellinabox/shellinaboxd.c
index 3a69ac1..53c58c9 100644
--- a/shellinabox/shellinaboxd.c
+++ b/shellinabox/shellinaboxd.c
@@ -1139,35 +1139,40 @@ static void parseArgs(int argc, char * const argv[]) {
       }
       char *ptr, *s, *tmp;
 
-      s = optarg;
-      ptr = strchr(s, ':');
-      if (ptr == NULL) {
-         fatal("Syntax error in unixdomain-only definition \"%s\".", optarg);
+      // Unix domain path
+      s                    = optarg;
+      ptr                  = strchr(s, ':');
+      if (ptr == NULL || ptr == s || ptr - s >= UNIX_PATH_MAX) {
+        fatal("Syntax error in unixdomain-only path definition \"%s\".", optarg);
       }
-      check(ptr - s < UNIX_PATH_MAX);
-      memcpy(unixDomainSocket, s, ptr - s);
-      unixDomainSocket[ptr - s] = '\000';
+      check(unixDomainPath = strndup(s, ptr - s));
 
-      s = ptr + 1;
-      ptr = strchr(s, ':');
-      if (ptr == NULL) {
-         fatal("Syntax error in unixdomain-only definition \"%s\".", optarg);
+      // Unix domain user
+      s                    = ptr + 1;
+      ptr                  = strchr(s, ':');
+      if (ptr == NULL || ptr == s) {
+        fatal("Syntax error in unixdomain-only user definition \"%s\".", optarg);
       }
-      check(tmp = strndup(s, ptr - s));
-      unixDomainUser = parseUserArg(tmp, NULL);
+      check(tmp            = strndup(s, ptr - s));
+      unixDomainUser       = parseUserArg(tmp, NULL);
       free(tmp);
 
-      s = ptr + 1;
-      ptr = strchr(s, ':');
-      if (ptr == NULL) {
-         fatal("Syntax error in unixdomain-only definition \"%s\".", optarg);
+      // Unix domain group
+      s                    = ptr + 1;
+      ptr                  = strchr(s, ':');
+      if (ptr == NULL || ptr == s) {
+        fatal("Syntax error in unixdomain-only group definition \"%s\".", optarg);
       }
-      check(tmp = strndup(s, ptr - s));
-      unixDomainGroup = parseGroupArg(tmp, NULL);
+      check(tmp            = strndup(s, ptr - s));
+      unixDomainGroup      = parseGroupArg(tmp, NULL);
       free(tmp);
 
-      s = ptr + 1;
-      unixDomainChmod = strtol(s, NULL, 0);
+      // Unix domain chmod
+      s                    = ptr + 1;
+      if (strlen(ptr) == 1) {
+        fatal("Syntax error in unixdomain-only chmod definition \"%s\".", optarg);
+      }
+      unixDomainChmod      = strtol(s, NULL, 0);
 
     } else if (!idx--) {
       // User