diff --git a/src/engine.rs b/src/engine.rs
index b9b5af2..84b3459 100644
--- a/src/engine.rs
+++ b/src/engine.rs
@@ -118,12 +118,7 @@ impl InputEngine for InputEngineUDP {
       let addr = "0.0.0.0:".to_string() + &self.port.to_string();
       println!("$ echo -n 'hello world' | nc -4u -w0 localhost {}", &self.port.to_string());
       if self.last_socket.is_none() {
-         let result = std::net::UdpSocket::bind(&addr);
-         if result.is_err() {
-            println!("InputEngineUDP: failed to bind to {}: {:?}", &addr, result.err());
-            return Vec::<char>::new();
-         }
-         self.last_socket = Some(result.unwrap());
+         self.last_socket = Some(std::net::UdpSocket::bind(&addr).unwrap());
       }
 
       let mut buf = [0; 128];