diff --git a/pkin/pkin/pkin_pkg_fetch_start.c b/pkin/pkin/pkin_pkg_fetch_start.c
index 6e963d0..887bad3 100644
--- a/pkin/pkin/pkin_pkg_fetch_start.c
+++ b/pkin/pkin/pkin_pkg_fetch_start.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <libowfat/errmsg.h>
+#include <libowfat/open.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "../pkin.h"
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 int pkin_fetch_start(pkin_fetch_queue *queue)
 {
   char **fetchcmd;
+  int nullfd;
   pid_t pid;
   if (buffer_flush(&queue->writeb) < 0) {
     carpsys("write to pipe");
@@ -15,13 +17,16 @@ int pkin_fetch_start(pkin_fetch_queue *queue)
   close(queue->pipefd[1]);
 
   fetchcmd = (char *[]){"aria2c", "-i", "-", NULL};
-  pid = pkin__spawn(fetchcmd, queue->pipefd[0], 1, 2);
+  nullfd = open_write("/dev/null");
+  pid = pkin__spawn(fetchcmd, queue->pipefd[0], nullfd < 0 ? 1 : nullfd, 2);
   if (pid < 0) {
+    close(nullfd);
     carp("failed spawning aria2c to fetch files");
     return 0;
   }
 
   if (waitpid(pid, NULL, 0) < 0) {
+    close(nullfd);
     carp("waitpid");
     return 0;
   }