diff --git a/spec/routes_spec.moon b/spec/routes_spec.moon
index 14b7798..93a4d6e 100644
--- a/spec/routes_spec.moon
+++ b/spec/routes_spec.moon
@@ -104,24 +104,26 @@ describe "http://miti.sh/posts", ->
     assert.same request\body!\match("<title>(.*)</title>"), "miti.sh · Posts"
 
 describe "http://git.miti.sh", ->
-  it "reverse proxies request to gitea through a unix socket", ->
+  it "reverse-proxies request to a gitea unix socket", ->
     Path = require "sitegen.path"
     socket_fname = "unixstreamsrvr.moon"
     socket_dir = "/run/gitea"
     socket_owner = "nobody"
     basepath = Path.basepath debug.getinfo(1).short_src
 
-    os.execute "mkdir " .. socket_dir
-    p = io.popen "moon %s"\format Path.join(basepath, socket_fname)
-    os.execute "sleep 0.1"
-    os.execute "chown -R " .. socket_owner .. " " .. socket_dir
+    Path.mkdir socket_dir
+    server = io.popen "moon %s"\format Path.join(basepath, socket_fname)
+    Path.exec "sleep", "0.1"
+    Path.exec "chown", "-R", socket_owner, socket_dir
     result = Path.read_exec "find", socket_dir, "-type", "s", "-ls"
     assert.truthy result\match "nobody%s+root.+" .. Path.join(socket_dir, "gitea.socket")
 
-    request = req "http://git.miti.sh"
-    pout = p\read"*a"
-    p\close!
-    assert.truthy pout\match "Host: git.miti.sh"
+    req "http://git.miti.sh"
+
+    reqheader = with server\read "*a"
+      server\close!
+
+    assert.truthy reqheader\match "Host: git.miti.sh"
 
 describe "http://apps.miti.sh", ->
   it "doesn't find it", ->