diff --git a/jni/daemon/log_monitor.c b/jni/daemon/log_monitor.c
index 16621a6ef..d7a90deef 100644
--- a/jni/daemon/log_monitor.c
+++ b/jni/daemon/log_monitor.c
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ static void *logger_thread(void *args) {
 		// Start logcat
 		char *const command[] = { "logcat", "-s", "Magisk", "-v", "thread", NULL };
 		log_pid = run_command(0, &log_fd, "/system/bin/logcat", command);
-		waitpid(log_pid, NULL, 0);
+		if (log_pid > 0)
+			waitpid(log_pid, NULL, 0);
 		// For some reason it went here, clear buffer and restart
 		system("logcat -c");
 	}
 
 	// Should never be here, but well...
-	close(log_fd);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/jni/magiskhide/magiskhide.c b/jni/magiskhide/magiskhide.c
index 74f420d76..2697060b3 100644
--- a/jni/magiskhide/magiskhide.c
+++ b/jni/magiskhide/magiskhide.c
@@ -46,16 +46,17 @@ void launch_magiskhide(int client) {
 	err_handler = do_nothing;
 
 	if (hideEnabled) {
-		write_int(client, HIDE_IS_ENABLED);
-		close(client);
+		if (client > 0) {
+			write_int(client, HIDE_IS_ENABLED);
+			close(client);
+		}
 		return;
 	}
 
+	hideEnabled = 1;
 	LOGI("* Starting MagiskHide\n");
 
-	hideEnabled = 1;
-
-	if (client != -1) {
+	if (client > 0) {
 		if (setprop(MAGISKHIDE_PROP, "1"))
 			goto error;
 	}
diff --git a/jni/magiskhide/proc_monitor.c b/jni/magiskhide/proc_monitor.c
index 7d8eac62b..176fc37bd 100644
--- a/jni/magiskhide/proc_monitor.c
+++ b/jni/magiskhide/proc_monitor.c
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "magiskhide.h"
 
-static int zygote_num = 0;
+static int zygote_num;
 static char init_ns[32], zygote_ns[2][32];
-static int log_pid = 0, log_fd = 0;
+static int log_pid, log_fd;
 static char *buffer;
 
 static void read_namespace(const int pid, char* target, const size_t size) {
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ void proc_monitor() {
 	LOGI("proc_monitor: init ns=%s\n", init_ns);
 
 	// Get the mount namespace of zygote
+	zygote_num = 0;
 	while(!zygote_num) {
 		// Check zygote every 2 secs
 		sleep(2);
@@ -107,8 +108,12 @@ void proc_monitor() {
 
 		// Monitor am_proc_start
 		char *const command[] = { "logcat", "-b", "events", "-v", "raw", "-s", "am_proc_start", NULL };
+		log_fd = 0;
 		log_pid = run_command(0, &log_fd, "/system/bin/logcat", command);
 
+		if (log_pid < 0) continue;
+		if (kill(log_pid, 0)) continue;
+
 		while(fdgets(buffer, PATH_MAX, log_fd)) {
 			int ret, comma = 0;
 			char *pos = buffer, *line, processName[256];
diff --git a/jni/utils/img.c b/jni/utils/img.c
index f2cffb471..11147506d 100644
--- a/jni/utils/img.c
+++ b/jni/utils/img.c
@@ -10,80 +10,22 @@
 #include "magisk.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
-int create_img(const char *img, int size) {
-	unlink(img);
-	LOGI("Create %s with size %dM\n", img, size);
-	// Create a temp file with the file contexts
-	char file_contexts[] = "/magisk(/.*)? u:object_r:system_file:s0\n";
-	// If not root, attempt to create in current diretory
-	char *filename = getuid() == UID_ROOT ? "/dev/file_contexts_image" : "file_contexts_image";
-	int fd = xopen(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
-	xwrite(fd, file_contexts, sizeof(file_contexts));
-	close(fd);
-
-	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
-	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
-		"make_ext4fs -l %dM -a /magisk -S %s %s; e2fsck -yf %s;", size, filename, img, img);
-	char *const command[] = { "sh", "-c", buffer, NULL };
-	int pid, status;
-	pid = run_command(0, NULL, "/system/bin/sh", command);
-	if (pid == -1)
-		return 1;
-	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-	unlink(filename);
-	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
-}
-
-int get_img_size(const char *img, int *used, int *total) {
-	if (access(img, R_OK) == -1)
-		return 1;
-	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
-	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "e2fsck -n %s", img);
-	char *const command[] = { "sh", "-c", buffer, NULL };
-	int pid, fd = 0, status = 1;
-	pid = run_command(1, &fd, "/system/bin/sh", command);
-	if (pid == -1)
-		return 1;
-	while (fdgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fd)) {
-		// LOGD("magisk_img: %s", buffer);
-		if (strstr(buffer, img)) {
-			char *tok = strtok(buffer, ",");
-			while(tok != NULL) {
-				if (strstr(tok, "blocks")) {
-					status = 0;
-					break;
-				}
-				tok = strtok(NULL, ",");
-			}
-			if (status) continue;
-			sscanf(tok, "%d/%d", used, total);
-			*used = *used / 256 + 1;
-			*total /= 256;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	close(fd);
-	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
-}
-
-int resize_img(const char *img, int size) {
-	LOGI("Resize %s to %dM\n", img, size);
-	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
-	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "e2fsck -yf %s; resize2fs %s %dM;", img, img, size);
-	char *const command[] = { "sh", "-c", buffer, NULL };
-	int pid, status, fd = 0;
-	pid = run_command(1, &fd, "/system/bin/sh", command);
-	if (pid == -1)
+static int e2fsck(const char *img) {
+	// Check and repair ext4 image
+	char buffer[128];
+	int pid, fd = 0;
+	char *const command[] = { "e2fsck", "-yf", (char *) img, NULL };
+	pid = run_command(1, &fd, "/system/bin/e2fsck", command);
+	if (pid < 0)
 		return 1;
 	while (fdgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fd))
 		LOGD("magisk_img: %s", buffer);
+	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
 	close(fd);
-	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-char *loopsetup(const char *img) {
+static char *loopsetup(const char *img) {
 	char device[20];
 	struct loop_info64 info;
 	int i, lfd, ffd;
@@ -107,6 +49,77 @@ char *loopsetup(const char *img) {
 	return strdup(device);
 }
 
+int create_img(const char *img, int size) {
+	unlink(img);
+	LOGI("Create %s with size %dM\n", img, size);
+	// Create a temp file with the file contexts
+	char file_contexts[] = "/magisk(/.*)? u:object_r:system_file:s0\n";
+	// If not root, attempt to create in current diretory
+	char *filename = getuid() == UID_ROOT ? "/dev/file_contexts_image" : "file_contexts_image";
+	int pid, status, fd = xopen(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
+	xwrite(fd, file_contexts, sizeof(file_contexts));
+	close(fd);
+
+	char buffer[16];
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%dM", size);
+	char *const command[] = { "make_ext4fs", "-l", buffer, "-a", "/magisk", "-S", filename, (char *) img, NULL };
+	pid = run_command(0, NULL, "/system/bin/make_ext4fs", command);
+	if (pid < 0)
+		return 1;
+	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+	unlink(filename);
+	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+}
+
+int get_img_size(const char *img, int *used, int *total) {
+	if (access(img, R_OK) == -1)
+		return 1;
+	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
+	int pid, fd = 0, status = 1;
+	char *const command[] = { "e2fsck", "-n", (char *) img, NULL };
+	pid = run_command(1, &fd, "/system/bin/e2fsck", command);
+	if (pid < 0)
+		return 1;
+	while (fdgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fd)) {
+		if (strstr(buffer, img)) {
+			char *tok = strtok(buffer, ",");
+			while(tok != NULL) {
+				if (strstr(tok, "blocks")) {
+					status = 0;
+					break;
+				}
+				tok = strtok(NULL, ",");
+			}
+			if (status) continue;
+			sscanf(tok, "%d/%d", used, total);
+			*used = *used / 256 + 1;
+			*total /= 256;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	close(fd);
+	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int resize_img(const char *img, int size) {
+	LOGI("Resize %s to %dM\n", img, size);
+	if (e2fsck(img))
+		return 1;
+	char buffer[128];
+	int pid, status, fd = 0;
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%dM", size);
+	char *const command[] = { "resize2fs", (char *) img, buffer, NULL };
+	pid = run_command(1, &fd, "/system/bin/resize2fs", command);
+	if (pid < 0)
+		return 1;
+	while (fdgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fd))
+		LOGD("magisk_img: %s", buffer);
+	close(fd);
+	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+}
+
 char *mount_image(const char *img, const char *target) {
 	if (access(img, F_OK) == -1)
 		return NULL;
@@ -117,16 +130,10 @@ char *mount_image(const char *img, const char *target) {
 			xmount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_REMOUNT | MS_RDONLY, NULL);
 		}
 	}
-	// Check and repair ext4 image
-	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
-	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "e2fsck -yf %s", img);
-	int fd = 0;
-	char *const command[] = { "sh", "-c", buffer, NULL };
-	if (run_command(1, &fd, "/system/bin/sh", command) == -1)
+
+	if (e2fsck(img))
 		return NULL;
-	while (fdgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fd))
-		LOGD("magisk_img: %s", buffer);
-	close(fd);
+
 	char *device = loopsetup(img);
 	if (device)
 		xmount(device, target, "ext4", 0, NULL);
diff --git a/jni/utils/misc.c b/jni/utils/misc.c
index 2e8dccfa8..fe49c5343 100644
--- a/jni/utils/misc.c
+++ b/jni/utils/misc.c
@@ -225,10 +225,12 @@ void setup_sighandlers(void (*handler)(int)) {
   *fd != 0    -> STDOUT (or STDERR) will be redirected to *fd
 */
 int run_command(int err, int *fd, const char *path, char *const argv[]) {
-	int pipefd[2], writeEnd = 0;
+	int pipefd[2], writeEnd = -1;
 
 	if (fd) {
-		if (*fd == 0) {
+		if (*fd) {
+			writeEnd = *fd;
+		} else {
 			if (pipe(pipefd) == -1)
 				return -1;
 			writeEnd = pipefd[1];
@@ -239,12 +241,11 @@ int run_command(int err, int *fd, const char *path, char *const argv[]) {
 
 	int pid = fork();
 	if (pid != 0) {
-		if (writeEnd) close(writeEnd);
+		close(writeEnd);
 		return pid;
 	}
 
 	if (fd) {
-		if (writeEnd == 0) writeEnd = *fd;
 		xdup2(writeEnd, STDOUT_FILENO);
 		if (err) xdup2(writeEnd, STDERR_FILENO);
 	}
diff --git a/jni/utils/utils.h b/jni/utils/utils.h
index 02c6b9127..19ed33e3d 100644
--- a/jni/utils/utils.h
+++ b/jni/utils/utils.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ int switch_mnt_ns(int pid);
 int create_img(const char *img, int size);
 int get_img_size(const char *img, int *used, int *total);
 int resize_img(const char *img, int size);
-char *loopsetup(const char *img);
 char *mount_image(const char *img, const char *target);
 void umount_image(const char *target, const char *device);