diff --git a/rsub.py b/rsub.py
index 5b70cb0..2094942 100644
--- a/rsub.py
+++ b/rsub.py
@@ -68,20 +68,18 @@ def parse_file(self, line):
             self.file += line
 
     def close(self):
-        self.socket.send(b"close\n")
-        self.socket.send(b"token: " + self.env['token'].encode("utf8") + b"\n")
-        self.socket.send(b"\n")
+        for line in ["close", "token: " + self.env['token'], ""]:
+            self.socket.send(bytes(line + "\n", 'utf8'))
         self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
         self.socket.close()
         os.unlink(self.temp_path)
         os.rmdir(self.temp_dir)
 
     def send_save(self):
-        self.socket.send(b"save\n")
-        self.socket.send(b"token: " + self.env['token'].encode("utf8") + b"\n")
         with open(self.temp_path, 'rb') as f:
             new_file = f.read()
-        self.socket.send(b"data: " + str(len(new_file)).encode("utf8") + b"\n")
+        for line in ["save", "token: " + self.env['token'], "data: " + str(len(new_file))]:
+            self.socket.send(bytes(line + "\n", 'utf8'))
         self.socket.send(new_file)
         self.socket.send(b"\n")