diff --git a/libc/dns/resolv/res_cache.c b/libc/dns/resolv/res_cache.c
index 77a1b4d..0201aa8 100644
--- a/libc/dns/resolv/res_cache.c
+++ b/libc/dns/resolv/res_cache.c
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@
     char* buf;
     int fileLen;
 
-    fp = fopen("/data/reslog.txt", "w+");
+    fp = fopen("/data/reslog.txt", "w+e");
     if (fp != NULL) {
         statep = __res_get_state();
 
diff --git a/libc/dns/resolv/res_init.c b/libc/dns/resolv/res_init.c
index f1cbed8..c05352a 100644
--- a/libc/dns/resolv/res_init.c
+++ b/libc/dns/resolv/res_init.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 	 line[sizeof(name) - 1] == '\t'))
 
 	nserv = 0;
-	if ((fp = fopen(_PATH_RESCONF, "r")) != NULL) {
+	if ((fp = fopen(_PATH_RESCONF, "re")) != NULL) {
 	    /* read the config file */
 	    while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL) {
 		/* skip comments */