diff --git a/afsk/main.c b/afsk/main.c
index 5d736412..77a7c8ef 100644
--- a/afsk/main.c
+++ b/afsk/main.c
@@ -288,6 +288,36 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   ax25_init(&hax25, (uint8_t *) dest_addr, '1', (uint8_t *) src_addr, '1',
             AX25_PREAMBLE_LEN,
             AX25_POSTAMBLE_LEN);  
+	
+// socket open	
+    struct sockaddr_in address; 
+    int sock = 0, valread; 
+    struct sockaddr_in serv_addr; 
+//    char *hello = "Hello from client"; 
+//    char buffer[1024] = {0}; 
+    if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) 
+    { 
+        printf("\n Socket creation error \n"); 
+        error = 1; 
+    } 
+   
+    memset(&serv_addr, '0', sizeof(serv_addr)); 
+   
+    serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; 
+    serv_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT); 
+       
+    // Convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from text to binary form 
+    if(inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &serv_addr.sin_addr)<=0)  
+    { 
+        printf("\nInvalid address/ Address not supported \n"); 
+        error = 1; 
+    } 
+   
+    if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) 
+    { 
+        printf("\nConnection Failed \n"); 
+        error = 1; 
+    } 	
       
   /* Infinite loop */
   for (;;) 
@@ -769,35 +799,6 @@ int get_tlm_fox() {
 	
 // socket write
 	
-    struct sockaddr_in address; 
-    int sock = 0, valread; 
-    struct sockaddr_in serv_addr; 
-//    char *hello = "Hello from client"; 
-//    char buffer[1024] = {0}; 
-    if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) 
-    { 
-        printf("\n Socket creation error \n"); 
-        error = 1; 
-    } 
-   
-    memset(&serv_addr, '0', sizeof(serv_addr)); 
-   
-    serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET; 
-    serv_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT); 
-       
-    // Convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from text to binary form 
-    if(inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &serv_addr.sin_addr)<=0)  
-    { 
-        printf("\nInvalid address/ Address not supported \n"); 
-        error = 1; 
-    } 
-   
-    if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) 
-    { 
-        printf("\nConnection Failed \n"); 
-        error = 1; 
-    } 
-	
     if (!error)
     {
 	printf("Sending buffer over socket!\n");